Within any organization, a Corporate Secretary and legal Adviser’s duties include ensuring the integrity of the governance framework, being responsible for the efficient administration of a company, ensuring compliance with statutory and regulatory requirements and implementing decisions made by the Board of Directors. For these legal staff members to justify their being on the payrolls of these organizations as corporate or company secretaries and legal advisers is by improving their performances.
This can be achieved through capacity building activities for them, in the form of training and retraining. This course is designed to build the capacity of in-house legal staff in order to enhance their performances and increase their contributions to the overall performances of the organization.
For whom:
Directors of Legal Services, Heads of Legal Teams, External Legal Practitioners and Lawyers in organizations, Lawyers in Banks, Insurance Companies, Mortgage Institutions, Regulatory Agencies, Company Secretaries, Legal Advisers, Administrative Officers in Government Ministries and Parastatals, Law Enforcement Officials, Administrative Officers in Private organizations and Companies, as well as other interested participants.
Learning objectives:
At the end of this program, participants will be able to:
- List and explain the roles company Secretaries and Legal Advisers in organizations.
- Effectively handle legal issues surrounding corporate activities.
- Acquire good interpersonal and communication skills to work as a team with other lawyers in organization.
- Design good requirements for selecting and manage external lawyers to be patronized by their organizations.
- Persuade and influence their subordinates to contribute effectively to the performance of their organizations.
- Implementing the decisions of the board of directors
- Advise the company directors for good corporate governance
- Handle company share transactions - issuing new shares, arranging dividend payments and observing all legal requirements
- Liaise with auditors, lawyers, tax advisers, bankers and shareholders on board governance issues
- Ensure compliance obligations under relevant laws and the requirements of regulatory authorities are met (e.g., stock exchange)
Premier Inn London Stratford hotel, 9, International Square, Westfield Stratford City, Mountfitchet Rd, London E20 1EE |
Nov 25 - 29 Nov, 2024 |
Registration: 09:00:am - 04:30:am
NGN 250,000.00 + 12,500.00 (VAT) | (Group discount available)
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USD 3,500.00 + 175.00 (VAT) | |
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Asije Philip 08051365946, 07087578814, 08068933608, 08029170491, 08145745664, 09112830607
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ADEBAYO, BAMIDELE OLASEHINDE- B.Sc. (Political Science); LL. B; B.L; LL.M; PhD (in view); FCIS, ACIPMN, MNITD; MNIM, MIBA. Adebayo is a seasoned and experienced legal practitioner of nearly three decades work experience. Adebayo is a graduate of University of Lagos where he studied Law at first degree and Masters Levels with outstanding performance. He attended the Nigerian Law School and was called to the Nigerian Bar. Adebayo also studied Political Science at first degree level at the then Ondo State University (now Ekiti State University). Adebayo is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators of Nigeria and the United Kingdom. Adebayo, at different times in his working career, has worked with Negris Holdings Limited as the Company Secretary/ Legal Adviser; Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators of Nigeria as the Assistant Registrar (Marketing and Corporate Affairs) and later Deputy Registrar of the Institute. He also had a stint at Gani Adetola-Kaseem (SAN) Legal Practitioners as a Senior Counsel, among others. Adebayo is also a member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel Management and the International Bar Association, among many other professional bodies. He has facilitated in many workshops and Conferences. He will join others to share their experiences on this program.Dr. Nosike Agokei is a seasoned corporate manager, boardroom expert, legal practitioner, banker, Economist, Corporate Governance expert, Chartered Secretary, Arbitrator and a Chartered Accountant. He has diverse experience in banking, accounting, board practices, leadership and dynamics (including corporate governance, induction and board evaluation), legal, administration, human resources, strategy, corporate and public affairs, and taxation, covering over thirty years. He holds the degrees of B.Sc Economics, LLB, BL, M.Sc Economics and a Doctorate Degree. He is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (FCA); a member of the Institute of Directors, a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries & Administrators of London, United Kingdom (FCIS); a member, Chartered Institute of Taxation (ACTI); a fellow, Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (FCIB); and a fellow, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, UK (FCIArb). He is currently a Legal, Management Consultant and Facilitator to several organizations in Nigeria and abroad (in the past and presently), including the African Development Bank, Abidjan, Cote D’Ivoire and at their offices all over Africa, the Institute of Directors, the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria and the Institute of Chartered Secretaries & Administrators of Nigeria. He has undertaken management consulting projects for a couple of organizations in Nigeria, Kenya, Tunisia, the United Kingdom and Ghana.Manoj Nair Manoj Nair - A Solicitor Supreme Court England and Wales (NP), having over 20 years of experience in dealing with Corporate, Civil, Construction and Labour Laws. He has extensive knowledge and experience in all aspects of contract drafting, contract negotiations, contract/procurement management, project finance, risk management, outsourcing contracts, international commercial contracts, proposal writing, statement of work (SOW) and vendor management. He has till date conducted more than 150+ Corporate Trainings, having training Directors/Managers/Sr. Managers in India and abroad.He was admitted to the roll of advocates in December 1996 - from 1996 to 2000 he was worked with one of the leading law firms in India Mulla & Mulla Craigie Blunt and Caroe where he was exposed to contract, banking, and civil, corporate and commercial laws. He has worked with some big names in the corporate sector as advisor and consultant, during the year 2000 to 2003 like Central Bank of India, HSBC Bank, SCHIL Capital India Ltd (subsidiary of Sumitomo Mitsui Bank), MAFCO, Mantri Group, Ceat Ltd, India Gillatine Ltd and many other companies. He was worked for MB holding LLC, Muscat Oman from 2003 to 2006 an Omani multinational company and was in involved in Advising and vetting transaction documents of value US$ 40 million with International Finance Corporation (IFC)). He gained international experience while working with MB and has travelled widely to countries like Malaysia, Norway, U.K, U.A.E, Qatar, Kuwait Yemen, Bahrain, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. He was Legal Counsel for Schlumberger in 2006-2008, which is the no.1 global engineering service company and has extensive experience dealing with tender, bids, proposals, RFP, RFQ, ITB and other contract documents- in the course of his employment with Schlumberger he was involved in some high-ticket contracts to the value of one billion US$. He has immense exposure and experience on topics like: -• Contract Management, • Managing Outsourcing Contracts, • Managing Construction Contracts, • EPC contracts, • FIDIC contracts, • Contract Negotiations, • Legal Project Management, • Anti-Money Laundering, • Anti-Bribery law, • Business Ethics, • Report Writing and Loan Documentation.