Shirley is a Senior Associate in the Disputes practice group with over five years’ experience. Her practice covers general corporate and commercial disputes with a particular focus on commercial debt recovery, judicial review and constitutional law matters, post-award enforcement, matrimonial and ancillary matters and land disputes.
Shirley’s clients include GPGC Limited, Herbalife, Telecel Ghana, The Bank of Ghana, The Bank Hospital, Junction Shopping Mall Limited, Aviation Handling Services Limited, Social Security and National Insurance Trust, Securities and Exchange Commission and National Communications Backbone Company Limited.
Shirley holds a B.A and an LLB from the University of Ghana and has a qualifying certificate from the Ghana School of Law. She is a member of the Ghana Bar Association and the International Chamber of Commerce, Young Arbitrators Forum (ICC YAF). Shirley is also a Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb).
Testimonials
“Senior associate Shirley Afoley Otu is singled out for her contributions.”- The Legal500 EMEA, 2024
Rankings and Awards
Recommended in Dispute Resolution– The Legal EMEA, 2024
- Worked with a team of lawyers that represented Ghana Telecommunications Company Limited, now Telecel Ghana in a land dispute and successfully had the Supreme Court of Ghana reverse the High Court and Court of Appeal judgments against Telecel Ghana.
- Worked with a team of lawyers that represented Junction Shopping Mall Limited and successfully set aside an action initiated against Junction Shopping Mall Limited by its minority shareholder.
- Worked with a team of lawyers that advised GPGC Limited in enforcement of a foreign arbitral Award in Ghana.
- Worked with a team of lawyers that represented National Petroleum Authority in a judicial review application against the implementation of its policy and successfully obtaining judgments in client’s favour.
- Worked with a team of lawyers that represented the Securities and Exchange Commission in disputes regarding regulatory infractions and successfully obtaining orders in client’s favour.
- Worked with a team of lawyers that represented Social Security and National Insurance Trust in a judicial review application against the use of its internal audit report and successfully obtaining judgments in client’s favour.
