Biography
Matilda Idun-Donkor provides legal advice and support to both multi-national and local clients with respect to diverse areas of Ghanaian law including dispute resolution, corporate/commercial law, telecommunications, tax and intellectual property rights. She has been representing clients in court, negotiations, mediation and arbitration, and before quasi-judicial bodies such as the National Labour Commission and the Trademarks Registry for the past 14 years. Matilda has provided satisfactory legal services to major client’s challenging legal issues, significant business transactions and critical disputes in mining, insurance, banking, telecommunications, real estate and hotel business. With a deep understanding of client’s needs and the complex local landscape, Matilda advises on the suitable corporate structure for the conduct of business in Ghana and the requisite legal/regulatory regime applicable to client’s businesses. She also assists clients to establish businesses, coordinates due diligence into the affairs of companies to be acquired or merged, and assists clients seeking to enter into joint ventures. Matilda was a contributor to the World Bank annual reports titled “Doing Business” which compares business regulations in about 185 economies. Matilda coauthored the International Council for Commercial Arbitration Handbook Country Report for Ghana for 2018 which is edited annually. She contributed a chapter to Chambers and Partners’ Anti-corruption Global Practice Guide for 2017.