The Nigerian Bar Association Section on Business Law, NBA-SBL, in partnership with International Lawyers For Africa, ILFA, has launched the Banking & Finance Academy – a programme designed to help young lawyers hone their skills and expertise in the field of banking and finance.
He said: “The programme is made up of practical and interactive modules, with a comprehensive introduction to the fundamentals of banking and finance law and will thus keep young lawyers in tune with the modern practice of law as it relates to banking and finance. In his opening remarks, the Chairman of the NBA-SBL Banking & Finance committee, Dr Tominiyi Owolabi, made a case for legal expertise in banking and financing processes, stating that there was need to ensure the younger generation of lawyers in Nigeria were equipped with the requisite skills for purposes of financing. The market involves massive structuring skills and the panacea for these projects are foreign lenders.