Global Creative Legal Summit 2025
Where Law Meets Culture Across Africa
- 19th September 2025
- Landmark Event Centre, Lagos
About GCLS
Africa’s Premier Platform at the Intersection of Law, Creativity & Commerce
Following a successful debut in 2024, GCLS 2025 returns with a bold new theme:
“Creative Bridge: Empowering Talent, Transforming Ecosystems, Unlocking Potential”
Creative Bridge: Empowering Talent, Transforming Ecosystems, Unlocking Potential
Our Official Partners and Sponsors
Why You Should Attend GCLS 2025
Whether you’re a lawyer protecting IP or a creative monetizing your talent, GCLS is where knowledge becomes power.
Moderators & Panelist
Thought Leaders. Visionary Voices.
Our Moderators & Panelist are pioneers at the crossroads of law, creativity, and culture bringing global perspectives, bold ideas, and actionable insights to Africa’s evolving creative economy.
Lola Oyekan
Principal of Astrum Aura Global Limited
David Afolabi
Entertainment Advisor, Voice actor/Voiceover artist and Legal Practitioner
Masterclass Facilitators & Panelist
Meet the Visionaries Shaping Africa’s Creative Legal Future
ANGELA ADEBAYO AGBE-DAVIES
MANAGING DIRECTOR, INVENTA NIGERIA
Adebayo Adeleke
Founder: Supply Chain Research and Innovation Hub (SCRIH),
Bamidele Olamilekan
Principal Partner at Lekan Bamidele & Co
Adaobi Orajiaku
The CEO and founder of Atsur, an ArtTech startup
Rachelle Nwosu
Fashion Law
Zaeda Oracle
Nosa Garrick
Senior Partner at F.A. Garrick & Co.
Schedule
Summit Overview
1:00 pm- 1:30 pm
Panel Session 1
Creative Counsel: Soft skills for cross market deal making in the creative economy
Does AI Democratize or Endanger Africa’s Creative Economy?
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- 19th Sept 2025
Angela Adebayo Agbe-Davies
1:40 pm - 2:30 pm
Panel Session 2
Algorithms, Ownership & Africa: Navigating AI's Disruption of the African Creative Economy
Does AI Democratize or Endanger Africa’s Creative Economy?
- Landmark Event Centre, Lagos
- 19th Sept 2025
Adaobi Orajiaku
2:40 pm to 3:30 pm
Fireside Chat
Threading Law Into Fashion: The Legal Architect Behind Global Expansion
- Landmark Event Centre, Lagos
- 19th Sept 2025
Nosa Garrick
2:30 pm to 3:30 pm
Workshop 1
Cross-Market Music Business Law — Rights, Revenue & IP in a Connected Creative Economy
1 Trophy. Fierce legal discourse.
- Landmark Event Centre, Lagos
- 19th Sept 2025
Bamidele Olamilekan
4:40PM -5:30PM
Workshop 2
The Hidden Engine: Mastering Supply Chains in Africa’s Entertainment Economy
- Landmark Event Centre, Lagos
- 19th Sept 2025
Adebayo Adeleke
4:30 pm to 5:00 pm
Dinner & Closing party
Dinner & Closing party
- Landmark Event Centre, Lagos
- 19th Sept 2025
Relive the Magic of GCLS 2024
Experience highlights from last year’s summit the moments, the energy, the impact.
Landmark Event Centre
Plot 2& 3 Water Corporation Road, Victoria Island,
Annex, Lagos, Nigeria
Contact Options
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General Inquiries:
hello@gclsummit.org - Partnerships & Sponsorship: partners@gclsummit.org
- Media & Press Email: media@gclsummit.org