Damilola S. Olawuyi, SAN is an associate professor of energy and environmental law at Hamad Bin Khalifa University’s (HBKU) Law School in Doha, Qatar, and chancellor’s fellow at the Institute for Oil, Gas, Energy, Environment and Sustainable Development (OGEES Institute) at Afe Babalola University in Ado Ekiti, Nigeria. In 2020, he was appointed as an independent expert on the African Union’s working group on extractive industries, environment and human rights. Professor Olawuyi holds a doctorate (DPhil) in energy and environmental law from the University of Oxford, a Master of Laws (LLM) from Harvard University and another LLM from the University of Calgary. He obtained a first-class degree in law from Igbinedion University, Nigeria, and another first-class from the Nigerian Law School.