Practice 02
Commercial litigation
Over the years, we have delivered strategic solutions to our clients' most complex commercial disputes. We have helped clients secure control of the board of directors, resolved matters of shareholder activism, won significant compensatory claims, and defended clients against massive compensatory claims.
Representative matters
A selection of matters the chambers has handled. Client details are confidential.
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Represented the estate of the shareholder of a major rubber manufacturer in corporate litigation to resist the dilution of the estate's shareholding and to secure control of the board of directors.
- 02
Represented an international oil company in its defence against a private procurement lawsuit alleging breach of petroleum industry local content and participation regulations.
- 03
Represented an international mining company in a cross-border corporate shareholder dispute for the control and ownership of a gold mine in Ghana.
- 04
Represented the minority shareholder of a mining services company in an action to compel and secure an equitable buyout from the company.
- 05
Represented an international oil company in its defence against a million-dollar breach of contract claim revolving around interpretative issues of NEC3 contracts.
- 06
Represented an international oil company in cross-border liquidation proceedings for the recovery of outstanding debt payments under a gasoline sale and purchase agreement.
- 07
Represented a director of a mining company in an action for compensatory damages arising from the client's wrongful removal as a director.
- 08
Represented a bulk oil distribution company in its defence against a million-dollar cross-border contractual claim for the breach of a sale and purchase agreement for Brass Light Crude Oil.
- 09
Representing a director of an international mining conglomerate against claims of cross-border corporate embezzlement and breach of fiduciary obligations.
The lawyers
The chambers handles this work.
Paa Kwame Larbi Asare
Head of Chambers
Paa is the Head of Chambers at Techné Chambers. He is a Harvard-trained lawyer with several years' experience advising and representing clients in corporate and commercial law, business litigation, and white-collar criminal defence.
Joyce A. S. Awuah-Sarpong
Associate Counsel
Joyce is an Associate Counsel at Techné Chambers. She has assisted in advising and representing clients in corporate and commercial law, real estate transactions, civil litigation, and family law.
Maame Serwaa Tuffour
Associate Counsel
Maame is an Associate Counsel at Techné Chambers. She has assisted in advising the chambers' clients on online platform law, content moderation, employment redundancy matters, and real estate transactions.
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