Member Profiles

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).

Audrey Naa Dei Kotey is a senior attorney at AudreyGrey. Her areas of focus are corporate and commercial law, financial markets law, corporate restructuring and insolvency, banking & finance and taxation. Naa’s experience includes advising on a wide range of transactions relating to capital markets, acquisitions, finance raising, regulatory compliance, property and tax structuring, related tax matters such as amnesty, appeals etc and undertaking negotiations with the Authorities. She has recently advised on assessments issued by the Revenue Authorities to high net worth individuals. Naa has also advised on the implementation of an employee compensation scheme for a regional project management company and the structuring of an investment vehicle involving complex tax and accounting issues for an international consortium of contractors. She has also assisted in conducting buyer due diligence for large international corporate institutions and on effective structuring of companies entering into the Ghanaian economy. Prior to joining the firm, Naa Dei worked at N Dowuona & Co, a corporate and commercial law firm in Ghana where she worked on several large financial market transactions, dealt with tax matters on behalf of clients particularly related to international structuring, listed security transactions, transfer pricing and tax implications of corporate decisions. She has also worked with PricewaterhouseCoopers (Gh) Ltd as a transactions advisor, a role that equipped her with strong financial and analytical skills. She worked on several complex liquidations, insolvency and restructuring assignments as well as corporate finance transactions. Notable among them are the liquidations of Ghana Airways Ltd and Plant Pool Ltd as well as several due diligence assignments involving large public bodies such as Merchant Bank Ghana and the Volta River Authority (VRA). Naa is a licensed Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Ghana. She holds a Professional Baccalaureate in Law (BL) from the Ghana School of Law; a Bachelors in Law (LLB) from the University of Ghana Faculty of Law; and a BA in Psychology and Economics, from the University of Ghana (Legon). Naa is an experienced Chartered Accountant and a member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) UK and the Institute of Chartered Accountants Ghana (ICAG). She is also a member of the Ghana Bar Association (GBA) and undergoing a charter from the Chartered Institute of Taxation (CIT).

NanaAma Botchway-Dowuona is the founder of n. dowuona & company. Her areas of focus are corporate and commercial, property and construction, and energy and infrastructure. NanaAma has advised on numerous significant investments in Ghana and in other parts of Africa. She advised Kingdom Hotel Investments on their acquisition and development of the USD 100 million multipurpose property development in Ghana from the inception of the project. She is currently advising the Volta Lake Transport Company on its USD 300 million Eastern Corridor Multi-Modal Transport Project. She has advised local and regional developers of other significant real estate projects in Ghana including the first certified green office building in Ghana. She also has experience in advising on a variety of aspects of construction projects including planning, permitting and project finance. She advised Kingdom Zephyr, a premier pan-African private equity fund manager, as well as the USD 490 million Pan-African Investment Partners II and the USD 120 million Pan-African Investment Partners I funds managed by Kingdom Zephyr, for many years and in various capacities, on numerous operational, fund management, and transactional matters. She recently advised Databank Agrifund Manager on the establishment of its AAF SME Fund. She also advised on aspects of the establishment of Brainworks Capital, a Zimbabwean principal investment firm. Prior to founding n. dowuona & company, NanaAma practiced with one of the premier Ghanaian law firms, Bentsi-Enchill & Letsa, where she advised on high profile transactions, such as ALCOA’s sale of Valco to the Government of Ghana, a Single Point Mooring BOT project by Trafigura, the acquisition of Ghana Breweries by Guinness Ghana Limited and the negotiation of a mobile telecommunications license by one of the local mobile telecommunications operators. Before returning to Ghana, NanaAma was an associate in the New York office of the premier international law firm, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, where she worked in the mergers and acquisitions and corporate tax departments. NanaAma also worked as an associate for the leading New York law firm of Kronish Lieb Weiner & Hellman where she advised businesses in a wide variety of industries from securities firms to e-businesses and luxury apparel retail companies on general corporate matters. NanaAma practiced as an audit accountant in the New York Office of Deloitte & Touche. As an audit accountant, she acquired excellent insight into financial statement preparation and analysis and financial reporting. She also gained invaluable knowledge about the financial fundamentals of businesses in a wide variety of industries such as publishing, international banking and apparel manufacture and retail. NanaAma is a graduate of Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School Undergraduate Program, New York University’s Stern School of Business, where she received an MBA in Finance and Accounting and Columbia University School of Law, where she received a JD and was named a James Kent Scholar, the highest honor awarded in recognition of excellent academic performance. NanaAma is also a member of the Chartered Institute of Taxation, the International Bar Association and the Ghana Bar Association.

