JLD & MB Legal Consultancy has once again been named the Ghana Law Firm of the Year at the prestigious Chambers Africa Awards 2022 held on 13 January 2022.

The Firm was also selected as the National Law Firm of the year Ghana, by IFLR1000 in September 2021.

About Chambers and Partners

Chambers and Partners is an independent top-ranking company operating across 200 jurisdictions and delivering detailed and comprehensive rankings and insight into the world’s leading lawyers and Law Firms.

The Chambers and Partners' selection reflects a comprehensive and rigorous appraisal of professional work conducted by each of the shortlisted firms. 

The company provides comprehensive guidance and reviews of providers of legal services worldwide; its rigorous independent process makes Chambers the Gold Standard in legal rankings.

The Awards

The law firms that were shortlisted for the 2022 Ghana Law Firm of the Year Award are Ashong Benjamin & Associates, Bentsi-Enchill, Letsa & Ankomah, ENSafrica Ghana, JLD & MB Legal Consultancy and N. Dowuona & Company.

The Chambers and Partners’ selection reflects the winning firm’s achievements over the past 12 months including outstanding and excellent professional work, excellence in client services and impressive strategic growth.

Chambers and Partners, in announcing the award, congratulated JLD & MB, and described it as: “A Firm highlighted for its exceptional and professional service, JLD & MB Legal Consultancy is awarded the Ghana Law Firm of the Year accolade off the back of particularly strong performances in the Corporate/Commercial and Energy and Projects practice areas.

The Firm demonstrates a notable flair for handling complex financing and investment transactions in a number of vital sectors in Ghana, including oil and gas, renewable energy and FinTech”.

The Winning Firm

JLD & MB is a  pre-eminent corporate and commercial Ghanaian Law Firm, rendering sterling legal services across several practice areas including Oil and Gas; Energy, Mining and Natural Resources; Banking and Finance; Fintech; Capital Markets; Corporate and Commercial Transactions, Mergers and Acquisitions, Aviation and Telecommunications. 

It is a leading corporate/commercial law firm in Ghana and has been at the forefront of some of Ghana’s highest-profile corporate transactions. 

The Firm is lauded for providing seamless and world-class legal services in the spectrum of corporate and commercial legal work. It is praised for providing solution-oriented and top-class legal services and partnering with clients to realise their corporate goals. 

As a testament to the Firm’s pedigree, it is acclaimed by leading international organisations as a top-tier market leader, for its exceptional and excellent legal practice in Ghana. 

The Firm also won the International Financial Law Review (IFLR1000) Ghanaian Law Firm of the Year Award for 2021 in September 2021.