UK: Government promotes partnership between legal professionals in UK and Nigeria
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David Gauke
A new initiative to drive partnership working between legal professionals in the UK and Nigeria has been announced by Prime Minister Theresa May.
The initiative is the latest stage of the Ministry of Justice’s ‘Legal Services are GREAT’ campaign, which aims to promote the UK’s legal services sector across the globe.
The announcement was made as Ms May visited the securities exchange company FMDQ in Lagos, and is part of a wider UK government drive to deepen its partnerships with African nations.
Lord Chancellor David Gauke 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.”
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 so far delivered trade delegations to Kazakhstan and China.
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