Anthony Carroll is a practicing corporate attorney with twenty years experience working in international development and investment with a particular emphasis on sub-Saharan Africa. His professional assignments have allowed Tony to work on issues involving many African countries including oil and gas/energy, construction material manufacturing, fisheries and textile investments in Ghana. His expertise on WTO issues, cross-border investment and corporate commercial transactions, business registration and the development of business and professional associations. He provides business, legal and political counsel to numerous companies and developing countries. He possesses an extensive background in investment and intellectual property law both as in house lawyer with a venture capital firm and as an advisor to the international pharmaceutical industry and sovereign countries where he has built bridges between sometime divergent African and multinational views. Carroll is considered one of the preeminent specialists advising developing countries on the creation of enabling environments required for investment flows. His large number of contacts in the business community makes him an excellent matchmaker for new African investment.