Michelle Nana Yaa Essuman

Career

Michelle’s progression from legal intern to Partner reflects sustained commitment, discipline, and professional growth. She is a core member of the Firm’s Business Support Services Team, providing strategic legal guidance across the full business lifecycle from incorporation and structuring to expansion, investment, and restructuring. Her advice is commercially grounded and responsive to clients’ operational realities.

Michelle has advised on complex financing and private equity transactions, particularly within regulated sectors. Her experience covers corporate structuring, joint ventures, insolvency, regulatory compliance, corporate governance, business property acquisition, and real estate transactions. She regularly supports multinational clients in telecommunications, civil aviation, insurance, and renewable energy, guiding them through regulatory frameworks and ensuring ongoing compliance with applicable laws and industry standards. Her approach emphasizes risk mitigation and long-term operational stability.

She also provides advisory services in labour and employment matters, including redundancy negotiations and workforce restructuring. Her work includes drafting and negotiating commercial agreements, facilitating intellectual property registrations, and conducting detailed legal due diligence in support of transactions and investments.

Michelle integrates technical precision with commercial insight, delivering solutions that are legally robust and strategically aligned with her clients’ business objectives.