Ghanaian woman, Nania Owusu-Ankomah, a partner at Bentsi-Enchill, Letsa & Ankomah, has been appointed the Vice President of the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA).

Her appointment was announced in a statement shared on social media by the law firm on May 18, 2026.

The post indicated that Nania Owusu-Ankomah, before she was appointed Vice President, was a member of the LCIA.

According to the post, the director of LCIA, Kevin Nash, said the appointment of Owusu-Ankomah is deserving because of her contribution to the court.

“Having previously served as a Court Member, this appointment reflects her outstanding dedication, leadership, and significant contributions to the LCIA and the international arbitration community.

“Speaking on her appointment, LCIA Director General, Kevin Nash, said: Nania has already made a real contribution to the LCIA’s leadership through her work on the Court and with the African Users’ Council, and her appointment as Vice President properly recognises that,” parts of the post read.

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Below is a brief of Nania published by Bentsi-Enchill, Letsa & Ankomah:

Nania is a Partner in the Disputes practice group of the firm. She regularly advises and represents clients in a range of high-value litigation and arbitration disputes and is highly regarded by her peers and clients for her experience in cross-border disputes. She also sits as an arbitrator in both international and domestic arbitrations in institutional and ad hoc proceedings. She has been appointed as sole arbitrator and co-arbitrator by the LCIA, ICC and Ghana Arbitration Centre, and is also listed on CPR’s Panels of Distinguished Neutrals and the Ghana ADR Hub List of Arbitrators.

Nania’s clients include Tullow, Epiroc, Stena Drilling Limited, Champion X, Stanbic Bank Ghana Limited, AngloGold Ashanti (GH) Ltd., Abosso Goldfields Limited, American Tower Company Limited, Moringa Mauritius Africa and Moringa SCA SICAR, Ghana Oil Palm Development Company Limited, Monjasa DMCC, GOS Limited, FBN Bank Limited and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

She is a member of the Court of the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA) and President of the LCIA African Users’ Council. She is Chair of the Ghana Chapter of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (UK) and a member of the English Commercial Bar (COMBAR) Africa Committee. Nania is also a member of the ICC Commission on Arbitration & ADR and a board member of the Lagos Chamber of Commerce International Arbitration Centre.

She previously served as Co-Chair of the Africa Arbitration Group of the International Bar Association (IBA) Arbitration Committee, after serving as editor of the IBA Arbitration Committee Newsletter. Nania was formerly a member of the three-panel Electronic Communications Tribunal of the Republic of Ghana, a quasi-judicial body that hears appeals in respect of the regulation and licensing of telecommunications companies, television stations and radio stations in Ghana. She was part of the Task Force for the Commonwealth International Arbitration Study commissioned by the Commonwealth Secretariat, which comprised leading arbitration practitioners within the Commonwealth. She regularly delivers training on various aspects of arbitration practice and also regularly speaks at arbitration conferences.

She lectures in Alternative Dispute Resolution at the Ghana School of Law and is called to the Bar in England and Wales and in Ghana. She is a member of the Ghana Bar Association, Middle Temple Inns of Court and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (UK).

Nania holds a B.A. (Hons) from the University of Ghana, a Qualifying Law Degree & LLM from the University of Leeds and a Qualifying Certificate in Law from the Ghana School of Law. She undertook the Bar Vocational Course at the College of Law (now University of Law) in London, where she obtained a Postgraduate Diploma in Law.

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About the London Court of International Arbitration:

The London Court of International Arbitration is the oldest and leading arbitral body in the world dealing with international disputes.

Some of the recent cases heard by the court involving the Government of Ghana include the West Africa Gas Limited case on the termination of a gas sales agreement between the company and Ghana, and the case between the Bank of Ghana and Sibton Switch Systems Limited on the termination of a contract for Ghana’s retail payment systems infrastructure.

The other recent cases are the case of Power Distribution Services (PDS) dispute and the case between Cassius Mining Ltd and the Government of Ghana, where the company has accused Ghana of failure to renew its mining rights.

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