50 LAW FIRMS, CORPORATES BACK 2022 NBA-SBL CONFAB

In a move that demonstrates their continued faith in the Annual International Business Law Conference of the Nigerian Bar Association Section on Business Law (NBA-SBL), over 50 corporate sponsors have thrown their weight behind the 16th conference coming up in Abuja in July.

The sponsors include Corporate Affairs Commission, Aluko & Oyebode, Flutterwave, Banwo & Ighodalo, Africa Finance Corporation, Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC), and many others.

The 16th NBA-SBL Annual International Business Law Conference is billed to hold from Wednesday, 20th to Friday, 22nd July, 2022 at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel in Abuja. Themed “Recent Developments in the Business Law Environment”, the conference will seek to dissect some recent developments in the business law environment, how they have affected businesses, and chart the way forward to give businesses a boost.

A full sponsors list made available by the NBA-SBL 2022 Conference Planning Committee (CPC) shows that the sponsors are grouped into Headline Sponsors, Platinum Sponsors, Gold Sponsors, Silver Sponsors, and Bronze Sponsors. The CPC said the sponsorships cover most of the programmes at the two-day conference, including the plenary sessions, tea breaks, lunch breaks, among others.

Many of the sponsors are returning sponsors, while there are a few who are making the sponsors list for the first time, said Theodora Kio-Lawson, Chair, Media, Publicity and Mobilisation Subcommittee of the CPC.

According to the list, the Headline Sponsors are Udo Udoma & Belo-Osagie, Corporate Affairs Commission, Flutterwave, Aluko & Oyebode, Banwo & Ighodalo, Aelex, Templars, Babalakin & Co, George Etomi & Partners, IHS Towers, and White & Case, NIGERIAN UPSTREAM PETROLEUM REGULATORY COMMISSION (NUPRC), SHELL PETROLEUM DEVELOPMENT COMPANY.

The Platinum Sponsors are BTO Partners, Africa Finance Corporation, Odujinrin & Adefulu, and Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC).

On the Gold Sponsors list are Africa Law Practice NG. & Co, Detail Commercial Solicitors, Zenith Bank Plc, Duale, Ovia & Alex-Adedipe, Chevron Nigeria Limited, CLP Legal, Ukiri Lijadu, Alegeh & Co, Seplat, Total Energies, MTN Nigeria, ENR Advisory, Iroghama LP, and Clifford Chance.

Streamsowers & Kohn, The Law Crest LLP, Mixta Real Estate, Olajide Oyewole LLP, Greychapel Legal, Tayo Oyetibo & Co, Famsvile Solicitors, and Unilever Plc are on the Silver Sponsors list.

The Bronze Sponsors are Nigeria Communications Commission, Y. C Maikyau, SAN & Co, Tunji Mayaki, Julius Berger Nigeria, Monipulo Nigeria Limited, Sterling Bank Plc, Central Bank of Nigeria, Cadbury Nigeria Plc, Bluechip Technologies, Wigwe & Wigwe, ACAS Denton, Aarndale Solicitors, and Broderick Bozimo & Co.

Kio-Lawson said the fact that these sponsors continue to back the NBA-SBL Annual Business Law Conference every year is a testimony that the conference has lived up to its bidding.

“Every year the conference provides a platform for stakeholders in the Nigerian business environment to address the issues that affect the business environment, businesses operating in the environment, and suggest the way forward,” she said.

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NBA-SBL CONFAB TO X-RAY DEVELOPMENTS IN BIZ LAW

The forthcoming 16th Annual International Business Law Conference of the Nigerian Bar Association Section on Business Law (NBA-SBL) in July will focus on recent developments in the Nigerian business law environment and how they have shaped or affected business operations in the country, a statement by the organisers has indicated.

The conference is scheduled to hold from Wednesday, 20th to Friday, 22nd July, 2022 at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel in Abuja, Nigeria’s Federal Capital.

Themed “Recent Developments in the Business Law Environment”, the conference will seek to dissect some recent developments in the business law environment, how they have affected businesses, and proffer the way forward to enable businesses to thrive, according to a note issued by the NBA-SBL 2022 Conference Planning Committee (CPC).

It is understood that businesses operate within an environment and whatever happens in the business environment affects businesses and determines whether they thrive or fail.

Theodora Kio-Lawson, Chair, Media, Publicity & Mobilisation Subcommittee of the CPC, said the discussions at the conference will cut across sectors, from oil and gas to finance, tax administration, tech, and the business of law, among others.

A programme schedule made available to CITY LAWYER shows that there will be 11 plenary sessions, with sub-themes including “The Petroleum Industry Act – Making it Work”; “AfCTFA – The Prospects for the Nigerian Business Lawyer”; “CAMA 2020: The Journey So Far”; “Tax Administration Strides and the Nigerian Business Environment”; and “ESG and the Nigerian Business Environment”.

Others are “The Regulation of Over-The-Top Services: Necessity or Overreaching?”; “The Nigerian Startup Bill – Economic enabler?”; “In-house & External Counsel Relationship – New Trends and Expectations”; “The New Face of Competition – Merger Control in the Nigerian Context”; “The Business of Law – New Frontiers, and Succession”; and “Tackling the Challenges of Ponzi Schemes: Insolvency as a Resolution Tool”.

Kio-Lawson said the NBA-SBL is assembling a distinguished faculty of knowledgeable speakers and resource persons from within and outside Nigeria to discuss these issues.

The NBA-SBL Annual Business Law Conference has, since its inception in 2004, continued to provide a platform for stakeholders in the Nigerian business environment to address the issues that affect the business environment as well as businesses operating within the environment. Over the years, the conference has explored themes that include “Bringing Down the Barriers: The Law as a Vehicle for Intra-Africa Trade”; “Growth, Investment and Employment: Beyond Rhetoric”; “Re-tooling Business for Change: Leveraging the Tech Explosion”; “Law and the Changing Face of Legal Practice”, among others.

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