Mr. Kenneth Ghartey

Kenneth Ghartey is Lecturer in the University of Ghana School of Law. Kenneth is a lawyer and a Valuation and Estate Surveyor by training and is licensed as an Insolvency Practitioner in Ghana by the Office of the Registrar of Companies, Ghana. He started his teaching career as a Lecturer in Law at Lancaster University Ghana where he later became Senior Lecturer and Head of the Law Department. He has significant corporate and commercial legal advisory and consulting experience. He has been involved in major transactions including a sovereign bond issue and a multi-million-dollar petroleum-related international arbitration. Kenneth was the sole Technical Consultant for the preparation of the text for the User Guides for recent Ghanaian company and insolvency legislation under the World Bank Group (IFC) Ghana Investment Climate Project. Kenneth is a recognised expert on the company law of Ghana and his work on directors’ duties has been read over 15,000 times on research websites. Kenneth has a keen interest and experience in providing training for professionals in the areas of his expertise.

Kenneth was an Editor of the maiden volume of the Corporate Insolvency and Restructuring Journal hosted by the Ghana Association of Restructuring and Insolvency Advisors [GARIA] in 2023. He has also served on the Editorial Committee of the INSOL International I-Read Student Newsletter since 2023.

CREDENTIALS

• Professional Diploma - Ghana Institution of Surveyors (2019)
• PG. Cert. (Academic Practice) – University of Lancaster, UK (2017)
• LL.M (Corporate and Commercial Law)– London School of Economics and Political Science, UK (2014)
• QCL/BL - Ghana School of Law (2015)
• LL.B - University of Ghana School of Law (2012)
• BSc. (Land Economy) - Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Technology (2009)

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

• Corporate Governance
• Corporate Insolvency and Restructuring Law
• Environmental and Natural Resources Compliance and Regulation
• Law of Corporate Finance
• Real Estate Valuation Transactions
• Securities Law and Regulation

MEMBERSHIP OF PROFESSIONAL ORGANISATIONS

• Ghana Bar Association
• Ghana Institution of Surveyors – Valuation and Estate Surveying Division
• Ghana Association of Restructuring and Insolvency Advisors [GARIA]
• International Association of Restructuring, Insolvency & Bankruptcy Professionals [INSOL International]
• INSOL ERA - INSOL International –Early Career Research Academics

