IBA Annual Conference Rome 2018
7 Oct - 12 Oct 2018
Session Room C, Level -1
Session information
Corporate governance for African business: the role of lawyers on a continent of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)
Wednesday 10 October (1115 - 1230)
Session Room C, Level -1
Committee(s)
African Regional Forum
(Lead)
Corporate Governance and Activism Subcommittee
Corporate and M&A Law Committee
Description
The African private sector is overwhelmingly made up of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) that often don’t seek legal services until it is too late. They too are subject to national, regional and even international corporate governance regulations, and they are often unaware of the importance of international regulations, for example the United Kingdom Bribery Act, and United States Foreign and Corrupt Practices Act, and their implications for African business, supporting boards and so on, which will be discussed in this session.
Session / Workshop Chair(s)
| Babatunde Ajibade SAN | SPA Ajibade & Co, Lagos, Nigeria; Conference Coordinator, African Regional Forum |
Speakers
| Rashida Abdulai | DLA Piper, London, England |
| Letitia Adu-Ampoma | Peverett Maxwell, Accra, Ghana |
| Dorcas Edith Anne Crawford L.L.B | Edwards & Co Solicitors, Belfast, Northern Ireland |
| Peter Kasanda | Clyde & Co, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania; Officer, African Regional Forum |
| Hermann Knott | Kunz Lawyers, Köln, Germany; Member, Law Firm Management Committee Advisory Board |
| Gianfranco Veneziano | BonelliErede, Milan, Italy |