List of Attorneys
GREATER ACCRA REGION
1) AGYEMAN, AGYEMAN & ADIYIA
Attorneys at Law
Kojo O. Agyeman, Managing Partner
Kwame O. Agyeman, Financial Partner
Fred Y. Adiyia, Founding Partner
Address:
P.O. Box 13463 Accra
Location: Planet House, 8 Third Ringway, Accra.
USA Contact:
8400 Lindberg Blvd.
Suite 102, Philadelphia, PA 19153
Tel: (215) 492-9922
Fax: (215) 365-5001
Areas of Practice:
International trade law, immigration, employment law, general civil litigation, insurance defense, customary law, estate planning, trust account management, medical malpractice, product liability, workers; compensation, toxic tort, commercial contracts, environmental law, arbitration and mediation.
2) AKUFO-ADDO, Nana Addo Dankwa
Attorney at Law
Mailing address:
Akufo-Addo, Prempeh & Co.
P.O. Box 207,Accra
Tel: 233-21-223321/229875
Fax: 233-21-223321/220307
Located at 67 Kojo Thompson Road, Adabraka, Accra.
Born March 29, 1944
Education:
Lancing College, Sussex, England; B.Sc. (Econ.)University of Ghana.
Affiliations:
Member of the Middle Temple, Inns of Court, London.
Experience:
Senior partner of leading Ghanaian firm, Akufo-Addo, Prempeh & Co. Called to the English Bar in 1971 and Ghana Bar in 1975. Former associate counsel of U.S. law firm Coudert Brothers at its Paris office 1971 - 1975. Extensive experience in corporate, constitutional, mining, intellectual property and investment law. Fluent in French and English.
3) ANKAMAH, Kwabena Attefuah
Attorney at Law & Notary Public
Mailing address:
P.O. Box 12050
Accra-North
Located at 35, Ring Road Central, Amadeus Building, Accra.
Tel: 233-21-225770/220153
Fax: 233-21-222329
E-mail: ankamah@ghana.com
Born September 4, 1955
Education:
LL.B. (Hons.), University of Ghana.
Languages:
English, Twi, German
Affiliations:
Member of the International Bar Association and the Commonwealth Bar Association.
Experience:
Extensive experience handling both governmental and private agencies in country and outside, particularly U.S. firms. Firm specializes in corporate, investment, international trade and business law as well as mining, real estate, insurance and taxation law.
4) APPIAH-KUMI, Bright Edward
Attorney at Law
Mailing address:
Tesano Chambers
P.O. Box 3083, Accra
Located at #18 Fourth Road (off Abeka Main Road), Tesano, Accra.
Tel: 233-21-226218
Born July 22, 1938.
Education:
LL.B. (Hons.) Law; Faculty of Law, University of Ghana.
Experience:
Twenty years of practice with specialization in corporate, investment, commercial, criminal, property and real estate, narcotics cases, estate cases, trade disputes and collection cases.
5) ASANTE, Dr. Samuel K.B.
Attorney at Law and Legal Consultant
Mailing address:
S.K.B. Asante & Associates
P.O. Box 0600 Osu
Accra
Located at 1st Floor, Swanzy Arcade, Former Kingsway Building, Kwame Nkrumah Avenue, Adabraka, Accra.
Tel: 233-21-300476
Fax: 233-21-300476
E-mail: drskba@ghana.com
Education:
LL.B. (Hons.) University of Nottingham, England; JSD, Yale University Law School.
Affiliations:
Member, the International Bar Association, International Law Association, American Foreign Law Association, American Society of International Law, the Commonwealth Bar Association and the Ghana Bar Association.
Experience:
Dr. Asante's work spans a period of over thirty-five year. He has been Solicitor-General and Deputy Attorney-General of Ghana (1969-1977). He was an attorney in the legal department of the World Bank (1966-69); Chief Legal Adviser and later director of the United Nations Center on Transitional Corporations, New York (1977-92). His last assignment at the United Nations was director in charge of the division of Natural Resources, energy He is currently chairman of the Public Utilities Regulatory commission, and chairman of the newly-created Ghana Arbitration Center. He has extensive experience in handling both governmental and private agencies in Ghana and the United States. He and his firm, S.K.B. Asante & Associates, specialize in corporate and investment law, international business transaction, comparative law, international commercial arbitration, development law and human rights.
