The Capital Market Solicitors’ Association (CMSA) will explore the far-reaching legal reforms, regulatory enhancements, and emerging business prospects now available under the new Investment and Securities Act (ISA) 2025 at this year’s Annual Business Summit.
CMSA Chairman, Odiaka Iweze, described the ISA 2025 as a game-changing legislation that reflects international best practices while reinforcing investor protection, regulatory oversight, and enforcement capacity.
Billed for June 25, at the Lagos Oriental Hotel, he said the summit would bring together leading capital market solicitors, regulators, investors, and key policymakers for an in-depth discourse on the future of Nigeria’s capital markets.
Its theme is: “The Investment and Securities Act 2025: Innovations and Opportunities in the Nigerian Capital Market.”
Iweze highlighted some of the opportunities the law provides for lawyers and operators.
“From regulating digital assets and forex trading to empowering SEC to take tougher action against Ponzi schemes, the ISA 2025 lays a solid foundation for market integrity and expansion. “It also presents new roles for capital market solicitors in helping clients navigate the evolving landscape,” he said at a briefing in Lagos. Chairperson of the 2025 ABS Planning Committee, Simisola Eyisanmi, said the CMSA, established in 2001, has long played a central role in shaping Nigeria’s capital market policies through legal advocacy and stakeholder engagement.
She said the 2025 conference will also address newly introduced provisions around financial transparency, systemic risk management, and commodity market development.
“We’re bringing together regulators, practitioners, and market participants to discuss what the Act means for all of us—and how to leverage it for growth,” she said.
Eyisanmil noted that the ISA 2025 codifies rules for emerging areas like cryptocurrency and commodities trading, providing legal clarity in previously underregulated sectors.
It also introduces frameworks for whistleblowing, market infrastructure, and listing regulations to prevent a repeat of the 2008 capital market crash.
CMSA Secretary, Mabel Okereke, stressed the Act’s alignment with global standards.
She said: “The ISO principles for capital markets are not an efficient, fair system and also transparent investor protection. The key thing is to have a regulation that is evolving.
“The ISA 2025 indeed reflects all of these principles, and it’s coming at a time that it coincides with the Nigerian capital market plan, 2025.”
The summit will feature panel discussions, fireside chats, and expert sessions covering reforms in the debt and equity markets, digital finance, and legal compliance.
Participation is free but requires pre-registration, made possible through sponsorships from member firms and corporate partners.
As Iweze noted, the event is not only about policy but also education and opportunity.
“We are using this platform to educate the public, empower lawyers, and build a stronger, more inclusive market,” he added.