The Alliance Law Firm will mark its 20th Anniversary with its Annual Lecture Series on October 8 on Victoria Island, Lagos.
Dignitaries, policy makers, captains of industry, heads of parastatals, senior lawyers and other stakeholders are expected at the event.
The firm, in a statement by the Founding Partner Uche Val Obi (SAN), said: “This edition is unique. It coincides with the firm’s 20th Anniversary and other celebrations. The theme is Developing Nigeria through philanthropy.”
The guest speaker is Chairman/Group Managing Director of Nestoil Group, Dr. Ernest Azudialu-Obiejesi.
It will be chaired by Chairman of Julius Berger Plc and former Country Chair/Managing Director of Shell, Mutui Sunmonu.
Obi said the lecture series is a corporate social responsibility initiative designed to share knowledge on topical issues that align with nation building.
It features networking gathering of business leaders, policy makers, professionals and other stakeholders.
The maiden edition on corporate governance, held at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Victoria Island in September 2018, was chaired by Prof. Pat Utomi, with Mr. Dotun Suleiman as lead speaker.
The 2019 edition with the theme “Leveraging technology to develop Nigeria” was chaired by Dr. Ernest Ndukwe, with Sir Leo Stan Ekeh as guest speaker.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic disruptions, it organised international webinars on virtual legal proceedings and taxation in 2020 and last year.