Member Profile

Paa Kwesi Hagan is a solicitor, immigration expert and head of Globetrotters Legal (a firm specialised in providing compliance and immigration solutions for global corporations operating in Ghana).

Paa Kwesi has a wealth of experience in advising clients on Ghanaian immigration and compliance matters and also liaising with regulatory bodies in Ghana. He has advised several high net-worth companies and multinationals on immigration and compliance issues in Ghana. He has also performed immigration audits for very key companies in Ghana. In addition, he has represented clients at immigration hearings before various regulatory bodies and continually engages positively with government institutions to influence immigration policy. He has a wealth of experience in liaising with the Ghana Investment Promotion Center (GIPC) and has successfully negotiated for grant quotas for several high net-worth companies in Ghana.

He was part of a team of experts that developed the 'Ten year Anti-Corruption Action Plan for Ghana' which is currently before the Ghanaian parliament.

He has been recognised in Who's Who Legal: Ghana 2014 published by Law Business Research UK as one of the leading experts in the field of labor and employment law and has also been recognised as one of the leading corporate immigration lawyers in the world. The only one recognised in Ghana by “The International Who’s Who of Corporate Immigration lawyers: 2014’

Furthermore, he has recently authored a Corporate Immigration Manual as a guide to navigating the corporate immigration scene in Ghana.

Prior to forming Globetrotters Legal, Paa Kwesi Hagan worked as a Senior Associate at the reputable law firm of Fugar & Co where he was head of immigration and compliance. His roles included setting up of businesses in various sectors of the economy including Telecommunications, Oil and Gas, Mining, Agriculture, Logistic and Freight Forwarding, construction and Energy sectors.

Paa Kwesi is a member of the Ghana Bar Association and is admitted as a barrister and solicitor of the Supreme Court of Ghana. He was educated at the Ghana School of Law, University of Ghana and Mfantsipim School. He is also a member of the International Bar Association (IBA) and an International Associate of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA).

We act and advise across the broad spectrum of corporate work including trustee services/company secretarial services, corporate governance and compliance, public takeovers, private mergers and acquisitions, complex joint ventures, disposals and corporate restructurings, as well as general corporate, commercial, and antitrust.

We advise and act for companies and individuals in a wide variety of sectors of corporate immigration, Visa and Consular advisory services, Document and Passport Procurement, Private-Client Immigration, Economic Citizenship (Citizenship-by-Investment schemes), Immigration Audits and Compliance, Labour and Employment law.

• Contributed a chapter on Ghana Immigration and Compliance in the prestigious “The Corporate Immigration Review”, Fourth Edition, published by Law Business Research UK.

• Authored a “ corporate immigration and compliance Manual”

• Recently delivered a paper on “Economic Migration in Emerging Markets” at American Immigration Lawyers Association Annual Conference in Boston, held from 18th to 22nd June 2014

• Was part of a team of legal experts that developed a “ Ten Year Action Plan” to fight corruption in Ghana recently adopted and passed by Parliament of Ghana

• Co-authored serial publications on Public Private Partnerships in Ghana.

International Bar Association (IBA)

Ghana Bar Association (GBA)

International Associate of American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA)

• Has been recognised by Who’s Who Legal as one of the world’s leading corporate immigration lawyers. See http://whoswholegal.com/profiles/54006/0/hagan/paa-kwesi-hagan/

• Has also been recognised in Who’s Who Legal : Ghana 2014 as one of the experts in the area of employment and labour law