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ILFA Legal Excellence Academy

Legal Excellence Academy (LEA) Programme Overview

ILFA Legal Excellence Academy (LEA)

As part of ILFA’s belief in an ongoing commitment to comprehensive continuous legal education for African lawyers, in 2019 we have launched a new programme called the ILFA Legal Excellence Academy. The programme takes place in countries across Africa and is made up of classroom-style teaching for candidates who apply and are selected to attend. Topics vary depending on jurisdiction. To view the photos of the event, please click here.

ILFA LEA programmes in 2019:

Location Local Partner Actual Dates Subject focus
Lagos, Nigeria Nigerian Bar Association- Section on business law 25-27 March 2019 Banking & Finance
Kigali, Rwanda  East Africa Law Society        

 

4th – 6th November 2019  Banking & Finance

 

Legal Excellence Academy – Cycle Two (East Africa)

ILFA is currently working on Cycle two of the 2019 LEA Programme. The programme is being organised in partnership with the East Africa Law Society (EALS). Although the training will be held in Kigali, Rwanda. The course will be directed at eligible lawyers across the East Africa region. In particular lawyers from Kenya, Tanzania, Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda, South Sudan and Ethiopia. The training will coincide with the East Africa Law Society Conference.

Participation at the programme is free but by invitation only. Selected candidates will need to cover their travel, accommodation and other incidental costs associated with attending the event in Kigali.

Target Audience

  • The programme was open to all banking & finance lawyers from private practices, in house legal teams and government departments.
  • Lawyers must have between 2.5 and 7 years post qualification experience and currently be working on active banking and finance matters.

For programme and sponsorship/partnership details, please contact events@ilfa.africa.

Application period is now closed.

 

 


Legal Excellence Academy – Cycle One (Nigeria)

ILFA/NBA-SBL Banking & Finance Academy 

 

The ILFA/NBA-SBL Banking and Finance Academy was designed to assist junior finance lawyers in furthering their legal knowledge and expertise in the field of banking and finance. The course was made up of practical and interactive modules and aims to provide attendees with a comprehensive introduction to the fundamentals of banking and finance law. The programme’s pilot partners who conducted the training were:

  • Dentons
  • Hogan Lovells
  • Stephenson Harwood 
  • White & Case

The objectives of the programme were to enable participants to:

  • Understand the main types and structures of corporate borrowing, and how lenders raise money
  • Understand the general structure of a loan facility agreement and its key clauses
  • Understand the reasons for and methods of transfers of loans by banks
  • Appreciate the concepts of taking and perfecting security
  • Consider the reasons for and methods of subordination
  • Understand capital markets and types of debt security, and the form and nature of a bond
  • Review of insolvency law for debt finance lawyers
  • Understand tax matters relevant to banking lawyers
  • Understand the nature of derivatives and how the market in derivatives works
  • Understand different types of financing relevant in Nigeria

Course Duration

  • Day 1 – Programme launch/welcome event (Morning only)
  • Day 2 & 3 – Training sessions
  • Day 4 – Graduation ceremony/Course certification

Course Structure

  • Overview courses
  • Introduction to finance and types of financing
  • Understanding syndication and club deals
  • Project finance overview
  • Corporate finance overview
  • Understanding term sheets
  • Facility agreements & other finance documents
  • Covenants and representations
  • Ratios and financial covenants
  • Security types and structures
  • Restructuring and insolvency
  • Transaction management
  • Spotlight on Project, energy and infrastructure finance

Target Audience

  • The programme was open to all banking & finance lawyers from private practices, in house legal teams and government departments.
  • Places were available for 75 lawyers.
  • Lawyers must have between 2.5 and 5 years post qualification experience and currently be working on active banking and finance matters.

 

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Participate in our Flagship Secondment Programme

The application submission deadline has now passed for our 2020 Flagship Secondment Programme.

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