Within any organization, a Corporate Secretary and legal Adviser’s duties include ensuring the integrity of the governance framework, being responsible for the efficient administration of a company, ensuring compliance with statutory and regulatory requirements and implementing decisions made by the Board of Directors. For these legal staff members to justify their being on the payrolls of these organizations as corporate or company secretaries and legal advisers is by improving their performances.

This can be achieved through capacity-building activities for them, such as training and retraining. This course is designed to build the capacity of in-house legal staff to enhance their performances and increase their contributions to the organization's overall performance.

For whom:
Directors of Legal Services, Heads of Legal Teams, External Legal Practitioners and Lawyers in organizations, Lawyers in Banks, Insurance Companies, Mortgage Institutions, Regulatory Agencies, Company Secretaries, Legal Advisers, Administrative Officers in Government Ministries and Parastatals, Law Enforcement Officials, Administrative Officers in Private organizations and Companies, and other interested participants.

Learning objectives:
At the end of this program, participants will be able to:

• List and explain the roles of Company Secretaries and Legal Advisers in organizations.
• Effectively handle legal issues surrounding corporate activities.
• Acquire good interpersonal and communication skills to work with other lawyers in the organization.
• Design good requirements for selecting and managing external lawyers to be patronized by their organizations.
• Persuade and influence their subordinates to contribute effectively to the performance of their organizations.
• Implementing the decisions of the board of directors
• Advise the company directors on good corporate governance
• Handle company share transactions - issuing new shares, arranging dividend payments and observing all legal requirements
• Liaise with auditors, lawyers, tax advisers, bankers and shareholders on board governance issues
• Ensure compliance obligations under relevant laws and the requirements of regulatory authorities are met (e.g., stock exchange)