APPLICATIONS
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| Your Name | Ignatius Kwaku Awutey Xenyah | ||||||||||||
| Date of Birth | 31/07/1996 | ||||||||||||
| Nationality | Ghanaian | ||||||||||||
| Residential Address | Abafum Avenue, Adenta Accra, Accra Ghana 00233 Ghana Map It | ||||||||||||
| Your Phone Number | (055) 223-7122 | ||||||||||||
| Your Email Address | Email hidden; Javascript is required. | ||||||||||||
| Professional Eligibility | |||||||||||||
| Vacancy For | Pupillage Programme | ||||||||||||
| 1. What is your current status? | I have successfully completed the Ghana School of Law and awaiting Call to the Bar. | ||||||||||||
| Education | |||||||||||||
| LL. B Institution | Wisconsin International University College | ||||||||||||
| Class of Degree | Second Class Upper | ||||||||||||
| Year of Graduation | 2024 | ||||||||||||
| Ghana School of Law Campus | GIMPA | ||||||||||||
| Documents Upload | |||||||||||||
| Curriculum Vitae and Cover Letter | |||||||||||||
| LL. B Transcript, Certificate & GSL Transcript/ Statement of Results | |||||||||||||
| Other Professional Certificates (Optional) | |||||||||||||
| Legal Experience | |||||||||||||
| Have you previously worked or interned in a legal environment? | Yes | ||||||||||||
| Previous Legal Experience |
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| Areas of Interest | |||||||||||||
| Which practice areas interest you? |
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| Why Fitch Attorneys? | |||||||||||||
| Why do you wish to undertake your pupillage with Fitch Attorneys? | Fitch Attorneys is a well recognised firm which has key practice areas that align with my professional interest in terms of building my practice expertise. The mentorship opportunity will help me become refined in the legal practice in some few years to come and contribute excellence to the firm. | ||||||||||||
| What attracts you to corporate and commercial legal practice? | I have always admired the aspect of conducting due diligence and negotiations on behalf of companies to seek their best interests in order to bring them success. | ||||||||||||
| Are you able to fully commit to a six (6) month to one (1) year pupillage? | Yes | ||||||||||||
| Professional Attributes | |||||||||||||
| Describe an achievement that best demonstrates your resilience, initiative or leadership. | I conducted training in Public speaking across few African Countries in 2025. The initiative was birthed out of the desire to help people develop their communication skills. The planning and execution was tough but I had to maintain focus and resilience to bring it into fruition. | ||||||||||||
| What do you believe distinguishes an exceptional lawyer from a competent lawyer? | An exceptional lawyer is committed to excellence and he raises the standard. An exceptional lawyer is brave enough to go beyond limits and leave a lasting impact in his environment and the various people he conducts legal work for. a competent lawyer just follows the norms. | ||||||||||||
| Describe a time you received constructive criticism. How did you respond? | I gave a presentation on the topic "the ships of leadership'. The feedback given was that I had the confidence and great delivery. However, I needed to improve my gestures and pacing. I appreciated the feedback made me intentional when on stage. | ||||||||||||
| Commercial Awareness | Businesses increasingly expect lawyers to provide commercially practical solutions not merely legal opinions. | ||||||||||||
| Tell us about a recent legal, business or economic development that you believe every corporate lawyer should understand. | The Ghana Investment Promotion Authority Act, 2026 (Act 1173) has replaced the old Act. The new Act has promoted to GIPC into an Authority and made changes regarding certain key trading enterprise sectors. The new Act requires registration certificates to be renewed yearly instead of every two years. The new Act needs to be well understood by every corporate lawyer since it plays a key role in the kind of advice to be given to international clients seeking to invest in businesses in Ghana. | ||||||||||||
| Ethics | You discover that a senior lawyer has mistakenly included confidential information belonging to another client in a document that is about to be sent. | ||||||||||||
| What would you do? | I will immediately prompt the senior lawyer about this confidential information and bring his attention to the fact that the confidential information belongs to another client. This will save the firm of breaching confidentiality requirements. | ||||||||||||
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