ANASTASIA AKUOKO received her undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in law from the University of Buckingham, U.K in 1998 and 1999 respectively.
From 1999 to 2002, she worked as a paralegal in the law firm of Awoonor Law Consultancy (ALC) and took the Ghana Stock Exchange courses while attending the Ghana School of Law. She was subsequently called to the Ghana Bar in 2001, and joined Minkah-Premo & Co. at the beginning of 2002 after completing her pupillage at ALC. She made partner in 2007. Since then, she has advised the firm’s clients in local and foreign transactions with a combined value of more than $2.0 bn.
Her areas of specialisation are Corporate Law, Mergers & Acquisitions, Securities Law and Maritime Law. She also sits on the boards of several companies as director and/or company secretary.