John is a Doctoral research and teaching fellow for the Africa Multiple Cluster of Excellence at the University of Bayreuth in Germany and the Leibniz University in Hannover Germany. His research work at the Cluster involves multidisciplinary research on the dispute resolution mechanisms of African Courts and Tribunals in relation to boosting trade in the different economic blocks in Africa. Additionally, he teaches and researches International Law and Dispute Settlement, Climate Change and the Politics of International law and Comparative law.
He holds an LLM in International Law and Dispute Settlement from the MIDS, a joint program of the Graduate Institute of Geneva and the University of Geneva. He is also admitted to the bar in Kenya as an advocate of the High Court of Kenya.
He continues to work as a dispute settlement lawyer having had experience working for law firms in Switzerland and Kenya where advises clients and worked on cases in public international law, international commercial arbitration, investment arbitration and Sports arbitration in institutions such as ICJ, ACHPR, ICC, LCIA, SCAI, SIAC, PCA, ICSID, CAS, NCIA, KIAC and also ad-hoc tribunals. He has also advised clients on cross border investments in multiple jurisdictions