Josef Iroko, Llm, Ma, Msc., Llb Email & Phone Number

Accra, Greater Accra Region, Gh

Accra, Ghana

Accra, Ghana

Accra, Ghana

General Legal Counsel for all legal, regulatory, corporate and compliance matters. Identify and solve corporate and legal issues. Review and advice on all contracts and legal documents. Ensure statutory, government and corporate regulatory compliance. Train employees and stakeholders on statutory, regulatory and legal matters. Member of Management Team. Member of statutory Entity Tender Committee responsible for all procurement activities. Manage external legal counsel. • Advised NIA on the… Show more General Legal Counsel for all legal, regulatory, corporate and compliance matters. Identify and solve corporate and legal issues. Review and advice on all contracts and legal documents. Ensure statutory, government and corporate regulatory compliance. Train employees and stakeholders on statutory, regulatory and legal matters. Member of Management Team. Member of statutory Entity Tender Committee responsible for all procurement activities. Manage external legal counsel. • Advised NIA on the successful execution of a 1.2 billion dollar public private partnership (PPP) contract to implement Ghana’s national identification system project.• Negotiated and ensured the successful passage of the PPP contract through all required statutory, legal and regulatory approval process prior to execution.• Provided legal advice for NIA’s Entity Tender Committee to ensure compliance with procurement regulations in the disbursement of 18.5 million dollar procurement budget.• Reviewed, advised on and drafted various tender documents and procurement contracts to protect the legal interests of NIA and to minimize its exposure to risks.• Trained over 2,000 staff and external stakeholders on legal and regulatory matters.• Reviewed and advised on employment agreements for employees and contractors.• Drafted memoranda of understanding and non-disclosure agreements for commercial collaboration between NIA and state agencies such as the Ghana Revenue Authority, National Health Insurance Authority, Driver & Vehicle Licensing Authority and Social Security & National Insurance Trust. Show less

Accra, Ghana

• Conducted the legal research and wrote the legal submission in the successful recovery of 536,000 dollars for a Thai multi-national metals and commodities trading company in the Commercial Court of Ghana.• Assisted in the legal research and the preparation of the legal submission that enabled the Commercial Court of Ghana to stay proceedings and refer a commercial dispute involving a government owned Bank in Ghana and an international metals and commodities trading company to… Show more • Conducted the legal research and wrote the legal submission in the successful recovery of 536,000 dollars for a Thai multi-national metals and commodities trading company in the Commercial Court of Ghana.• Assisted in the legal research and the preparation of the legal submission that enabled the Commercial Court of Ghana to stay proceedings and refer a commercial dispute involving a government owned Bank in Ghana and an international metals and commodities trading company to international arbitration in London, UK. • Participated in the legal research, preparation and filing of a 6.5 million dollar unlawful death and negligence suit against the Ghana subsidiary of a South African mining conglomerate in the High Court of Ghana.• Assisted in the legal research, preparation and filing of a certiorari leading to the successful quashing of the criminal conviction of an Indian national by the Supreme Court of Ghana on grounds of breach of the right to fair trial. Show less

Accra, Ghana

General Legal Counsel for all legal, regulatory, corporate and compliance and administrative matters. Oversaw HR functions as well as Facilities, Stores, Procurement, and Transport Units. Reviewed, negotiated and drafted office leases, vendor professional services contracts, employment agreements, procurement contracts and tender documents, escrow account agreements, government support agreements, assets transfer agreements and memoranda of understanding. Member of Management Team and… Show more General Legal Counsel for all legal, regulatory, corporate and compliance and administrative matters. Oversaw HR functions as well as Facilities, Stores, Procurement, and Transport Units. Reviewed, negotiated and drafted office leases, vendor professional services contracts, employment agreements, procurement contracts and tender documents, escrow account agreements, government support agreements, assets transfer agreements and memoranda of understanding. Member of Management Team and statutory Entity Tender Committee.• Advised on, reviewed and managed the legal aspects of a 9.5 million dollar assets purchase and transfer contract between NIA and Ghanaian/Danish special purpose company.• Handled the contract negotiation, review, drafting, and regulatory approval aspects of a 1.5 million dollar procurement contract for the upgrade of NIA’s data centre to a tier 3 level by Huawei Technology Company of China.• Eliminated the risk of NIA being cited for violating an Act of Parliament by advising on the setting up of the Entity Tender Committee as statutorily required.• Drafted amendments to NIA’s statutes and was part of NIA team that successfully defended the proposals before a parliamentary committee before passage into law by Ghana’s Parliament.• Managed the legal aspects as a member of NIA team that successfully negotiated and purchased the intellectual property rights in the artwork for the Ghana national identity card from the original copyright holders, Safran Morpho of France. • Handled the legal and regulatory aspects as an NIA team member that successfully negotiated an agreement with the West African regional body, ECOWAS, to ensure that the Ghana Card complies with the standards and requirements for the ECOWAS ID Card at no extra cost to the state of Ghana. • Drafted MoUs and non-disclosure agreements for commercial collaboration between NIA and multi-national companies like MasterCard, Visa, EDAPS Overseas of UAE and 4GID of India. Show less

