Our practice covers the full spectrum of corporate transactions important to businesses in today’s global marketplace. Due to an increase in globalization, expert commercial competition litigation advice and representation is increasingly important for companies, not only as defendants but also using private litigation as a means of redress.

We provide services to international and domestic clients throughout the life cycle of their investment projects in Ghana. The services we provide include legal due diligence, design of project structure, establishment of various forms of foreign invested enterprises, asset or share purchases, tax advice, the drafting of project documents, and assistance in negotiations and approval processes.

Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) is the sum of equity capital, reinvestment of earnings, long or short-term capital as shown in the balance of payments. Simply put, it is the net inflows of an investment, the purpose of which is to acquire a lasting management in a company doing business in an economy other than that of the interested party, usually involving a fair deal of management, joint-ventures and the transfer of expertise.

Private equity is a major driver in the global M&A and Capital Markets and its dynamic and entrepreneurial nature requires a unique blend of specialist skills. In today’s challenging market environment, our clients are looking to us more than ever as a key strategic adviser, requiring practical, commercially minded legal advice to help them and their companies to respond swiftly and effectively to the challenges and opportunities they face.

Energy is one of Ghana’s most important development priorities and Ghana has huge potential, in particular, for renewable energies. Ghana’s geographic location is advantageous for extensive use of most of the currently accepted renewable energy sources. Taking into consideration the recently found oil fields, Ghana has become the next stop for many foreign investors with respect to energy investments.

Our lawyers are also specialists in real estate, insolvency, property finance, environmental and construction cases. Our clients include but are not limited to developers, lenders, construction firms, real estate companies, landlords and occupational tenants.

We advise on all aspects of employment and industrial relations law. Our work includes advising on the individual and collective employment aspects of Mergers & Acquisitions; executive remuneration and related regulatory and disclosure obligations; service contracts and related documents; confidentiality and restrictive covenants; work councils; individual and group severance arrangements; and contracting out of services.

Our lawyers provide a full range of litigation in the fields of patents, trade secret and unfair competition, false advertising, copyright and theft of idea and trademark litigation.

We provide the background and contacts needed to assist clients in obtaining authorizations and negotiating agreements necessary to provide trans-border and international satellite and terrestrial services. In addition, the firm is able to assess the significance of telecommunications and broadcast developments in Ghana.

Every transaction has tax consequences and may become profitable or unprofitable based solely on tax implications. In M&A transactions, we are able to offer our clients proper legal risk analysis, as well as assist clients in mitigating risk when acquiring targets with pre-existing tax liability concerns.

We act for all factions of the maritime industry – shipbuilders, owners, charterers, salvors, financiers, port authorities, P&I clubs and insurers – and clients across the broader trade commodities and energy sector, because we are focused on providing pragmatic commercial solutions to all our clients.

In this globalized environment, international trade and the supply of commodities have become an increasingly fast moving and challenging area. Our clients support and facilitate this constant flow of materials and goods around the world. We work across the full range of the commodity markets - hard and soft commodities, oil and energy, futures and derivatives.