Getting the Deal Through - Arbitration 2020 - Ghana

Ghana is a contracting state to the New York Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards (the New York Convention). Ghana became a member of the New York Convention on 9 April, 1968.
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Getting the Deal Through - Mergers and Acquisitions 2020 - Ghana

In Ghana, business combination takes various forms, namely: • acquisition of shares; • creation of joint ventures; • acquisition of business assets; • merger of two or more companies into one of the existing companies; • merger of two or more companies into a new entity set up for that purpose;
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Getting the Deal Through - Oil Regulation 2020 - Ghana

The upstream petroleum industry in Ghana has been energised in recent years with the commercial discovery of the Jubilee Field in 2007. The Jubilee Field straddles the Deepwater Tano and West Cape Three Points licences some 70 km offshore Ghana and 130 km southwest of the port city Takoradi. The Field has estimated recoverable resources of up to 1 billion barrels.
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Getting the Deal Through - Mining 2020 - Ghana

Gold accounts for about 97 per cent of all mineral receipts. Ghana’s gold output declined from 3,192,648 ounces in 2013 to 3,167,755 ounces in 2014, representing a marginal decline of 0.8 per cent (Ghana Chamber of Mines). Ghana’s gold output amounts to 3.5 per cent of global output and Ghana was the 10th leading producer of gold for 2014.
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Getting the Deal Through - Electricity Regulation 2020 - Ghana

The mining industry in Ghana performed quite well in 2010. The 6.8 per cent GDP growth recorded by the economy was in no small measure on account of the impressive performance of the mining industry in terms of fiscal contributions to the state.
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