PUBLICATIONS

• KNO Ghartey (2024), ‘Sian Participation Corp (in Liquidation) v Halimeda International Ltd: The Potential Clash between Insolvency and Arbitration Revisited’ International Company and Commercial Law Review (accepted for publication)
• KNO Ghartey (2023), “Towards Early Intervention in the Resolution of Banks’ Financial Distress in Ghana” in Kayode Akintola and Folashade Adeyemo (eds), Bank Insolvency Law in Developing Economies (Routledge, 2023) 71-98
• KNO Ghartey (2022), “Local public entities in distress – a critical analysis of the Ghanaian approach” in Laura Coordes, Yseult Marique and Eugenio Vaccari (eds), Local Public Entities in Distress – When Liquidation is Not an Option, (INSOL International ,2022) 202-217
• KNO Ghartey (2020), “Directors’ Duties under the 2019 Companies Act of Ghana” –46(2) Commonwealth Law Bulletin 246-269
• KNO Ghartey, ‘Regulating related party activities in Ghanaian Banking”, [2020] 1 Ghana Law Journal (GLJ) 128-138
• KNO Ghartey (2020), “Corporate Finance Law in Ghana: Has the law enabled business?” in Christine Dowouna-Hammond, Ama F Hammond and Raymond A Atuguba (eds), Mobilizing the Law for Ghana’s future’: Appraising to Revolutionise (University of Ghana School of Law, 2020) 275-300
• KNO Ghartey (2019), “The Securities Holding System in Ghana after the 2007 Central Securities Depository Act” 5 Lancaster University Ghana Law Journal (LUGLJ) 115-141
• KNO Ghartey (2017), “Accountants and Vigilantes: The Role of Individual Actions in the Ghanaian Supreme Court” in M Addaney and M Gyan Nyarko (eds), Ghana @ 60: Governance and Human Rights in Twenty-First Century Africa (Pretoria University Law Press, Centre for Human Rights) Chapter 2, 16-31
• K Donkor-Hyiaman and KNO Ghartey (2017), “Legal Origins and Mortgage Finance Contradictions” 10(1) International Journal of Housing Markets and Analysis 156-179
• KNO Ghartey (2013), “Passing the Baton: An Examination of the new Statutory Framework for Presidential Transitions in Ghana” in 5 Student Law Journal, University of Ghana (UGSLJ), March 2013, 48-70.
• KNO Ghartey (2012), “The Grundnorm Resurrected: Employing Kelsen’s Pure Theory in the Punishment of High Treason in Ghana” in 4 Student Law Journal, University of Ghana (UGSLJ), March 2012, 1-16.
• Fredrick Adimazoya et al (2009), Potential Impact of VPA Implementation on Rural Livelihoods: A Case of the Juaso and Nkawie Forest Districts with Adimazoya et al in B. Owusu, KS Nketiah, J Aggrey and F Wiersum (eds), Timber Legality, Local Livelihoods and Social Safeguards: Implications of FLEGT/VPA in Ghana, Tropenbos International Ghana ISBN: 978-9988-1-1957-7 [DOI 10.13140/2.1.2326.8646] August 2009.
• Fredrick Adimazoya et al (2009), “Forest Law Enforcement under the Voluntary Partnership Agreement: Implications for Livelihoods in Juaso Forest District, Ghana” published by ECDO (Universiteit van Amsterdam), CANR-KNUST and Wageningen UR, The Netherlands.

Technical Reports

• Reforms in Voter Registration and Voting Systems on Account of Pandemic Situations presented to the University of Ghana School of Law and GIZ - Deutsche Gesellschaft Für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GMBH Democratic Vigilance Project - (February 2021)
• Text for User Guide for Corporate Insolvency and Restructuring Act, 2020 (Act 1015) presented to International Finance Corporation, World Bank Group (Ghana Office) and Registrar-General’s Department, Ghana through Solid Green South Africa (January 2021)
• Text for User Guide for Companies Act, 2019 (Act 992) presented to International Finance Corporation, World Bank Group (Ghana Office) and Registrar-General’s Department, Ghana through Solid Green South Africa (May 2020)

Blogs, Newsletters and Thought Leadership

• K Ghartey (2024), ‘Sian Participation Corp (in Liquidation) v Halimeda International Ltd: The Potential “Clash” between Insolvency and Arbitration Revisited’ INSOL International I-Read Student Newsletter, Issue 14, October 2024
• K Ghartey (2023), ‘Restructuring Case Study: Re The Good Box Co Labs Ltd; NGI Systems & Solutions Ltd v The Good Box Co Labs Ltd’ INSOL International I-Read Student Newsletter, Issue 8, June 2023
• Kenneth Ghartey, “Legislating a Corporate Rescue Culture: Understanding Ghana’s New Reforms”, Commercial Law Research Network, Nigeria<
• https://www.clrnn.net/2021/10/22/legislating-a-corporate-rescue-culture-... October 22, 2021
• K Ghartey, “The Death of the Statutory Corporation” (Ghana Law Hub) <ghanalawhub.com>, February 28, 2019
• K Ghartey, “Regulating Related Party Activities in Ghanaian Banking” (Ghana Law Hub) <ghanalawhub.com, February 18, 2019
• K Ghartey, “Are the Directors of the Failed Banks in Serious Trouble? (Ghana Law Hub) <ghanalawhub.com>, August 7, 2018
• K Ghartey, “What, in Law, has Happened to the Five Collapsed Banks?” (Ghana Law Hub)<ghanalawhub.com>, August 6, 2018
• K Ghartey, “Waakye, the economy and my vote” (Graphic Online) <https://www.graphic.com.gh/features/opinion/waakye-the-economy-and-my-vo... October 21, 2016