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Essel Hackman Papa Kofi Esq.

Lawyer
Accra,Accra

Summary

I am a self-motivated person with 14 years of working experience from diverse industries ranging from real estate, social research, petroleum and law. I have been a programmes officer at the Ministry of Energy for six (6) years. Currently, the secretary to the Government of Ghana Negotiation team on petroleum agreements. I have a wealth of experience in carrying out research on the oil & gas industry relating to compliance and stabilisation clauses in Petroleum Agreements, risks in Gas Sales Agreements with the use of sovereign guarantees or letters of credit and options. I have also contributed significantly to stakeholder consultations on the Blue Print Policy of the Petroleum Upstream sector and scaling up of project activities with timely research. I possess in-depth knowledge in data application for development, excellent work experience in policy advice with governmental partners, cross-country and cross-cultural teams. Reviewing Plan of Developments, Decommissioning trust fund financing of projects, focusing on analysis of project proposals, drafting of necessary documents and agreements, negotiating those agreements, and participating in the supervision of their implementation.

Overview

17
17
years of professional experience

Work History

Programmes Officer (Legal-Petroleum Directorate)

Ministry of Energy
01.2018 - Current
  • Ensuring Contractors Compliance with Ghana’s Petroleum Legal Frame work –Laws, rules and guidelines
  • Preparing legal briefs on diverse topics, as required with legal opinion
  • Drafting and reviewing of legal documents relating to power and petroleum contracts
  • Identifying potential areas of legislation relating to energy contracts and MOUs
  • Compiling and providing documentations and evidence in pursuing Arbitration processes and review
  • Providing Government Negotiation Team (GNT) with requisite evaluation documents on award of oil acreages to winners of licensing rounds and developing and managing Negotiations Program Calendar, reporting and updates on contingency plans
  • Researching on Upstream financing, contract development, litigation, tax, maritime, aviation and intellectual property laws, conducting comparative legal analyses on a range of issues in a given area, identify legal and policy issues, research for relevant precedents, and propose appropriate solutions to colleagues and clients, with a particular focus on bringing knowledge of the legal systems of India and/or one more other regional countries
  • Overseeing implementation of project activities with development partners (Ghana Oil and Gas for Inclusive Growth (GOGIG- Department for International Development(DFID-UK), Natural Resource Governance Institute (NRGI), Norway Oil for Development programme (NofD) and engaging in policy discussions and negotiations with officials internally and externally
  • Participating in task/project teams and operational missions
  • Member- Ministry -Parliamentary correspondence in Drafting and reviewing of General Petroleum Regulations, 2018 (L.I.2359 and its amendments).
  • Member- Secretary to Government Negotiation Team on negotiation of oil acreages to Eni Ghana, First (E&P) Development Company, China National Offshore Oil Company (CNOOC) and KOKA Energy Gh Ltd: this involved signing 4 MOUs with the Companies detailing all technical and fiscal/financial terms.
  • Ministry’s Correspondent- Attorney General's review and finalisation of General Petroleum Regulations L.I.2359.
  • Member- 3-member drafting team to Norway- to draft a revised Model Petroleum Agreement and Joint Operations Agreement used for 2018/2019 Licensing Round as the old model was obsolete.
  • Secretary to the Licensing Round Legal Sub-Committee- reviewed all documents
  • Member- Ghana Energy Policy 2018-2019 stakeholder consultation team analysing of draft cross border exchange contracts -Energy Transition and Climate Change as well as carbon emission and capture.
  • Member- Ministry -Parliamentary correspondence on ExxonMobil Petroleum Agreement Ratification
  • Secretary- drafting addendum on Exxon PA dispute resolution and enforcement proceedings
  • Member- Coordination Committee to ensure achieving first oil in 2026 by Aker Energy on DWTP block, Coordinating Plan of Development and Operation (POD) approval process, Managing records for collaboration on acquisition of long lead items and other essential contents
  • Member –Finalization of Strategic Upstream Blue Print Document resulting in Legislative Review of all petroleum laws to align with policy direction
  • Evaluation team member- Licensing Round Pre-qualification Application which selected prospective bidders
  • Representative- ECOWAS geo-extractive Technical committee -Abuja 2019 submitted Ghana’s position on use of cadastre maps and grid systems.

Head of Marketing and Research

Ecoblock Company Limited
01.2012 - 01.2016
  • Drafting and reviewing Real Estate leases and Mortgage contracts, Construction Contracts and Manufacturing of architectural molds

Supervisor -National Apprenticeship Program (NAP)

Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA)
11.2011 - 02.2012
  • Sampling respondents, interviewing and ranking female applicants to be beneficiaries of the NAP programme.

Research Assistant

Institute of Statistical Social and Economic Research (ISSER)
01.2008 - 01.2012
  • Managed a team of 4 surveyors on in field surveys in the Pru District- Northern Brong Ahafo. It included assessing educational facilities and picking coordinates of strategic social facilities with use of Geographic Positioning Systems. Research relevant cultural and political events for inclusion in visit programs for official research community entry

Education

Barrister at Law (BL) - Civil Procedure, Criminal Procedure, law of Evidence, Law practice Management and Accounting, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Company and Commercial Law (Corporate Governance)

12.2022

Bachelor of Laws (LLB) - Administrative and Constitutional (Human Rights) laws, Public International law (studies in Charter of the UN and ICC, Environmental law-carbon capture and carbon trading, Energy and Natural Resource Law and Jurisprudence

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
12.2017

Bachelor of Arts (Degree) - Geography and Resource Development, Tourism, foreign trade and development policy advice and hospitality, ecological studies

University of Ghana
12.2008

Skills

  • Handling sensitive information
  • Project Appraisal
  • Monitoring and evaluation
  • Geographical Regional Spatial Development Framework Designing
  • Social and environmental impact assessments
  • Commercial mindset

Training

  • Pupillage, Zoe Lexfield, 2022-2023
  • Certificate course-Emission reduction and carbon capture, Souzhou University, Jiangsu Province, China, 2023
  • Arbitration and Power Purchase Agreement Negotiations, 2022
  • Artificial Intelligence, Data and Statistical Analysis, Crown agents-Dubai, 2022
  • Contract Negotiation, Herriot Watt, Norwegian Petroleum Directorate Training, 2022
  • Natural resource governance and development, NRGI-Nadel Eth, Switzerland, 2021
  • FIDIC contracts negotiations and review, 2020
  • Petroleum Economics, Jeff & O’Brien Consult-Dubai, 2020
  • Responsible Petroleum Management, Petrad, Norway, 2020
  • Ghana Stock Exchange – Focus on Portfolio Management Corporate Finance, 2011

Timeline

Programmes Officer (Legal-Petroleum Directorate)

Ministry of Energy
01.2018 - Current

Head of Marketing and Research

Ecoblock Company Limited
01.2012 - 01.2016

Supervisor -National Apprenticeship Program (NAP)

Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA)
11.2011 - 02.2012

Research Assistant

Institute of Statistical Social and Economic Research (ISSER)
01.2008 - 01.2012

Bachelor of Laws (LLB) - Administrative and Constitutional (Human Rights) laws, Public International law (studies in Charter of the UN and ICC, Environmental law-carbon capture and carbon trading, Energy and Natural Resource Law and Jurisprudence

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

Bachelor of Arts (Degree) - Geography and Resource Development, Tourism, foreign trade and development policy advice and hospitality, ecological studies

University of Ghana

Barrister at Law (BL) - Civil Procedure, Criminal Procedure, law of Evidence, Law practice Management and Accounting, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Company and Commercial Law (Corporate Governance)

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