Friday 19th October from 8.30 a.m. to 12 noon - Eversheds law firm African law experts will meet for a conference organised by Eversheds, an international law firm, and the International Business Law Journal, to debate on the development of, and provide perspectives on, OHADA law in Africa. For this event, the following experts of the African continent and representatives from international economic, legal and financial institutions: Mr Seydou Ba, President of UNIDA (Association for the Unification of Business Laws in Africa) and former President of the OHADA Common Court of Justice and Arbitration; Mr Adesegun A. Akin-Olugbade, General Counsel, African Development Bank; Mrs Hélène N'Garnim-Ganga, Head of Legal Department, Agence Française de Développement (AFD); Mr Christophe Nègre, Deputy Head of Division, European Investment Bank; Mr Jean-François Dupuy, Principal Counsel, International Finance Corporation; Mrs Claire Moore Dickerson, Professor & Sen. Breaux Chair in Law; Mr François Lichère, Professor of Public Law, an Eversheds consultant; Mr Bertrand du Marais, Conseiller d'Etat, Professor, University of Paris-X (CRDP); Messrs Boris Martor and Sébastien Thouvenot, Avocats à la Cour, Eversheds; Mr Jacques Blanché, Vice President, ACP Numérique, will meet to discuss and analyse the need for modernisation and development of OHADA law. They will notably discuss the issues raised by the assessment of such uniform legislation, the possible expansion to include common law countries, future standardisation projects, etc... For more information, you may contact : Mr Pierre Garcin - Eversheds, 8 place d'Iéna, 75116 Paris - France Tel. : +33 (0)1 55 73 40 56 Email : pierregarcin@eversheds.com Encl. invitation and programme