6) ATTUAH, Addo
Attorney at Law and Notary Public
Mailing Address:
Addo Atuah & Co.
P.O. Box 01914
Osu
Accra
Located at Tesano Chambers, Essie Lodge, opposite Elf Head Office, Kojo Thompson Road, Accra.
Tel: 233-21-220640
Fax: 233-21-220640
Education:
LL.B., Faculty of Law, University of Ghana, Legon; Ghana Police Service; National Service; Formal Police Officers Training.
Experience:
Appointed as Office Assistant, superintendent of Police, Ghana, in 1978; joined Armed Forces Staff College Junior Division in 1984. Subsequently held various positions in Ghana Police Service including aide to Commander of Police District, the Police Prosecutor and finally Chief of Interpol (Ghana). Joined private law firm of Appiah-Kumi & Addo Atuah in 1986 as legal practitioner, notary public and legal investigator.
7) AWOONOR, Ekow N.
Attorney at Law
Mailing Address:
P.O. Box C2629
Accra
Tel: 233-21-231928
Fax: 233-21-221005
Located at Pegasus House, 47 Independence Ave., Accra
Education:
LL.B., University of Ghana, Legon; Masters of Law degree from Temple School of Law, Philadelphia, PA.
Affiliations:
Member of the Ghana Bar Association.
Experience:
Mr. Awoonor is a principal in the Awoonor Law Consultancy. He has conducted several financial seminars in collaboration with Databank Financial Services Limited, an investment brokerage firm on such topics as stock exchange listing, venture capital, finance leasing and portfolio management. Also served as co-legal counsel when the first Government of Ghana-owned bank, Social Security Bank, was privatized and its shares listed on the Ghana Stock Exchange. Recently appointed by UNIDO Ghana to advise on the implications of GATT for developing economies in the West Africa Sub-Region. Serves as a director on the Board of Social Security Bank Limited. A few of the firm's clients include Societe G n rale, Paris; Union Bank of Switzerland; United Nations Development Program, Ghana; UNIDO, Ghana; Ghana Australia Goldfields Limited; and Ghana National Petroleum Corporation. Areas of practice include corporate law, tax law, corporate finance and securities, conflict resolution, human resources and construction.
8) AYENSU, Kathleen Q.
Attorney at Law and Legal Consultant
Mailing address:
P.O Box AC229
Accra
Located at No. 9 Amanfro Street, Ablenkpe, Accra.
Tel: 233-21-777545
Fax: 233-21-760781/762339.
Born January 27, 1953.
Education:
LL.B (HONS), University of Ghana, Legon; University of London; M.A., George Washington University, USA.
Languages: English, French, Ga, Twi.
Has had extensive experience in giving counsel to governmental as well as private agencies both in Ghana and outside. Specializes in business & investment law, intellectual property law, real estate law, immigration, public and private international law, marine & maritime law, natural resources & employment law, wills & trust. Provides counseling on avoiding litigation & orientation for foreign investors.
9) BANNERMAN-RICHTER, Anna
Attorney at Law
Mailing Address:
P.O. Box M219
Accra
Tel: 233-21-767983
E-mail: Abannerman@aol.com
Education:
B.Sc., University of Maryland; LL.B, University of California, Berkeley (1987); MBA, University of California, Berkeley (1989).
Affiliations:
Member, Ghana Bar Association; Member, California State Bar; American Inns of Court; Federal Courts of the United States of America.
Experience:
General business matters: small to medium size business development and preparation of business plans and company launching. Counsel for municipal project financing, debt offering. Major projects include educational, healthcare, research, pollution control and sewerage facilities. Major clients have included the Government of Japan, State of California.
10) BENTSI-ENCHILL, Kojo
Attorney at Law
Mailing address:
P.O. Box 1632
Accra
Located at Teachers Hall, 3rd Floor, Accra.
Tel: 233-21-221171/229396/220629 res.
Fax: 233-21-772145.
E-mail: belm@africaonline.com.gh
Born Cape Coast, Ghana, April 3, 1950.
Education:
University of Ghana, Legon (B.A. Political Science 1971; LL.B. 1973); Ghana School of Law (QCL 1975); Magdalene College, Cambridge, post-graduate research on Mining Concessions Law; J. Donaldson Bye-Fellow 1978-1979,
Affiliations:
Associate, Sherman and Sterling, New York, 1984-1986. Member, Ghana Bar Association.
