Victoria Barth
Global Guide 2024
Band 2 : Dispute Resolution
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Band 2
About
Provided by Victoria Barth
Practice Areas
Litigation
Arbitration and Dispute Resolution
Labour Law
Land Law
Company Law
General Corporate Advisory Services
Career
Joined Sam Okudzeto & Associates in 2003 as a junior associate. Elected to partnership in (2013), Elected Managing Partner (2018). Head of Faculty: Advocacy and Legal Ethics, Ghana School of Law (2011 to date). Current Non-Executive Director of Prudential Bank Ltd and the SOS Children's Villages Association (Gh).
Professional Memberships
Ghana Bar Association
African Arbitration Association
International Bar Association
Commonwealth Lawyers Association
Personal
Victoria Barth is the Managing Partner of Sam Okudzeto & Associates. She has over 20 years’ experience in legal practice, with a specialisation in civil litigation and dispute resolution. She is also the head of the Litigation and Dispute Management team in the firm, and supervises the conduct of both litigious and non-litigious disputes to deliver the best outcome for her clients.
She has been at the helm of several landmark suits, performing the required analyses, and appearing before the superior courts of Ghana in representation of clients. Over the course of her practice Victoria has represented several local and international clients including the Millennium Development Authority (MiDA), Enterprise Group PLC, Enterprise Life Assurance Company Ltd and Enterprise Funeral Services Gh Ltd, Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA), and Standard Chartered Bank Ghana.
She was the lead attorney for the government driven MiDA compact in the case of BxC v MiDA, in which she successfully opposed an application to restrain the execution of the Concession for the Management of, Operation and Investments in the Electricity Distribution Business of Ghana worth over millions of dollars. As a result of her robust defence of the Concession, she further led the execution of a multi-million dollar guarantee in favour of the client. Victoria holds an LLB from Southampton University, UK, a post-graduate diploma from the Legal Practitioners Course - College of Law, Guildford, UK and a Qualifying Certificate from the Ghana School Of Law.
Chambers Review
Global
Victoria Barth moves up the rankings this year. She is the managing partner of the firm, and her expertise covers real estate, shareholder and probate litigation.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Victoria goes beyond the call of duty."
"First of all she is a good listener - the situation was complex and complicated but she fully understood my position. She is also very charismatic, which I think is important in court."
"Victoria goes beyond the call of duty."
"First of all she is a good listener - the situation was complex and complicated but she fully understood my position. She is also very charismatic, which I think is important in court."