Nawi Ukabiala

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Overview

Nawi Ukabiala is an associate in the firm’s International Dispute Resolution Group and Public International Law Group. His practice focuses on international ... Read Full Biography

Publications

International Maritime Boundaries: Antigua and Barbuda – United Kingdom (Anguilla)
10 January 2023

International Maritime Boundaries

Natalie L. Reid
,
Nawi Ukabiala
,
Perpétua B. Chéry
U.S. Supreme Court Denies Certiorari in Beijing Shougang Mining Inv. Co. Ltd. v. Mongolia, Leaving in Place the Second Circuit’s Expansion of “Clear and Unmistakable” Delegation Standard
17 August 2022

Catherine Amirfar
,
Mark W. Friedman
,
Ina C. Popova
,
Dietmar W. Prager
,
Natalie L. Reid
,
David W. Rivkin
,
Laura Sinisterra
,
William H. Taft V
,
Christopher K. Tahbaz
,
Deborah Enix-Ross
,
Nawi Ukabiala
Just Security: How Inter-State Procedures in Human Rights Treaties Can Support the Black Lives Matter Movement
19 June 2022

Just Security

Nawi Ukabiala
ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law: Erga Omnes Partes Before the International Court of Justice: From Standing to Judgment on the Merits
28 April 2021

ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law

Nawi Ukabiala
,
Duncan Pickard
Conducting International Arbitrations During the COVID-19 Pandemic
21 April 2020

David W. Rivkin
,
Catherine Amirfar
,
Tony Dymond
,
Lord Goldsmith KC
,
Nawi Ukabiala

Upcoming Events

New Opportunities for Africa and Arbitration
8 December 2024

New York City Bar Association

Africa Arbitration Day

New York, New York

Speaker: Nawi Ukabiala

Speaking Engagements

Recent Events

Community Reinvestment Act
16 April 2024

Deloitte

Human Rights Roundtable

Webcast

Speaker: Alexandra N. Mogul, Nawi Ukabiala

Speaking Engagements

Nawi Ukabiala is an associate in the firm’s International Dispute Resolution Group and Public International Law Group. His practice focuses on international arbitration and litigation. Mr. Ukabiala has significant experience in the extractive industries and energy sectors, as well as human rights disputes. He regularly advises clients on complex issues related to jurisdiction and valuation of damages. He was recognized as a Rising Star (2020) by the International Institute for Conflict Prevention & Resolution (CPR).Mr. Ukabiala is a leader in international law professional organizations, currently serving as a member of the Executive Council of the American Society of International Law (ASIL), a member of the Board of Directors of the American Branch of the International Law Association (ABILA), a member of the CPR Young Attorneys in International Dispute Resolution Steering Committee (CPR Y-ADR) and Arbitration Committee, and a member of the African Arbitration Association (AfAA).Mr. Ukabiala has broad and notable experience in international law. He has published numerous articles, regularly conducts trainings for governments and practitioners, and regularly presents at conferences on pertinent issues in the field.Mr. Ukabiala joined Debevoise in 2015. He served as the legal officer to Judge Julia Sebutinde at the International Court of Justice and judicial law clerk to Justice Edward Mansfield at the Supreme Court of the State of Iowa. He also previously worked as a legal consultant in the Operations Policy Group of the World Bank’s legal department. Mr. Ukabiala obtained his LL.M. from NYU in 2014, where he was a transitional justice scholar and international finance and development fellow, and his J.D. from Drake University in 2011 summa cum laude and Order of the Coif. He obtained his B.A. from George Washington University.