Experience:
Partner, Bentsi-Enchill, Letsa and Mate. Admitted 1975. Assistant Program Officer, International Human Rights, Ford Foundation, New York City, 1982-1984. Foreign Languages: English, French, Fanti and Ga. Specialization in corporate, banking and finance, investment, commercial and business, property and conveyance, natural resources, mining, labor, insurance, immigration, entertainment, shipping, aviation, taxation, information technology, intellectual property, environment, litigation, collections and trade dispute resolution, and constitutional law.
11) BOAFO, William Ofori
Attorney at Law and Notary Public
Mailing address:
Onimpa Akuoko and Co.
P.O. Box 197
Accra
Tel: 233-21-666348
Fax: 233-21-665216
Born December 30, 1946.
Education:
LL.B. (Hons.), University of Ghana, Legon; Practical Certificate in Law, Ghana School of Law.
Experience:
Twenty-five years of experience as a lawyer. Areas of specialization: corporate law and investments, labor and employment, real estate/conveyancing, commerce/debt collection and taxation.
12) DARKO, Joyce Louisa
Attorney at Law and Legal Consultant
Mailing Address:
J.L. Darko Legal Consultancy
P.O. Box 178
Accra.
Located at House No.865A/3 Kanda Highway, North Ridge, Accra.
Tel: 233-21-226941, 223793
Fax: 233-21-223793
E-mail: jld@africaonline.com.gh
Born November 5, 1956, Accra, Ghana
Education:
Kent College School for Girls, Kent, England; The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London; LL.B (Hons.) BL., The School of Law, Chancery Lane.
Affiliations:
Member of Lincoln's Inn Court; called to English Bar 1978, called to Ghana Bar with special mention in 1980.
Experience:
Legal Officer General Medical Council, U.K.; Guardian Royal Exchange Assurance Co., London. Called to Ghanaian Bar 1980 with special mention. Principal Consultant of jld Legal Consultancy Services, specializing in dispute and arbitration. Responsible for the implementation and operation of the American Chamber of Commerce in Ghana Mediation/Conciliation Unit, launched in June, 1999.
Other areas of expertise include corporate, investment and commercial law; mining, property and real estate; construction, building and engineering contracts, dispute and arbitration; nationality, citizenship and private international law. Advice and assistance for investment and trade with Ghana, Benin and php
Cte d'Ivoire.
13) FRANCOIS, GEORGETTE
Legal consultant.
Mailing Address:
P.O. Box C486
Cantonments
Accra-Ghana
Located at No.106 Kwame Nkrumah Avenue
Tel: 233-21-227173, 227082; Mobile: 233-24-321938
Fax: 233-21-227082
14) GHARTEY & GHARTEY
Barristers and solicitors
Joe and Efua Ghartey
Mailing address:
P.O.Box OS 1003
Osu-Accra
Located at Hse No F334/4, Dadebu Rd. Nyaniba Estates, Osu-Accra
Tel: 233-21-761647
Fax: 233-21-761648,774179
E-mail: ghartey@africaonline.com.gh
15) GLYMIN, Daniel Kobla
Attorney at Law
Mailing address:
Glymin and Company
Legal Practitioners
P.O. Box 162
Accra
Located at No. 10 Osu Link, Ako Adjei, Accra.
Tel: 233-21-760204
Fax: 233-21-760201
E-mail: Glyco@africaonline.com.gh
Education:
LL.B, University of Wales, Cardiff, U.K.
Holborn Law Tutors, London, U.K.
Called to the English Bar in 1986.
Affiliations:
Member, Honorable Society of the Middle Temple; Member, Ghana Bar Association.
Experience:
Associate of Fugar & Company (London), Barristers and Solicitors, 1988-1991. Legal counsel and head of company secretarial department of Panell Kerr Forster, Chartered Accountants, Accra (1991-1998).
Areas of practice: Corporate, investment and commercial law; property and real estate; debt recovery.
14) HESSE, David A.
Attorney at Law
Mailing address:
Hesse & Larsey
P.O. Box 0514 Osu
Accra
Located at No. F459/4 Nyaniba Estates, Osu, Accra.
