International Sale and Purchase of Goods & Services Contracts and Disputes

Our aim is to provide practical and cost effective advice and representation to our clients not only when things go wrong, but also at very beginning of the process with a view to lessening their risks and securing their gains.{break}

Our clients benefit from our assistance in vetting, negotiating, drafting, evaluating and monitoring their contractual transactions.

Our specialist advice would alert them to the implications and impact of the law on their goals and interests, and to the hidden dangers and risks involved in their  transactions.

Our up-to-date market information bearing on their transactions would assist them
to make the right decisions.

Our representation at mediation or arbitration at major centres of the world and
Litigation in Ghanaian and US courts covers all disputes relating to international sales contracts

Finance of Exports & Imports

Expert advice, consultation and representation in international trade transactions involving modern and universally recognised methods of trade finance are essential.

We seek to provide for those needs timely and cost effectively, especially in disputes involving the following:

DOCUMENTARY CREDITS ( BANKERS COMMERCIAL CREDITS, COMMERCIAL LETTERS OF CREDIT ), DEMAND GUARANTEES OR PERFORMANCE BONDS & STANDBY LETTERS OF CREDIT

Disputes arising from these contracts are not infrequent due to issues involving the following:

• Ambiguity of the terms of the sales contract authourising the credit in the first place,
• Unclear instructions to the banks regarding the actual terms of the credits,
• Disparities between the credit and the sales contract authourising it,
• The failure of the beneficiary of the credit or the bank to strictly comply with the terms of the credit,
• Fraud in obtaining payment under the credit,
• Disparities between the documents tendered for payment under the credit and the actual condition of the goods upon delivery etc.

Pre-Financing of Exports & Imports

Negotiating drafts drawn on buyers or bankers

• Arranging for loans to be repaid on maturity of a draft.
• Back-to-back credits in favour of suppliers
• Forfaiting
• Export Credit Insurance / Guarantees
• General Letters of Charge / Hypothecation
• Pledges
• Letters of Trust or Trusts Receipt
• Acceptance Credits
• Country and Politcal Risk Insurance

World Trade Law and Including W.T.O Dispute Resolutions

Our focus here is to alert our clients to the many possibilities within the formalised system of global trade which can ultimately reduce commercial and social risks and maximise gains.
Our commercial clients will benefit from our knowledge and expertise on possible effects of regional, bilateral and multilateral agreements on their international sale and purchase of goods and services contacts. For our non - commercial clients especially governments in developing countries, we aim to provide advice and assistance on effective ways to translate their legal obligations under these agreements into workable national laws that will not disadvantage their local industries and people.

U S Trade & Investment Policies on Sub- Saharan Africa and the Caribbean Basin

A major part of our commitment is assisting our clients from least developed countries gain access to developed country markets, especially those of the United States and the European Union, through proper legal channels.
We provide legal advice and representation to individuals, businesses and governments in Africa and the Caribbean on all aspects of Titles 1 & 11 of the United States Trade and Development Act of 2000,specifically:

• Africa Growth And Opportunity Act (AGOA)
• Us-Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act