Preparations for IBA, conference in Nigeria kicks off ahead of Boston

Ahead of the Annual General Conference of the International Bar Association (IBA) in Boston, preparations are well underway for the IBA Mergers & Acquisition (M&A) conference taking place in Nigeria.

Scheduled to hold on November 6th-8th, the three-day event will take place at the Eko Hotel & Suites, in Victoria Island, Lagos.

The conference tagged “Mergers Acquisitions & Inward Investments in Africa,” is organised by the IBA African Regional Forum and the IBA Corporate M & A Law Committee with the support of the IBA Arbitration Committee and the Asia Pacific Region committee.

Speaking on preparations for the event, which have kicked off, far ahead of the annual conference  in October, the Chair of the conference host committee; and Former Attorney General of Lagos State, Olasupo Shasore, SAN, explained that the IBA conferences are world class conferences and as such  host countries are required to meet with certain standards, which he said, can only be achieved with adequate preparation.

“As we speak, the sessions have been fixed, topics chosen, speakers confirmed and panellists selected,” he announced.

Confirming the level of preparedness of the organisers and the host committee, Shasore, listed a number of sessions and topics to be discussed at the conference.

“Amongst the issues up for discussions are, “Investing in Africa: Investors, Protection and General Issues”, “Transactional Issues in African Cross Border M&A,” “Capital Markets in Africa,” “Chinese Investment in Africa”, “Oil & Gas Industry Law in Africa”, and “Alternative Dispute Resolution in Africa,” he outlined.

A further highlight of the conference speakers, panellists and session Chairs further reveals the international flavour that comes with the IBA conferences, as resources persons and facilitators are drawn  from various jurisdictions and different parts of the world, including Africa, Europe and Asia.

Billed to give the Opening Address at the event is the Governor of Lagos State, Babatunde Raji Fashola, SAN, while the Co-Chair of the African Regional Forum, Olufunmi Oluyede will take the Keynote Address.