Managing Alternative Dispute Resolution and International Commercial Litigation Within the Microcosm of Sub-Saharan Africa’s Business and Legal Culture

Herbert A. Igbanugo is the founding shareholder of Igbanugo Partners Int'l Law Firm, P.L.L.C. and was a founding partner of the former law firm of Blackwell Igbanugo P.A. Born in Nigeria, he received his undergraduate degrees in International Relations and Economics from the University of Minnesota in 1983 and 1984 respectively, and his Juris Doctor Degree from Hamline University School of Law in 1987. He heads Igbanugo Partners' International Trade Law practice group focusing exclusively on Sub-Saharan Africa. In 2000, he was invited to participate as a delegate in former President William Jefferson Clinton’s historic trip to Sub-Saharan Africa. Over the past decade, he has regularly traveled to Africa developing crucial relationships in both the governmental and private sectors and studying economic trends in the region. He is a member of the Minnesota and New York State Bar Associations and is admitted to practice before numerous U.S. Federal District Courts, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Seventh, Eighth, and Ninth Circuit Courts of Appeals, the U.S. Court of International Trade, and the U.S. Supreme Court.