M&A awards Legal Awards 2015 81 LEGAL awards Consulting He has consulted for many foreign and local companies, and NGOS including: • Academy for Educational Development (AED); • Ghana Sustainable Change Project (GSCP)(Subsidiary of AED); • SHARP.(Subsidiary of AED); • AED – Ghana – CEDEM; • Linkages (Subsidiary of AED); • DevTech Systems, Inc / Safe School Project on some labour related issues; • Grameen Foundation; • Emmaland Resources Ghana Ltd; • Cadero Resources/Cadero Ghana Ltd; • Abzu Resources Ghana Ltd.; • Goldline Mining Ghana Ltd; • Universal Oil Company Ltd; • Mitsumi Computer Ghana Ltd; • Vikings Investment Fund/Vikings Hostels Ltd; • Cedars Real Estates Company Ltd; • CNQC (QINGJIAN INT’L(GHANA)DEVELOPMENT CO.LTD; • Songlin Beverages Ghana Ltd etc. He was also the Honorary Legal Advisor to the Ghana Red Cross Society and Member of the Council (2007-2009). Professional Membership He is also a member of a number of learned and respected associations, which are: • Member of the Ghana Bar Association; • Member of the Commonwealth Lawyers Association; • Member of the International Bar Association; • Member of Advocates Africa; • Member of Advocates International; • Allied Attorney of Alliance Defense Fund (ADF). International Conferences Yaw Adjei Afriyie Nketiah has attended an astounding number of International Conferences including: • Advocates Africa, Conference in Lagos, 2003; • Advocates International, Conference in Virginia, USA 2004; • Advocates International, Conference in Johannesburg, South Africa, Sept. 200; • Advocates Africa, Conference, Washington DC, USA Nov. 2008; • West Coast / Central Africa Legal Advisors Conference of ICRC, Lagos, Nov. 2007; • Legal Advisors Conference, International Committee for Red Cross (ICRC), Geneva, 2008; • Legal Advisors Conference, International Federation of Red Cross (IFRC), Geneva, 2008; • West Coast and Central Africa Legal Advisors Conference, IFRC, Abuja, Nov. 2008; • Commonwealth Lawyers Association Conference in Hong Kong, April 2009; • Legal Advisors Conference, International Committee for Red Cross (ICRC), Geneva, 2009; • Legal Advisors Conference, International Federation of Red Cross (IFRC), Geneva, 2009; • National Litigation Academy of the Alliance Defense Fund Conference in Chicago, October 2010; • Represented the Ghana Red Cross Society at a Workshop on Management of Community-based Projects of National Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies in Beijing, China (07/01/ 2009-07/14/2009); • Advocates Africa Biannual Conference in Abuja, Nigeria, August 2011; • International Bar Association Annual Conference, Dubai (UAE) October 2011; • International Bar Association Annual Conference, Dublin, Ireland, October 2012; • Commonwealth Lawyers Conference , Cape Town , South Africa, April, 2013; • International Bar Association Annual Conference, Boston (Massachusetts) USA, October 2013. Local conferences and seminars Has also taken part in several local conferences and continuous Legal Education and Professional Develop- ment Seminars including:- • Mediation Advocacy – August 2008 (Ghana Association of Certified Mediators and Arbitrators (GHACMA); • Sensitization Seminar on Court – Connected Alternative Dispute Resolution Course (CCADR) for Lawyers, August 2008 (Judicial Training Institute); • Sensitization Seminar on Court-Connected Alternative Dispute Resolution for Selected Lawyers, April 2014.(Judicial Training Institute/Ghana Bar Association); • Training Programme for Selected Lawyers on Ghana Sentencing Guidelines, June 2014.(British High Commission/Ghana Bar Association). Other activities Finally, his other activities include being: • National Secretary (Mensah Sarbah Alumni Association, University of Ghana Legon) • Director, Secretary &Vice President, Legon Chapter, Full Gospel Businessmen Fellowship Internation- al,(FGBMFI); • Secretary & President, Kingsmen Fellowship (Men’s Fellowship of the Covenant Family Community Church, East Cantonments, Accra; • Deacon, Covenant Family Community Family Church, East Cantonments, Accra. Company: Legal Alliance Name: Yaw Adjei Afriyie Nketiah Email:
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