Asante-Mensah & Associates
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OUR TEAM

Jacqueline Asante-Mensah

Managing Attorney

Jacqueline is the Founder and Managing Attorney of Asante-Mensah & Associates. She has seven years' practice experience in Corporate and Commercial law, Banking, Mining and Construction, Insurance and private civil litigation. Prior to setting up Asante-Mensah & Associates, Jacqueline was the Acting Head, Legal and Company Secretary of OmniBSIC Bank Ghana Limited. Jacqueline holds a Bachelor's degree in English from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, an LLB from the University of London, Barrister-at-Law Certificate from the Ghana School of Law and is currently an LLM-International Business Law candidate with the University of Law, UK

Transaction Highlight:
  • Advised a German based Agric-technology company in a Joint Venture Project with a Ghanaian Company for the provision of technology-based solutions to farmers and grain traders in June 2021.
  • A member of the legal team which advised and handled all legal documentation for the successful Merger of two universal banks in Ghana in 2019.
  • Advised and reviewed road construction contracts warded by the Ghana Cocoa Board and Government of Ghana valued at over fifty million Ghana Cedis to a road construction company in Ghana between 2017-2021
  • Advised one of the leading Universal Banks in Ghana on legal aspects of loan transactions involving several millions of Ghana Cedis between 2016 - 2019 and assisted in the recovery of loans worth several millions of Ghana Cedis.

Jacqueline Asante-Mensah

Bridgette Ampadu

Principal Attorney

Bridgette is a principal attorney at Asante – Mensah & Associates. She has extensive experience in civil and criminal litigation, corporate and commercial law, real estate acquisition and registration, title perfecting, banking, and insurance.

Bridgette has a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Ghana, Legon, as well as LLB degree from the University of London, and a Barrister-at-Law (BL) Certificate from the Ghana Law School. She is pursuing LLM in International Business Lawat the Universityof Laws in the United Kingdom. She is a member of the Ghana Bar Association and a Supreme Court of Ghana-licensed Barrister and Solicitor

Bridgette worked as a senior associate at Korsah & Ackah@law prior to joining Asante-Mensah & Associates, where she worked on several transactions for both local and international clients.

Transaction Highlight:
  • Advised and reviewed agency agreement between a Ghanaian construction companyand a multinational companyin Malta in July 2021.
  • Recovered debt in the millions of Ghana Cedis for an agrochemical company with operations in Ghana and Sierra Leone.
  • Advised and represented a consortium of consultants assisting a Ghanaian based company in the establishment of a financial institution in June, 2021
  • Advised and drafted a shareholders’ agreement and a joint venture agreement for an American company looking to invest in the restaurant industry in December 2020.

Bridgette Ampadu

Esther Gyadu

Executive Assistant & Paralegal

Esther is the vibrant, welcoming frontline personnel of the firm. She holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration (Human Resources) from the Valley View University

She provides exceptional support in office management and paralegal issues. Before joining the firm, Esther worked at the National Information Technology Agency as a surveillance officer and also interned at Korsah and Ackah at Law, a law firm in Accra.

Esther is currently pursuing an LLB with the University of London, UK and the firm shall be more than excited to have her take her place as one of its distinguished attorneys when she is qualified to practice in Ghana.

Transaction Highlight:
  • Advised and reviewed agency agreement between a Ghanaian construction company and a multinational company in Malta in July 2021.
  • Recovered debt in the millions of Ghana Cedis for an agrochemical company with operations in Ghana and Sierra Leone.
  • Advised and represented a consortium of consultants assisting a Ghanaian based company in the establishment of a financial institution in June, 2021
  • Advised and drafted a shareholders’ agreement and a joint venture agreement for an American company looking to invest in the restaurant industry in December 2020.

Esther Gyadu

Miriam Asante-Mensah

Business Support-Finance

Miriam is our Business Support Consultant providing finance solutions for the management of the firm. She has over fourteen years’ experience in Sage Pastel and Sage 300 Accounting, Payroll, HR and Fixed Assets set up, training, implementation and support. She also has worked with various organisations in the mining, maritime, haulage, education, pharmaceutical and product retail sectors. Miriam holds a Bachelor of Business Administration Degree in Accounting from the Valley View University, Ghana and an Executive Master’s Degree in Project Management from the University of Ghana, Legon. She is also a certified Sage 300 Payroll Consultant.

Transaction Highlight:
  • Provided services for Perseus Mining Ghana Limited in 2018
  • Provides services for Golden Star Resources Mining, Wassa and Bogoso, Ghana from 2019 to date
  • Provides services for Daddo Maritime Ghana from 2009 to date
  • Provides services for J.K Hogle from 2014 to date
  • Provides services for Phyto-Riker Pharmaceutical from 2008 to date
  • Provided services for Ashesi University from 2008 to 2009
  • Provided services to Perseus Mining Ghana Limited in 2018
  • Provided services to Care International in 2001

Esther Gyadu