Esine Okudzeto

Non-Executive Director

Ms. Esine Okudzeto is a partner and heads one of Sam Okudzeto & Associates’ Corporate/Commercial Law groups. Her focus is on Mergers and Acquisitions, Capital Markets, Oil and Gas Law, Corporate Law, Commercial Law, Labour Law, Intellectual Property and Arbitration. Esine has performed due diligence for several international clients, advising these clients on mergers and acquisitions in Ghana.

She played a leading role in a Fortune 500 company’s acquisition of Unilever PLC’s oil palm business in Ghana. Esine was also the lead transactional advisor for the creation of a joint venture public-private partnership to set up a cargo hub, warehouse and handling service at Kotoka International Airport, including the establishment of a subsidiary company to manage the warehouse facility. In the aforementioned transactions, Esine was instrumental in the negotiation and drafting of licensing agreements, shareholders agreements, leases, company regulations and contracts, and the registration of trademarks and leases, as well as providing legal advice on tax and labour issues.