Adelaide Benneh Prempeh

Adelaide is a ranked lawyer in the Corporate/ Commercial Chambers & Partners Global Guide and the Legal 500 Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) Guide. Her expertise spans across various sectors with focus practice areas in Energy & Natural Resources, Construction and Infrastructure, Project Finance & Development, Telecommunication, Financial Markets, Corporate and Cross-Border Restructuring & Insolvency, Employment & Immigration and International Family Law. She has been instructed by multinational companies within the petroleum, energy and mining sectors, as well as corporate entities involved in multi-jurisdictional restructurings.

Her dual qualification as a Barrister and Solicitor in both England & Wales and Ghana uniquely position her as a legal expert with 25 years of extensive experience across multiple legal jurisdictions. Her formative years at Lovells (now Hogan Lovells) in London equipped her with substantial experience in high-profile product liability cases and regulatory matters.

Adelaide is a Legal Consultant to the World Bank Group on Ghana’s Investment regime. She is an elected Fellow of the International Academy of Family Lawyers (IAFL), a member of the premier Board of the Cybersecurity Authority of Ghana and a member of the Disciplinary committee of the Ghana Football Association.

As a Lecturer at the Ghana School of Law and a Director and Company Secretary on various corporate boards, Adelaide contributes to nurturing the next generation of legal professionals while maintaining strong ties to corporate governance. Her thought leadership is underscored by regular invitations to speak at conferences on critical topics such as project finance, infrastructural development, artificial intelligence, insolvency law, construction law, labor law, technology transfer, and corporate governance.

She has a keen interest and a commitment to giving back to our community which she channels into the Firm’s core values reflected in its public legal education through various forums and active social work to address issues within the community.