Augustine is the Managing Partner (Ghana)  and Head of the Dispute Resolution practice of TEMPLARS Ghana.  His experience spans the disparate yet connected fields of transactional work and dispute resolution. He is highly regarded as a leader in commercial dispute resolution in Ghana. He has represented businesses at all levels of the Ghanaian court system, and he is currently leading some of the complex commercial and bet-the-company disputes in Ghana. Before joining TEMPLARS, Augustine worked in a leading Accra-based law firm, where he co-headed the firm’s Dispute Resolution practice and advised multinational corporations like Google Inc., Asanko Gold, Kinross/Chirano, Volvo (Trucks & Equipment), Liebherr, Atlas Copco, Tullow, Halliburton, Eni, NOV, and Glencore. Augustine is also a Lecturer at the University of Ghana School of Law, where he teaches various topics in International Trade and Investment Law, Intellectual Property Law, Conflict of Laws, and Public International Law. Augustine holds postgraduate qualifications from Harvard Law School (LL.M), World Trade Institute (MILE 14), and the University of Southampton (LL.M Maritime Law). A selection of Relevant Experience Successfully represented an ECOWAS citizen and Algom Resources, a mining company, in a novel claim against the Republic of Sierra Leone before the ECOWAS Court of Justice. Successfully represented Halliburton in its defence against a USD2 million claim for breach of a NEC 3 Contract. Representing an engineering and design firm in an EPC contract dispute involving a multi-national group of companies. Representing Adamus Resources Limited and Nguvu Mining Limited in on-going shareholder and director litigation. Representing the family of the 50% shareholder of Latex Foam Rubber Products Limited, a leading manufacturer of foam products, in shareholder and director disputes. Leading the defence of First Atlantic Bank Limited against claims arising from the Government of Ghana’s Domestic Debt Exchange Programme. Advising the Ghana National Communications Authority on the setting up of the Dispute Resolution Committee (DRC0 to resolve telecom disputes. Advising a leading manufacturer of cosmetic and body care products in connection with the reorganisation of its business holding structures in Africa. Advised the AfCFTA Secretariat on the operationalisation of the AfCFTA Protocols, and implementation of the Host Country Agreement between the Government of Ghana and the AU. Professional Membership ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR International Bar Association Society of International Economic Law Ghana Association of Restructuring and Insolvency Advisors Ghana Bar Association Expertise Dispute Resolution Energy & Natural Resources Shipping & Maritime Law

Admitted to the Nigerian Bar 1992, Admitted to the Ghana Bar 2007, Education: Ghana School of Law [QCL-2007]; Nigerian Law School [BL 1991-1992]; Obafemi Awolowo University Ile – Ife [LL. B]; University of Ile-Ife [B.A. - 1986]; Work: Director, Integrated Legal Consultants, Accra Ghana since April 2007; Fugar & Company -Accra Ghana 2006 – 2007; Wright & Co – Freetown, Sierra Leone 2003 – 2005; Fourah Bay College – Freetown Sierra Leone, 2003- 2005; Aluko & Oyebode - Lagos Nigeria, 1994 – 2001; Oceanic International Bank Nigeria 1993 – 1994. Member: Nigerian Bar Association, Ghana Bar Association, International Bar Association, International Trademarks Association, Global Advertising Lawyers Alliance.