Augustine B. Kidisil

Augustine is the Managing Partner of Ferociter. His experience spans the disparate yet connected fields of transactional work and dispute resolution. He leads the firm’s Dispute Resolution as well as International Economic Law and Shipping practices. Before founding Ferociter, Augustine worked in a leading Accra-based law firm, where he co-headed the firm’s Dispute Resolution practice and advised multinational corporations like Google Inc., Asanko Gold, Kinross/Chirano, Volvo (Trucks & Equipment), Atlas Copco, Tullow, Halliburton, Eni, NOV, and Glencore.

Prior to and since founding Ferociter, Augustine’s representative matters include:

• An ECOWAS citizen and a mining company in a novel claim against a West African Country before the ECOWAS Court of Justice.
• Google Inc. and Google Ghana in its defence against an online defamation claim in Ghana (the claim was later settled).
• A leading manufacturer of cosmetic and body care products, in connection with the reorganisation of its business holding structures in Africa.
• Halliburton in its successful defence against a USD2 million claim for breach of a NEC 3 Contract.
• The AfCFTA Secretariat on the operationalisation of the AfCFTA Protocols, and implementation of the Host Country Agreement between Government of Ghana and the AU.

Augustine is also a Lecturer at the University of Ghana School of Law, where he teaches various topics in International Trade and Investment Law, Intellectual Property Law, Conflict of Laws, and Public International Law.

Practice Areas

• International Economic Law & Shipping
• Commercial Dispute Resolution & White-collar Defence
• Energy & Natural Resources
• Transactions & Strategic Advisory
• Corporate & Commercial
• Real Estate & Construction
• Consultancy

Certification

• Harvard Law School (LL.M)
• World Trade Institute, University of Bern (MILE 14)
• University of Southampton (LL.M Maritime Law)
• Ghana School of Law (Q.C.L)
• Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (LL.B)

Admissions & Membership

• Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Ghana
• Insolvency Practitioner
• Ghana Bar Association
• International Bar Association
• Society of International Economic Law
• Ghana Association of Restructuring and Insolvency Advisors
• International Association of Restructuring, Insolvency & Bankruptcy Professionals