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Experienced Advocacy

Seasoned counsel across litigation and arbitration.

Commercial Focus

Local insight with an international, business-minded approach.

Client Commitment

Clear, practical advice tailored to every matter.

What We Do

Practice Areas

We apply our strengths in litigation and arbitration across a wide range of industries — from banking and construction disputes to maritime, energy and corporate finance.


Marine

Shipping, cargo and maritime commerce.

We advise shipowners, charterers, financiers and insurers across the full lifecycle of marine assets — and represent them in the disputes that arise along the way.

  • Charter parties, bills of lading & carriage contracts
  • Joint ventures and pooling agreements
  • Ship finance, sale and purchase
  • Ship construction and repair
  • Operating agreements & ship management
  • Marine insurance

Have a marine or shipping matter?

Request a Consultation

Insurance & Reinsurance

Coverage, policy interpretation and regulatory advice.

Drawing on experience in major local and international markets, we guide insurers and insureds through coverage questions, compliance and complex claims.

  • Coverage issues
  • Policy interpretation
  • Captive insurance / reinsurance
  • Errors and omissions coverage
  • Insolvency and schemes of arrangement
  • Contract drafting and regulatory advice

Need insurance or reinsurance advice?

Request a Consultation

Commercial Litigation & Arbitration

Resolving complex commercial disputes.

We represent clients in high-stakes commercial disputes before the courts and in arbitration, applying our strengths across a broad range of industries.

  • Banking & financial disputes incl. debt recovery
  • Engineering and construction claims
  • Corporate disputes
  • Insolvency and schemes of arrangement
  • Sale of goods

Facing a commercial dispute?

Request a Consultation

Air, Road & Rail

Transport, carriage and asset finance.

We support operators, financiers and underwriters across aviation, road and rail — from asset financing to cross-border carriage and international regulation.

  • Asset financing
  • Carriage of passengers and goods
  • Joint ventures
  • Insurance / reinsurance
  • International regulations
  • Commercial disputes

Working in transport or logistics?

Request a Consultation

International Trade & Commodities

Cross-border trade and commodities.

Our trade and commodities practice covers the contracts, finance and disputes that run along the full supply chain, both at home and across borders.

  • Sale, purchase and future contracts
  • Quality, damage and shortfall disputes
  • Swaps and barter trade
  • Trade finance
  • Transportation agreements

Trading across borders?

Request a Consultation

Energy & Mining

From exploration to production.

From exploration through to production, we advise on the contracts, financing structures and regulatory frameworks that underpin energy and mining projects.

  • Exploration, drilling & transportation contracts
  • Project finance, consortia & unitizations
  • Operating agreements
  • Supply and distribution agreements
  • Decommissioning and abandonment
  • Renewable energy licenses

Developing an energy or mining project?

Request a Consultation

Corporate & Financial

Corporate, commercial and finance law.

We offer a wide-ranging corporate, commercial and finance service — from company formation and acquisitions to intellectual property, telecoms and project finance.

  • Company formations, finance & acquisitions
  • Company secretarial & process agents
  • Project and asset finance
  • Joint ventures, agency & distribution
  • Telecoms & broadcasting law
  • Intellectual property & IT

Growing or structuring a business?

Request a Consultation

Real Estate & Trusts

Property, land and succession.

We handle the acquisition, financing, development and litigation of property, alongside wills, trusts and the planning that protects what our clients build.

  • Sale and acquisition of properties
  • Construction agreements
  • Project financing
  • Mortgage financing
  • Land litigation
  • Wills and trusts

Buying, selling or protecting property?

Request a Consultation

General Legal Advisory

Strategic counsel for every matter.

Beyond our core practice areas, we provide strategic, practical counsel to individuals and organisations across the full spectrum of their legal needs.

  • Legal consultation for individuals & organisations
  • Risk assessment and legal strategy development
  • Natural resources law
  • Labour and employment law

Not sure where your matter fits?

Request a Consultation

The People Behind Your Case

Our Legal Team


Dr. Sylvester Nyamakye, Esq.

Leadership

Dr. Sylvester Nyamakye, Esq.

Founder and Managing Partner

BA (Hons); LLB, BL; MSc Development Finance; Doctor of Business Administration-DBA; LLM in Information Technology Law, University of Ghana School of Law; LLM in Maritime Law (Candidate), University of Ghana School of …

Associates & Staff
Ann-Marie Agyekum

L.L.B(Hons); BL; member of the Ghana Bar and a Senior Associate Counsel in the firm. Her areas of interest include Commercial transactions, …

Ann-Marie Agyekum

Senior Associate Counsel

Apea Twumasi Ankrah

Apea Twumasi Ankrah; LLB(Hons); BL; member of the Ghana Bar and a Senior Associate Counsel in the firm. His areas of interest …

Apea Twumasi Ankrah

Senior Associate Counsel

Nana Kodwo Adentwi

LLB(Hons); BL; BA(Hons) Economics; MA Communications; Adv. Cert. Marketing (UK), PGDip. Marketing (GH); LLM Natural Resources Law (Candidate), University of Ghana School …

Nana Kodwo Adentwi

Lawyer

Rolanda Kapure Yennah

LLB (Hons); BL; BA (Hons) Linguistics and Theartre Arts; member of the Ghana Bar and an Associate Counsel in the firm. Her …

Rolanda Kapure Yennah

Associate Counsel

Leslie Louis Gardner Oppong-Boadi

LLB (Hons); BL; LLM Energy Law, University of Ghana School of Law; MBA Marketing, BBA (Accounting & Finance); is a member of …

Leslie Louis Gardner Oppong-Boadi

Associate Counsel

Frederick Kobla Dortso

LLB (Hons), BL; LLM Energy Law (Candidate), University of Ghana School of Law; is a member of the Ghana Bar and a …

Frederick Kobla Dortso

Junior Associate Counsel

Mirabel Pomaah Kyeremateng

LLB (Hons), BL; LLM in Labour Law and Practice (Candidate), University of Ghana School of Law; member of the Ghana Bar and …

Mirabel Pomaah Kyeremateng

Junior Associate Counsel

Portia Nana Ama Boadu

LLB (Hons); BL; is a member of the Ghana Bar and a Junior Associate of the firm with interest in Company Law …

Portia Nana Ama Boadu

Junior Associate Counsel

Sarah Ampong

LLB (Hons); BL; member of the Ghana Bar and a Junior Associate Counsel in the firm. Her areas of interest include Corporate …

Sarah Ampong

Junior Associate Counsel

Whitney Mawuse Efua Norvor

LLB (Hons); is our Administrative Assistant in charge of firm operations and our chief filing clerk. She provides enormous administrative support to …

Whitney Mawuse Efua Norvor

Administrative Assistant

Nana Amissiwa Mensah Onumah

LLB (Hons); BL (Candidate); is our Paralegal and doubles as our deputy filing cerk.

Nana Amissiwa Mensah Onumah

Paralegal

Abigail Serebuor

BSC in Administration, Human Resource Management (University of Ghana); is the firm’s secretary.

Abigail Serebuor

secretary

Evans Baidoo, BL, LLB, MBA (Fin), BA (Hons.) Eons.

Evans is a member of the Ghana Bar Association and an Associate at Nyamekye & Partners. He is a seasoned banker with …

Evans Baidoo, BL, LLB, MBA (Fin), BA (Hons.) Eons.

Junior Associate Counsel

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