Practice Areas – Group D

The Firm’s practice in this area has expanded with the creation of its company secretarial department.

Services provided include the preparation and issuance of notices convening meetings and accompanying agenda, taking of minutes at board meetings and sub-committee meetings if required as well as annual general meetings. The Firm also provides hands on legal expertise to advise immediately on any legal issues that may arise at company meetings.

The Firm has a strong relationship with the office of the Registrar General of Companies in filing board and shareholders resolutions, notice of change in directorships and all other relevant documentation.

Fugar and Company is proud of its human resource profile.

Always willing to assist the staff to develop to their maximum potential and ability, a policy of supporting individuals to advance to the highest levels of their capacity is applied.

To further strengthen practice in the securities industry, for example, most of the Firm’s lawyers have undertaken securities courses organised by the Ghana Stock Exchange and regularly update their expertise through participation in related and follow-up courses organised by the Exchange.

The Firm also regularly liaises with the Ghana Stock Exchange to keep abreast with the latest developments in the industry thereby ensuring that the needs of its clientele are fully met at all times. The firm’s lawyers are up to speed with the new Securities Industry Act, 2016 (Act 929).

To further deepen, broaden and update the Firm’s expertise, some of the firm’s lawyers regularly participate in international conferences in topical and complex areas of the law.

To ensure that staff are always abreast with the latest developments in this field, the Firm regularly liaises with the National Communications Authority which is the regulator of the telecommunications industry in Ghana in dealing with a new area of legal practice in Ghana.