The Practical Training Academy Partners with NLNG Legal Learning Academy to Deliver Free CPD-Accredited Trainings for Nigerian Lawyers
Comprehensive programme to cover specialised areas of project finance law in collaboration with leading international law firms
The Practical Training Academy Ltd/Gte (TPTA) is pleased to announce a strategic collaboration with the NLNG Legal Learning Academy and several prominent international law firms and legal practitioners to deliver specialised training programmes for Nigerian lawyers across various emerging areas of legal practice.
The inaugural training will focus on project finance law and will be delivered over the course of 2026. The programme is available free of charge to all Nigerian lawyers and carries Continuing Professional Development (CPD) points.
This collaboration brings together TPTA and the NLNG Legal Learning Academy (NLLA), a specialized legal training institution established by Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG) to provide comprehensive legal education for its staff and the broader Nigerian legal community. The NLLA has consistently demonstrated its commitment to capacity building and has been instrumental in facilitating high-quality training programmes for Nigerian lawyers over the years, focusing on areas of law critical to the energy sector and commercial practice.
The partnership leverages the NLLA’s established expertise in legal education and TPTA’s innovative approach to practical legal training, along with the support of notable international law firms and experienced legal practitioners.
The first module of the Project Finance training series will commence on Thursday, 12th March 2026, marking the beginning of a comprehensive curriculum designed to enhance practitioners’ expertise in this specialised field.
The Project Finance Law training programme encompasses ten detailed modules covering the full spectrum of project finance practice:
1.Introduction to Project Finance – Overview of participants and their motivations, classic project structures, DFIs/ECAs/lenders, and bankability considerations
2.Overview of Project Finance Documentation – Comprehensive examination of project, equity, authority, offtake, insurance, hedging, financing documents, funding sources, security, and key due diligence areas
3.Project Finance Credit Agreements – Facility structures, pricing and margin protection, drawdown procedures, repayment mechanisms, lender protections, representations, warranties, events of default, and boilerplate provisions
4.Project Finance Covenants – The role of covenants, information requirements, financial covenant calculations, distinctions between greenfield and brownfield projects, event of default triggers, and covenant roles in loan recovery
5.Project Finance Intercreditor Agreements – Purpose and parties to intercreditor agreements, LMA-style ICA walkthroughs, decision-making and voting mechanics (including ECAs), and hedging arrangements
6.Project Documents Overview – Direct agreements, construction arrangements, O&M contracts, and PPAs
7.Project Finance Security Documents – The purpose of security in project finance, different types of security interests, and typical English law project finance security packages
8.Working with Export Credit Agencies (ECAs) – Understanding ECAs, advantages of ECA involvement, OECD Arrangement/Consensus rules, key considerations, types of ECA financing support, intercreditor issues, and ECA-related documentation
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10.Bankability: Identifying and Allocating Risks in Project Finance – A comprehensive overview of bankability and risk-sharing in the project finance context.
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Over ₦783.78 million meant to build classrooms for secondary school students in Ogun State has been traced to the Federal College of Fisheries and Marine Technology, an institution whose mandate is marine and fisheries education, not secondary school infrastructure.
According to findings by Tracka using data from GovSpend, ₦304 million was paid to Akinkas Interbiz Limited for a classroom block at Methodist High School, Arigbajo.
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