Accra, Ghana

Chiefly responsible for Legal, Regulatory, Corporate Compliance and Board matters. Headhunted to set up Legal Department for NIA and appointed as the 1st in-house legal counsel. Served as Corporate Board Secretary and Secretary to all Board Committees. Member of Management Team.• Drafted and facilitated within 2 years of being employed the passage of the statutorily required subsidiary legislation, which inter alia empowered NIA to charge fees for its statutory services. NIA had been… Show more Chiefly responsible for Legal, Regulatory, Corporate Compliance and Board matters. Headhunted to set up Legal Department for NIA and appointed as the 1st in-house legal counsel. Served as Corporate Board Secretary and Secretary to all Board Committees. Member of Management Team.• Drafted and facilitated within 2 years of being employed the passage of the statutorily required subsidiary legislation, which inter alia empowered NIA to charge fees for its statutory services. NIA had been without such legislation for 6 years prior.• Actively provided legal counsel in the negotiation, drafting, review and approval process for a PPP project between NIA and a private Ghanaian /Danish owned special purpose company, which will rake in 2 million dollars annually to NIA over a 15-year period. The project was the first to be approved under Ghana’s PPP Policy guidelines issued in June 2011.• Actively involved in the negotiation, drafting, review and approval process for a 114 million dollar engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract between NIA and a Chinese state construction company.• Negotiated as part of an NIA team and subsequently drafted and ensured the execution of disengagement Memorandum of Understanding in the amicable closure of the contractual dispute between NIA and the French multinational company, Safran Morpho in respect of an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract thereby overcoming the threat of legal action against NIA in the UK.• Successfully negotiated the full waiver of over 100,000 dollars in accumulated interests in the amicable out- of- court closure of a 400,000 dollar contractual dispute between NIA and a Ghanaian construction company. Show less

Accra, Ghana

Litigation and dispute resolution and the provision of general legal services.• Concluded a 12-year-old land litigation within 1 year of being retained by obtaining a successful judgment in the Supreme Court of Ghana for the recovery of a 23-acre freehold property. Case has been cited in a leading law report in Ghana.• Successfully recovered over 500,000 dollars for a Ghanaian Bank from a defaulting client via litigation in the Commercial Court of Ghana.

Accra, Ghana

Served as Litigation counsel for corporate and individual clients.• Successfully defended Ghana Ports & Harbours Authority in a 3rd party litigation in the Commercial Court of Ghana.• Researched and prepared the winning legal submission in the successful litigation over the mining lease of a leading multi-national mining company, Newmont Ghana Ltd in the High Court of Ghana. • Successfully defended Goldfields Ghana Ltd, the subsidiary of a multi-national mining company in a… Show more Served as Litigation counsel for corporate and individual clients.• Successfully defended Ghana Ports & Harbours Authority in a 3rd party litigation in the Commercial Court of Ghana.• Researched and prepared the winning legal submission in the successful litigation over the mining lease of a leading multi-national mining company, Newmont Ghana Ltd in the High Court of Ghana. • Successfully defended Goldfields Ghana Ltd, the subsidiary of a multi-national mining company in a litigation over claims for compensation for alleged destruction of crops and farms within the company’s mining concession in the High Court of Ghana.• Assisted the legal team that successfully defended the Ghana subsidiary of a multi-national cement company, Heidelberg Cement in litigation over its concession in the High Court of Ghana.• Successfully defended a mining support services provider in litigation over alleged breach of contract in the Commercial Court of Ghana. Show less

Accra, Ghana

• Assisted in litigation as well as giving corporate legal advisory service to local and multi-national clients such as Shell, PZ Cussons, British American Tobacco, AnglogoldAshanti and Goldfields Ghana Ltd.

Accra, Ghana

As a national service person, worked as Assistant State Attorney at the International Law Division and carried out legal research, drafting and writing of legal opinions.

Accra, Ghana

Carried out research work on a program done in collaboration with students from the Harvard School of Law culminating in the writing of memoranda on Ghanaian and International Law.

Education record

Master Of Laws - Llm

Bachelor Of Laws - Llb

Msc

Master Of Arts - Ma