Tel: 233-21-778215, 760768
Fax: 233-21-761197
E-mail: hesse@ghana.com
Education:
LL.B.(Hons.), University of Ghana, Legon (1982); Qualifying Certificate in Professional Law, Ghana School of Law. Also a graduate of the Academy of American and International Law at the University of Texas (1991), and the Wisconsin Institute for International Legal Programs at the University of Wisconsin Law School, Madison (1994).
Affiliations:
Member, International Bar Association; Member, International Law Association; Member, World Jurists Association; Member, American Society of International Law, and a Member of the Ghana Bar Association.
Experience:
Mr. Hesse is the author of numerous articles and legal papers, specifically relevant to Ghana. They include Structural Changes in the Banking Industry in Ghana, 1994, Short Notes on the Legal System, Economy and Recent Financial Laws in Ghana, Survey of International Sea Carriage Regimes in Ghana and An Overview of the Copyright Laws of Ghana, 1996. He is currently also contributing chapters on Legal Aspects of Ghana's Stock Exchange (Comparative Law Yearbook of International Business, England) and The Law and Practice of Foreign Direct Investment in Ghana (Foreign Investment Law Journal of the International Center for the Settlement of Investment Disputes). He has been a featured speaker at various banking and corporate law functions organized by the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, Accra.
15) LARYEA, Kenneth D.
Attorney at Law
Mailing address:
Laryea, Laryea & Co, Accra.
P.O. Box 175
Trade Fair Center
Accra
Located at #5 Mankralo Close, East Cantonments, Accra.
Tel: 233-21-775282
Fax: 233-21-775690
E-mail: laryea@africaonline.com.gh
Telex: 2307 FM. AFRIC. GH.
Born August 31, 1948, Accra, Ghana.
Education:
LL.B., University of Ghana; M.A., Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA, USA; B.L., McGill University, Montreal,
Canada.
Experience:
Has 15 years of practice experience.
Specializes in air and space, energy and natural resources, family, intellectual and industrial property, international business, real estate law and banking. Also handles collection cases and trade disputes.
16) MILLS, Nii Osah
Attorney at Law, Solicitor and Notary Public
Mailing address:
P. O. Box M.443
Accra
Located at House #D.324/4 Brewery Road, Adabraka, Accra.
Born September 29, 1948.
Education:
LL.B. (Hons.), B.A. Linguistics (Hons.) University of Ghana, Legon.
Languages: English, French, Ga and Twi.
Experience:
Has twenty years of experience as a lawyer. Specializes in investment and commercial law, as well as family law and litigation.
17) OKUDZETO, Sam
Attorney and Notary Public
Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 5520
Accra-North
Located at Sena Chambers, Mobil House, 2nd Floor, Liberia Road, Accra.
Tel: 233-21-666377/668114
Fax: 233-21-668115
E-mail: okudzeto@ghana.com
Education:
Educated at Leeds College of Commerce, Leeds, England; B.A. (Hons.), University of Ghana, Legon; LL.B. (Hons.), King's College, London University; College of Europe, Brussels University, Belgium. Also an alumnus of the Hague Academy of International Law, Hebrew University and New York University.
Affiliations:
President of the Ghana Bar Association from 1995-98; Member, Association of Recognized Professional Bodies; President, Ghana Association of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries & Administrators; Associate Member, American Bar Association; Member, London Court of International Arbitration; Member,
Commonwealth Lawyers Association; Member, American Arbitration Association.
Experience:
Mr. Okudzeto has been in private legal practice for nearly 35 years, after being called to the English Bar at the Inner Temple London and to the Ghana Bar in 1963. Was a Member of Parliament from 1969-1972, and Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee. From 1963-1971 he was with Law Chambers & Co., then the largest law firm in Ghana. In 1971 Mr. Okudzeto opened his own Chambers at Mobil House in Accra. He is a part-time Principal Lecturer at the Ghana School of Law, and operates a partnership under the name of Sam Okudzeto & Associates, comprising a junior partner, five lawyers and a staff of five. The firm's area of practice is in the commercial sector and includes mining and mineral law, property, conveyancing, privatization, corporate law practice. Civil litigation, immigration, industrial and labor law, international trade and investment, human rights, mercantile and shipping law, air and space law, leases, intellectual property, patents, trade marks, arbitration and mediation.
18) TORKORNOO, Gertrude Araba
Attorney at Law and Notary Public
Mailing Address:
P.O. Box C2108 Cantonments
Accra
Located at Awet House, 48 Lokko Road, Osu.
