Member Profile

Bobby Banson has been described as a very dynamic and result oriented legal practitioner. Having learnt his trade from well-established Practitioners from Bentsi Enchil,Lesta & Ankomah (Accra), Dadson & Associates (Kumasi) and Minkah-Premo & Co (Accra), he has gained experiences in wide areas of legal practice including Corporate, Investment, Real Estate and Dispute Resolution.

A product of Adisadel College, Mr. Banson furthered his education at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi-Ghana for his LLB before proceeding to the Ghana School of Law in Accra-Ghana for his BL where he graduated as the best student in Law of Taxation.

He has attended courses at the Harvard University, as well as the Africa International Legal Awareness (AILA) Conferences. As a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIARB), Mr. Banson has spoken at various conferences organized by CIArb across the globe and AILA and participated extensively in SOAS conferences on Arbitration in Africa.

He is the Founding Partner of Robert Smith & Adelaide Law, which is a boutique law firm located in Central Business District of Accra, Ghana. He heads the firm’s practice areas focusing on Alternative Dispute Resolution, Investment Advice and Corporate Governance. He has acted as Counsel in both Domestic and International Arbitration matters.

He has provided legal services to several multinational Companies doing business across the West African sub region; particularly in the area of due diligence of prospective investment opportunities. He has several legal articles published in his name.