Corporate Governance 2025

GHANA Trends and Developments

Trends and Developments Contributed by: Victoria Bright and Maxwell Amihere Addison Bright Sloane Addison Bright Sloane is a full-service busi - ness law firm based in Accra, Ghana. The firm has provided tailored services to local and in - ternational corporations requiring the exper - tise of a law firm with in-depth knowledge of both the African business landscape and the ever-evolving global business environment. The firm’s team of commercial and corporate law - yers comes with a diverse and rich corporate law practice portfolio across various industry sectors. Addison Bright Sloane is the partner of

choice for a top-tier global law firm and regu - larly collaborates with it and other international law firms on a number of high-profile transac - tions. Addison Bright Sloane regularly advises corporate clients on complex transactions and disputes. It has carved a niche for itself in M&A, ESG, infrastructure and projects, mining, en - ergy, technology, privacy and data protection, environmental law, private equity, banking and finance law as well as dispute resolution (in - cluding international ADR).

Authors

Victoria Bright is the managing partner of Addison Bright Sloane. She has advised on major projects of strategic and/ or economic importance to Ghana, including as local

Maxwell Amihere is a senior associate with Addison Bright Sloane and has a rich range of expertise garnered from handling corporate and investment matters, consulting,

counsel on Ghana’s recent USD3 billion IMF debt restructuring and the first Millennium Challenge Compact between Ghana and the US Millennium Challenge Corporation for USD750 million. Her current clients include governments, state agencies and a number of international blue-chip companies. Victoria is notably active in infrastructure, technology, data protection, corporate governance, power and upstream oil and gas sector projects. Victoria is dual qualified in England and Wales, and Ghana, and is a regular contributor to various international legal publications.

litigation, and from facilitating a myriad of legal transactions including functioning as part of the legal team involved in the recent restructuring of the Republic of Ghana’s domestic and international debt. He is a seasoned corporate lawyer and has led the legal teams of major companies in Ghana with industry areas covering banking and finance, oil and gas infrastructure, environmental management, natural resources concession and public-private partnerships. His other areas of practice include litigation, ADR and corporate governance.

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