Tel: 233-21-763526/763527
Fax: 233-21-763526
E-mail: sozolaw@ghana.com
Education:
LL.B. University of Ghana, Legon.
Affiliations:
Member, Ghana Bar Association; Member, International Bar Association; Member, International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA), Ghana.
Experience:
Ms. Torkornoo is a Senior Partner of Sozo Law Consult, a firm which is directed to the industrial, commercial and corporate community. Clientele is predominantly from the corporate, commercial, mining, local government, construction, tourism and finance sectors. Ms. Torkornoo was an associate of Fugar & Co. (London) from 1987-1993, then a director there from 1993-1996, as well as being an associate at Nabarro Nathanson, London from 1993-1996. Areas of practice include corporate and business law, construction contracts, marine and admiralty, intellectual property and local government and administrative law.
19) TSEGAH, Seth Arnold Xaxabu
Attorney at Law and Notary Public
Mailing address:
Anyako Chambers
P.O. Box 1164
Accra
Tel: 233-21-666269 (Office)
233-21-226733 (Res.)
Born November 9, 1926.
Education:
LL.B (Hons.), University of Hull, U.K.
Experience:
Thirty-four years of practice experience with specialization in land, commercial, insurance and criminal cases. Also handles narcotic cases, collections, trade disputes and estate cases.
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WESTERN REGION
GAISIE, Edmund Brite
Attorney at Law and Notary Public
Mailing Address:
Gaisie, Zwennes, Hughes & Co.
P.O. Box 721
Takoradi
Tel: 233-31-24570
Born March 12, 1927.
Education:
LL.B. (Hons.), University of Manchester, Middle Temple, England.
Experience:
Twenty-nine years in general practice, specializing in corporate law. Also handles criminal, collection, trade disputes and estate cases.
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LIST OF CONCILIATORS
MENSAH, Edward
Insurance brokers
MAILING ADDRESS:
Edward Mensah & Wood Associates
Farrar Avenue, Accra
Tel: 233-21-229349
Fax: 233-21-224809
PIANIM, Kwame
Economist
MAILING ADDRESS:
New World Investment
Mobil House, Accra
Tel: 233-21-670518
Fax: 233-21-776258
E-mail: kwame@ghana.com
TWUM-BOAFO, Kwaku
Civil Eng. Consultant
MAILING ADDRESS:
Twum Boafo & Partners
P.O. BOX M 156, ACCRA
Tel: 233-21-228761/674011
Fax: 233-21-669504
E-mail: tbp@africaonline.com.gh
ATTA-BRONYAH, Kofi
BANKER
MAILING ADDRESS:
EXECUTIVE SEC GHAMFIN
P.O. BOX AH 1392, ACHIMOTA
TEL: 233-21-770332(OFF)/252647(RES)
MAHAMA, SULAMANA
LAND ADMINISTRATOR
MAILING ADDRESS:
LANDS COMMISSION
P.O. BOX ?
ACCRA
Tel: 233-21-770277
Fax: ?
E-mail: sulmah@hotmail.com
PREMPEH-eck, Kwaku
Legal Consultant
MAILING ADDRESS:
JLD Legal Consultancy services
P.O. Box 178
Accra
Tel: 233-21-7010380 or 233-21-27-583132
E-mail: kwesieck@yahoo.co.uk
INSAIDOO, Margaret
Solicitor, advocate & lecturer In Law
MAILING ADDRESS:
P.O. BOX CT 237
CANTONMENTS-ACCRA
Tel: 233-21-663246 (OFF)/776473 (RES)/027-590193
Fax: 233-21-761234
E-mail: kofuah@hotmail.com
BENTSI ENCHILL, Kojo
Lawyer
MAILING ADDRESS:
Bentsi-Enchill
P.O. BOX 1632
ACCRA
Tel: 233-21-221171/229396/227187/024-313145
Fax: 233-21-761234
E-mail: belm@africaonline.com/bentsi@ghana.com
DARKO, L. Joyce
Lawyer
MAILING ADDRESS:
JLD Legal Consultancy services
P.O. BOX 178
Accra
Tel: 233-21-226941/701-0380 (OFF)
Fax: 233-21-223793
E-mail: jid@africaonline.com.gh
SHORT, Emile
Lawyer
MAILING ADDRESS:
Old Parliament House
High Street
Accra
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