Commercial Law Development Services, Thomson Reuters Partner on Law E-Books
Commercial Law Development Services (CLDS), a centre known for its publishing services, has achieved another landmark, as it signs an e-Book Publishing Partnership Agreement with Thomson Reuters.
CLDS, has in recent times, emerged as one of Nigeria’s known editorial designers and publishing services providers in Nigeria.
Thomson Reuters ProView is one of world’s leading proprietary, market-leading e-Book platforms for legal and tax professionals. It is specifically built for professional use, and includes advance features such as full-text search, secured notes, highlights and content updating.
Under the first phase of the agreement, four of CLDS’ several law publications, will be licensed for publication and distribution through Thomson Reuters' professional e-reader ProView to the global community.
The publications set to debut on the first phase of the project, cover a range of topics and practice areas like Mergers and Acquisitions, Commercial Arbitration, Corporate Governance, Trade and Investments.
Some of the titles authored by Professor Fabian Ajogwu, SAN available on ProView include:
in Nigeria: Law & Practice
Nigeria: Law & Practice
Group Dynamics
Nigeria: Legal & Regulatory Aspects
Speaking at the official signing of the partnership agreement in Lagos, last Thursday, Mr. Romulen Pillay, Senior Director and Head of Legal at Thomson Reuters Africa, said “I am excited by this partnership, which will bring the information to the end users in a digitised effective way. The professional market is highly focused on getting access to authored content, in a manner that supplements the way they now work”.
According to the Director, Research and Publications of CLDS, Mrs. Chioma Mordi, “through this strategic partnership, Thomson Reuters will jointly manage sales and publishing activities of our e-books, while delivering a comprehensive array of publishing, marketing and book selling services, designed specifically for Commercial Law Development Services (CLDS). The e-books will be very interactive and user friendly.
“The advancement in information technology has made e-book and e-publishing more attractive than ever before, because of its global reach and appeal. According to the Director, Research and Publication of CLDS, “we look forward to a lasting and fruitful partnership, as we intend to place our clients’ works on the global market”.
The author, Professor Fabian Ajogwu, SAN, also expressed his excitement about the partnership stating that, he is at the receiving end, and urged his fellow learned colleagues to avail themselves the opportunity of promoting the legal practice beyond the shores of our country through electronic platforms like the ProView by Thomson Reuters.
“…I encourage my learned colleagues to take advantage of this kind of partnership, to spread the legal practice of Nigeria beyond Africa”, Ajogwu, SAN added.
He emphasised that, the titles being converted to e-book, were birthed through his experiences as a legal practitioner of several years.