Programme Schedule

The International Lawyers for Africa programme schedule
TBC FOR 2013

 

Events

Subject

Date/Time

Provider/Venue

Informal Welcome Drinks 31 August 2011  
South African BRAII 7 September 2011 SJ Berwin LLP
Formal Welcome Dinner 8 September 2011 Clifford Chance LLP
Drinks Evening 19 September 2011 COMBAR
Drinks Evening 10 October 2011 Addleshaw Goddard
ILFA Gala Dinner 24 November 2011 Law Society of England and Wales

 

Skills Training

Subject

Date/Time

Provider/Venue

Candidates Arrival w/e 29 August 2011  
ILFA Commences
ILFA Induction -
Buddies to collect
1 September 2011
08.30-09.45
SJ Berwin LLP
Cultural Awareness Training 2 September 2011
09.30-16.30
Watson Farley Williams LLP
Firm Inductions 5 September 2011 VARIOUS
Project Management 6 September 2011
10.00 for 13.00
SJ Berwin LLP
Introduction to City 7 September 2011
10.30 for 11.30
Hogan Lovells International LLP
International Capital Markets transactions and Project bonds an overview
Private Equity – a pre IPO funding tool
8 September 2011
15.00-18.00
Clifford Chance LLP
International Commercial Arbitration 12 September 2011
10.00-14.30
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
Development Law 12 September 2011
15.00-17.00
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
Project Finance 13 September 2011
09.30-12.30
Trinity International LLP
Negotiations 14 September 2011
10.00-13.30
Herbert Smith LLP
Overview of International Law
Sources of International Law
14 September 2011
15.00-18.15
Maurice Mendelson QC
Blackstone Chambers
Derivatives and Microfinance 15 September 2011
10.00-13.00
Jeffery Golden
London School of Economics
Law of WTO 16 September 2011
10.00-11.30
Fiona Smith
SJ Berwin LLP
Introduction to Insolvency & COMBAR Welcome Drinks
Sources of International Law
19 September 2011
18.30-20.00
Glen Davis QC
3-4 South Square
Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) 26 September 2011
15.00-18.00
Nabarro LLP
Cambridge University 20 September 2011
10.00-16.00
Prof J. Crawford
Oxford University 29 September 2011
TBC
Prof. Dapo Akande
Introduction to Financial Services Law 3 October 2011
18.30-20.00
Rob Purves
3 Verulam Buildings
Introduction to UK Corporate Law & Finance
Drafting
4 October 2011 Berwin Leighton Paisner LLP
International Environmental Law 5 October 2011
18.00-19.30
Legal Response Initiative
Simmons & Simmons LLP
UK Bribery Act 2010 10 October 2011
16.00-18.00
Addleshaw Goddard LLP
Milton Gate
Sovereign Immunity 14 October 2011
18.30-20.00
Phillip Aliker
Tanfield Chambers
Presentation Training 17 October 2011
10.00-15.00
Hogan Lovells Interational LLP
Investment in Arbitration and Africa 31 October 2011
18.30-20.00
Chris Harris
3 Verulam Buildings
Introduction to Islamic Bonds 14 November 2011
18.30-20.30
David Simpson
3 Verulam Buildings