In one of the biggest labour related matters with a claim of almost N71, 465,258,143.00 from about 74 Claimants in Nigeria, the National Industrial Court, Lagos division has come to a conclusion that employee making a claim in an employment or labour case has the burden of proving his entitlement to the claim and the quantum of his claim in terms of how he came by the said claim.

Alliance Law Firm has acted as transaction Solicitor and Adviser to Neconde Energy Limited (“Neconde”) on the successful refinancing and restructuring of its existing $640 Million (Circa N2.3 Trillion) Senior Secured Medium Term Loan Facility Agreement with a consortium of local and international banks. The local banks involved are Access Bank, Fidelity Bank, Zenith Bank and First Bank of Nigeria’s UK subsidiary i.e. First Bank (UK) Limited. The international lenders are Africa Export-Import Bank (Afrexim), Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) and Glencore Energy (UK) Limited.

Alliance Law Firm was fully present at the just concluded Nigerian FinTech Week which held between Monday 28th October to Saturday 2nd November 2019. The event with the theme; Surviving with FinTech Innovation: What are the sustaining factors featured an array of opportunities to explore finch innovation in Nigeria.

Alliance Law Firm held its 2019 lecture themed: “Leveraging Technology to Develop and Re-brand Nigeria” The lecture forms part of the firm’s corporate social responsibility, aimed at giving back to the society through promoting a rich interactive discussion on the above theme which is critical to the socio-economic development of Nigeria.

In an election conducted during the Association’s 16th Annual General Meeting (AGM) held in Ikoyi, Blessing Choko, an Executive Associate of the firm was elected as Financial Secretary.

Our Managing Partner who doubles as the Chairman of the International Trade Law Committee (ITLC) of the Nigerian Bar Association- Section on Business Law (NBA SBL).

Alliance Law Firm is pleased to present to you the first installment in her Creative Nigeria Series – The Alliance Law Firm Roundtable titled: “Financing and Protecting the Creative Industry in Nigeria: The Film Sector in Focus”

With the Nigerian entertainment industry becoming a global standard, and a pacesetter of the arts in Africa, there is need to focus dearly on this sector of the economy. The Federal Government realized the importance of this and in a bid to emphasize the importance of the creative industry, it granted pioneer status for services in it. In all of these, the sector still faces some challenges such as finance and piracy.

As part of its Creative Nigeria Series initiative, Alliance Law Firm organized its first installment i.e. a Roundtable event, which focused on the film sector on Friday, 23rd August, 2019 at the conference room of its office in Ikoyi, Lagos. The theme was “Financing and Protecting the Creative Industry in Nigeria – The Film Sector in Focus”. From an Alliance Law Firm perspective, the vision of the series is to influence policy reform and solution-based interventions in the industry, as well as contribute towards the socio-economic well-being of her community through socially responsible causes.

On Wednesday, the 21st day of August 2019, the Managing Partner of the firm, Uche Val Obi, SAN delivered a keynote lecture on the topic: “The Need to Dispense With lengthy Judgments/Rulings In Our Quest For Quicker Justice Delivery System: Arguments For and Against” at the public presentation of the second edition of Mr. Olumide Babalola’s Law Dictionary of Judicially Defined Words and Phrases

Alliance Law Firm held her annual Retreat, a two-day event (Thursday -Friday June 29th – 30th, 2019) which took place at the prestigious La Cour Hotel, Ikoyi, one of the highbrow areas of the Lagos Municipal. The event was a mix of lectures; musical presentations; team bonding; glitzy photographs and uninterrupted tea breaks and assorted dishes for breakfast, lunch and dinner.