Frank Nimako Akowuah

Frank is a Partner in the Financial Institutions and Capital Markets practice group with over 11 years of legal experience. He has been involved in many key corporate finance transactions, debt and equity capital markets transactions, mergers and acquisitions, as well as banking, insurance and securities regulatory matters in the Ghanaian market.

Frank’s clients include Oasis Africa VC Fund, Ghana Amalgamated Trust Plc, ESLA Plc, Scancom Plc and Caterpillar Financial Services.

• Lead counsel for Stanbic Investment Management Limited, one of Ghana’s largest fund managers, on the establishment of a collective investment scheme structured as a private debt income fund.
• Ghana counsel for the Government of Ghana (GoG) in connection with the proposed programme for the exchange of certain notes and bonds issued by the GoG and selected state-owned enterprises for new bonds to be issued by the GoG.
• Lead counsel for Africa Trade Financing, a UK financial intermediary, in connection with a USD 25 million syndicated trade finance facility to CalBank Plc to improve its forex trading capacity.
• Lead counsel for the lending syndicate on a USD 1.3 billion receivables-backed trade finance facility from the syndicate of lenders to Ghana Cocoa Board for the purchase of cocoa beans in Ghana for the 2022/2023 crop season and the refinancing of purchases already made for the main crop season.
• Lead counsel for Appolonia Development Company Limited on the legal and tax implications in relation to the amendment and restatement of the loan agreement terms in relation to a USD 33 million loan.

• Banking
• Capital markets: Debt
• Financial services regulatory
• Project finance
• Trade finance

• Accounting
• Banking
• Consumer goods and services
• Government and public policy
• Investment management

• Ghana Bar

• Ghana Bar Association

• Qualifying Certificate of Law, Ghana School of Law (QCL, 2011)
• Bachelor of Laws, University of Ghana, Legon (LL.B., 2009)
• Bachelor of Arts, University of Ghana, Legon (B.A., 2006)