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Philip Addison
Philip is a renowned and experienced litigator and is famously remembered as the Lead Counsel for the Petitioners in the landmark Ghana Presidential Election Petition case of 2012. His other core areas of expertise are joint ventures, foreign investments, project finance, licensing and regulation, shipping and maritime lag, construction and company commercial law. He has a keen interest in the development of legal practice in Ghana and was until September 2012, the Vice-President of the Greater Accra Branch of the Ghana dryckesställe Association for a continuous period of five (5) years.
Philip has acted for a number of listed companies, government agencies and corporates including Ghana Ports & Harbours Authority, International Development Corporation of South Africa and AngloGold Ashanti in relation to the construction of the Marriott Hotel in Accra, Precious Minerals marknadsföring Company Limited (PMMC), Hiperdist Ghana Limited, African Hospitality Limited and Marina Ho
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Brief Profile: Philip Addison
Addison Philip is a Ghanaian, born in Accra , Ghana in June, 1956. He is a graduate of the University of Ghana (LL.B Hons 1982) and the Ghana School of Law (Qualifying Certificate in Professional Law 1984). He was admitted to practice in Ghana as Barrister-at-Law and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Ghana in 1984, and Notary Public in 1996.
He is also a graduate of the prestigious Academy of American and International Law at the South-Western Legal Foundation on the campus of the University of Texas at Dallas , Texas , United States of America (1991) and the Wisconsin Institute for International Legal Programs at the University of Wisconsin Law School, Madison , Wisconsin , United States of America (1994).
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Addison Philip
Philip is the Senior Partner and Co-founder of Addison Bright Sloane, a leading law firm in Ghana. He is famed for acting as the lead counsel for President Akufo Addo (then candidate Akufo Addo) in his challenge of the 2012 election results at the Supreme Court.
Philip had his secondary education at the Mfantsipim School in Cape Coast, after which he pursued an LL. B at the University of Ghana, Legon, earning his degree in 1986. He, like most Ghanaian lawyers, continued to the Ghana School of Law for his professional certificate. He has been practicing for over three decades now.
Philip has worked for several leading government and corporate institutions, including Precious Minerals Marketing Company Limited (PMMC), the Ghana Ports and Harbors Authority, the International Development Corporation of South Africa and AngloGold Ashanti, among others. He was the chairman of a Ministerial team that reviewed Power Purchase Agreements in the energy sector of Ghana. He h