The initiative is the latest stage of the Ministry of
Justice’s ambitious ‘Legal Services are GREAT’ campaign,
which aims to promote the strength and breadth of the UK’s
legal offer across the globe.
The announcement was made this afternoon, as the Prime
Minister visited the securities exchange company FMDQ in
Lagos, and is part of a wider government drive to deepen
its partnerships with African nations.
It will bring UK and Nigerian legal professionals together
to share knowledge, skills and legal expertise and
highlight the advantages of UK legal services to wider
business growth.
Lord Chancellor said:
Our legal services sector is one of the UK’s greatest
exports, and we want it to remain at the very heart of
our future as a global, outward-looking, free-trading
Britain.
We launched the Legal Services are GREAT campaign, to
showcase the very best of what the UK’s legal services
sector has to offer around the globe, and I’m delighted
that we are now extending the campaign to Nigeria.
We know that UK law firms and chambers are keen to
increase working in this area and are committed to
supporting them to take advantage of the many
opportunities on offer.
In 2018, 5 of the world’s fastest-growing economies are
African and the continent’s total GDP could well double
between 2015 and 2030. The government is keen to support UK
law firms and chambers to maximise the potential of this
emerging market.
A delegation of legal representatives will visit Nigeria
later in the year to meet counterparts and create new
business opportunities.
The Legal Services are Great campaign was launched by Lord
Keen in Singapore last year and has already delivered trade
delegations to Kazakhstan and China.
The campaign promotes the UK’s £24 billion legal services
sector overseas, showcasing the very best of what the UK’s
legal services sector has to offer and helping to bring new
business to the UK for our legal firms, chambers and
courts.
