Our Attorneys

David Ofosu-Dorte

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David’s expertise are in the areas of Corporate and Commercial transactions particularly Acquisitions/Privatizations, Finance, Construction/ Engineering projects, Procurement/PPPs, and Arbitration. He is an ace at guiding businesses through the maze of bureaucracy in Africa.

David’s recent transactions include lead role in Ghana’s $547m Compact with the Millennium Challenge Corporation of the USA, advice on a proposed $1.4b railway concession, the establishment of a new mortgage bank involving a $30m OPIC facility, procurement and concessions specialist advise to the Government of Liberia/World Bank and Government of Nigeria/USAID, share acquisition in Fidelity Bank and a proposed housing project in Angola.

Education
Barrister-at-Law; Masters In Public Administration; Fellow, Chartered Institute of Logistics &Transport - UK; Associate of the Chartered Institute of Arbitration - UK; Member, Ghana Bar Association; Member, International Bar Association (Committees on Procurement, Arbitration and Construction & Engineering)

Isabel Boaten

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Isabel’s experiences are in the areas of Intellectual Property, Public sector/Regulatory Reform, PPPs, Government contracts and Public Procurement. She worked as the legal analyst for the development of National Policy Guidelines for PPPs in Ghana and on procurement and concessioning reform for the Government of Liberia. She has also worked on the administration of procurement processes for the selection of managers for the privatization of Bus terminals in Ghana and on a TIPCEE/USAID PPP project for the operation and management of a fruit shed at the Tema Port.

Education
Barrister-at-Law; LLB (University of Ghana, Legon); Member Ghana Bar Association

Emmanuel Amissah

Partner
Practice areas: Property & Real Estate

Email: amissah@abdavid.com

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Emmanuel's experience has been in Property & Trusts, Civil Litigation including Court Room representation and Trial Advisory Services, Corporate Law, Commerce and investments and Labour & Employment. An astute and methodical advocate he has represented several of our local and international clients. Emmanuel has also negotiated and developed human resource policies for several of our diverse clientele and has been at the centre of the resolution of several labour disputes.
Significantly, Emmanuel has been general counsel for several years for Messrs Facol Roads, one of Ghana's topmost construction companies and this experience is brought to bear on his practice.

Education
Barrister-at-Law; BA (Law and Political Science) University of Ghana, Legon; Member, Ghana Institute of Human Resource Managers; Member, Ghana Bar Association

Akyaa Arhin

Senior Associate
Practice areas: Corporate, Commerce & Finance

Email: akyaa@abdavid.com

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Akyaa’s experience has been in corporate, commerce and Finance Law, Investment Law and Property & Real Estate. She was the project officer of the Land Law Focal Area of the Legal Pluralism and Gender Project of the German Development Corporation.

Akyaa worked on the procurement of a $30 million OPIC facility for a new mortgage company and was a project team member of the World Ban k sponsored retrofitting of the Ghana trade and investment gateway strategy. She was also a member of the legal team that drafted now promulgated Procurement and Concessions Act, 2005 of Liberia and notably a member of the team of solicitors advising the Government of Ghana on the Millennium challenge Account.

Education
LLM (Temple University, USA); Barrister-at-Law; LLB (University of Ghana, Legon); Member, Ghana Association of Chartered Mediators and Arbitrators; Member, Ghana Bar Association

Anna Fordjuor (Mrs)

Senior Associate
Kumasi
Practice areas: Commercial Litigation & ADR
Email: anna@abdavid.com

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Anna is based in the Kumasi office of AB & David where she focuses her practice on Property, Transaction Advisory Services, Corporate and Commercial Law and Immigration and Debt Management. Anna has worked on several projects including providing advisory services on a commercial farming project in the Ashanti Region of Ghana.

Education
Barrister-at-Law; BA (Law and Political Science; University of Ghana, Legon); Member, Ghana Bar Association

Mawusi Bedjrah (Mrs)

Accra
Email: mawusi@abdavid.com

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Mawusi’s work has been in the area of research, trademark and patent applications as well as other intellectual property matters, Commerce, Investments & Finance. She is an avid researcher and is currently undertaking research towards the publication of an encyclopaedia on Local Government Law in Ghana. She is extremely fluent in French and an asset in dealing with our French speaking clientele.

Education
LLB (University of Ghana, Legon); BA (French and Economics – University of Ghana, Legon); Member, Ghana Bar Association

Vera Ayisi

Accra
Email: vera@abdavid.com

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Vera’s experience is in the area of Labour, Intellectual Property, Commercial Property, Corporate and Commercial with particular focus in the Financial Services, Information Technology, Hospitality and Real Estate sectors.

She is currently part of the AB & David Team engaged by the Public Procurement Board to undertake training and capacity building for oversight institutions throughout the country.

Education
Barrister-at-Law; LLB (University of Ghana); Member, Ghana Bar Association

Ferdinand D. Adadzi

Accra
Email: ferdinand@abdavid.com

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A first class honours student, Ferdinand holds a Master’s Degree from University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada. His experience has been in the area of Research, Investment Law, Commercial Law and International Ttrade particularly the ECOWAS regime relating to investment and doing business in the sub-region.

He was involved in the firm’s research on Local Government Laws as preparatory work towards the publication of a handbook on Local Law and is currently working on the implementation of Ghana’s Millennium Challenge (MCA) Programme.

Education
LLM (University of Alberta, Canada); Barrister-at-Law; LLB (University of Ghana, Legon); Member, Ghana Bar Associationrrister-at-Law

Eric Kyei Baffour

Senior Associate
Practice areas: Commercial Litigation & ADR

Email: eric@abdavid.com

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Eric’s experience has been in the area of Commercial Llitigation and Dispute Management. He is an astute and methodical advocate. He has represented several of the firm’s clientele in several major litigation matters. Prior to joining the firm he was a state Attorney with the office of the Attorney General.

Education
BA (Law and Political Science) University of Ghana; Member, Ghana Bar Association; Barrister-at-Law