Mr Seth Asante > Bentsi-Enchill, Letsa & Ankomah > Accra, Ghana > Lawyer Profile

The impressive team at Bentsi-Enchill, Letsa & Ankomah ‘exhibits a great depth of legal and market knowledge’, and is co-led by Seth Asante and Frank Nimako Akowuah. The group is very well known for handling the full range of equity and debt capital markets transactions in the Ghanaian market and abroad. Key areas of instruction for the practice include IPOs, rights issuances, secondary listings, and receivables-backed bonds, to name a few areas of expertise. Senior associate Jonathan Amable has experience in debt capital markets work.

The highly-regarded team at Bentsi-Enchill, Letsa & Ankomah continues to advise clients on all aspects of project developments. The group is active in work involving railways, roads, ports and harbours, as well as the construction and aviation sectors. Other key areas of instruction include complex construction projects, and large-scale infrastructure and real estate deals. Seth Asante has an established track record in leading on significant project development mandates, often involving transport and maritime infrastructure developments. Elizabeth Ashun, who is dual qualified in Ghana and England and Wales, is well versed in handling complex infrastructure and real estate transactions.

The excellent banking and finance team at Bentsi-Enchill, Letsa & Ankomah is renowned for handling a broad range of key deals in Ghana. Under the joint leadership of Seth Asante and Frank Nimako Akowuah, the group acts for domestic and international lenders, banks and other financial institutions in a wide spectrum of work, spanning lending, project finance and trade finance to asset finance, derivatives and debt restructuring. The department is also highly regarded for advising on the financing aspects of infrastructure, energy, natural resources, power and manufacturing projects. Regulatory work is also covered by the practice, which also works in tandem with prominent international law firms on multi-jurisdictional mandates. Senior associate Sophia Sena Berdie is a name to note.

Seth Asante and Seyram Dzikunu jointly head up the practice at Bentsi-Enchill, Letsa & Ankomah, which has a first-rate reputation in Ghana for advising on key energy and natural resources transactions. The group’s expertise spans regulatory issues, power project agreements, project structuring, mergers and acquisitions, as well as development and financing issues. Thermal and renewable energy matters are a key driver of work for the team, which is also recognised for its strength in the oil and gas space; key clients include private equity funds, financial services companies, investors and prominent oil companies. At associate level, Godwin Nkrumah is active on project development transactions in sectors such as oil and gas, industrials, manufacturing and energy.

Bentsi-Enchill, Letsa & Ankomah is highly regarded in the Ghanian market for its established track record in handling a wide spectrum of corporate and commercial matters. The team regularly handles M&A transactions, joint ventures and corporate takeovers, and is widely known for its strength in assisting international clients with the divestment and restructuring of local subsidiaries. The department also handles a steady workflow of corporate compliance matters, and has an excellent reputation for acting in large-scale corporate due diligence exercises. Seth Asante is sought after for handling large M&A deals, and Frank Nimako Akowuah has considerable expertise advising on local and cross-border corporate matters. Other key practitioners include Susan-Barbara Boye and Angela Gyasi.