Mr Frank Nimako Akowuah > Bentsi-Enchill, Letsa & Ankomah > Accra, Ghana > Lawyer Profile
Bentsi-Enchill, Letsa & Ankomah Offices
4 MOMOTSE AVENUE
ADABRAKA, ACCRA
Ghana
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Mr Frank Nimako Akowuah
Work Department
Financial Institutions & Capital Markets
Position
Partner
Career
Frank is a Partner in the Financial Institutions and Capital Markets practice group with over 11 years of legal experience. He has been involved in many key corporate finance transactions, debt and equity capital markets transactions, mergers and acquisitions, as well as banking, insurance and securities regulatory matters in the Ghanaian market. Frank’s clients include Oasis Africa VC Fund, Ghana Amalgamated Trust Plc, ESLA Plc, Scancom Plc and Caterpillar Financial Services.
Languages
English
Memberships
Member, Ghana Bar Association
Education
He holds an a B.A and an LLB from the University of Ghana and a qualifying certificate from the Ghana School of Law.
Lawyer Rankings
Ghana > Capital markets
(Leading Individuals)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.
Ghana > Banking and finance
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.
Ghana > Commercial, corporate and M&A
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.
Lawyer Rankings
- Banking and finance Ghana
- Capital markets Ghana
- Commercial, corporate and M&A Ghana
- Leading Individuals Ghana > Capital markets
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Banking and finance
- Capital markets
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution
- Energy
- Infrastructure projects