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Thus, besides its continuing involvement in the civil Securities, Corporate Finance & Business Law,
the Firm has progressively implemented a more interdisciplinary and inter-professional practice - now structured into four
specialized departments -
including business-related administrative law consultation and litigation as well as white
collar criminal defense; while private client services are still occasionally provided and is progressively de-emphasized.
For example, NWC is now also a patent and trademark agency, having implemented in 1998 full-fledged in-house patent attorney
services, under the direction of Lineal Smith, as a part of our IP and Competition Department's activities. Similarly, the
Firm has recruited over the years a number of commercialists, who are active in the framework of our Company-Commercial Department
and of our Tax Department.
Thus, NWC nowadays represents almost exclusively corporate clients; and is
especially sought after by many of those who operate in:
- the IT, high-tech and consumer electronics industry;
- the chemical, pharmaceutical, biomedical, cosmetic and nutritional sectors, including bio-technologies;
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the banking and financial market;
- and, as it is perhaps normal to expect from an Ghanaian firm, the world of brand
products, fashion, and industrial design.
Furthermore, Nana Williams Chambers from the very beginning
has always devoted substantial resources to its work for construction (and other) contractors, and for employers/owners, in
complex projects; and since 1998 has extended its involvement to all the regulatory, governmental and administrative matters
pertaining to the Ghanaian jurisdiction, such as those related to environmental law, to construction licenses, to city zoning,
to project finance and to commercial property development., so that it is mentioned by International Projects 500 (Legalese)
as one of the major commercial firm in Ghana which can claim project finance experience.
With regard to
international work, it is important to note that NWC - whilst it handles its domestic clients' problems worldwide, directly
instructing the appropriate local correspondents and maintaining thorough contacts with the
same on their behalf
- does not mainly target foreign "final
clients". Its services are instead geared towards foreign law
firms,
patent agencies and in-house counsel departments. In fact, Nana Williams Chambers presents itself abroad as a one-stop-shop
for all their clients' and employers' needs related to Ghanaian law.
Actually, the principal aim of our
representation offices in Malaysia and Togo is exactly that of offering to local firms this kind of specialist advice and
representation in courts and arbitrations, in a "barrister-like" fashion, for everything pertaining to the Ghana and West
African laws, markets and jurisdictions.
We are therefore especially honored by the trust and loyalty
of foreign colleagues who utilize our services - or simply integrate them in theirs own.
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