Ezekiel Osei

Ezekiel Osei is an Associate at SBA Legal Consult, Ahinsan-Kumasi. His areas of specialty include Corporate and Commercial Law, Corporate Insolvency Law, International Law, Competition Law, International Investment Law, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Technology Governance, and Human Rights Law. This breadth of expertise enables him to advise clients not only on domestic disputes, but also on cross-border transactions, regulatory compliance, and the legal risks posed by emerging technologies.

Ezekiel obtained his Bachelor of Laws (LLB) degree with First Class Honours from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi, ranking third in a graduating class of 200. He then undertook his professional legal training at the Ghana School of Law. As a Chevening Scholar, he earned a Master of Laws (LLM) in Commercial Law with First Class Honours from the University of Cambridge, United Kingdom, where he graduated as the best student in the Commercial Law specialisation and ranked third out of 195 candidates overall. He was awarded the Faculty of Law Prizes in Competition Law and in Corporate Insolvency Law, as well as the Jeffrey W. Cook Prize in Law for the best-performing LLM student and the Johnston Prize for Postgraduate Studies, both awarded by Hughes Hall College. He is currently studying for a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in International Law at the University of Cambridge as a Cambridge Trust International Scholar. He is also an Affiliate Researcher at the Lauterpacht Centre for International Law, one of the world’s foremost centres for international law research.

Ezekiel was enrolled as a Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Ghana in November 2022. He is a member of the Ghana Bar Association and of the Young International Arbitration Group, London. He began his practice at Owusu-Dapaa Law and Associates Ltd, Kumasi, where he trained as a pupil and later served as an Associate specialising in general and corporate litigation, before joining SBA Legal Consult. In the course of his practice, he has acted for institutions, companies, foreign investors, and individuals in corporate transactions, commercial litigation, debt settlement and restructuring arrangements, and mining and land compensation claims.

Alongside his practice, Ezekiel lectures in Public International Law and Company Law at the Faculty of Law, KNUST, and has taught International Trade and Investment Law and Advanced International Law at the GIMPA Law School. He is Co-Editor-in-Chief of the Cambridge Law Review and Managing Editor of the Cambridge International Law Journal. As a Contributing Editor of The Competition Brief, he co-directed the development of the first comprehensive database of African competition law jurisprudence. He is also a consultant to the Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria, South Africa. He has published widely in local and international journals on, among others, corporate law, creditor protection in liquidation, merger control under Ghanaian and ECOWAS law, and public international law.

Ezekiel is committed to bringing professionalism, rigorous research, sound judgment, and integrity to every matter he handles. He is dedicated to helping institutions, companies, and individuals resolve their legal challenges and protect their interests in an increasingly complex commercial, regulatory, and technological environment.