ICC appoints Nene Amegatcher and Kwabena Adu- Kusi to the International Court of Arbitration

The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) has appointed Nene Amegatcher and Kwabena Adu-Kusi to its International Court of Arbitration.

Nene Amegatcher is currently President of the Ghana Bar Association while Kwabena Adu-Kusi, who is also a lawyer of excellent repute, works with Law Bureau; both assume positions as Ghana’s representatives to the International Court of Arbitration. 

Their appointments take effect from July 1, 2015 and end on June 30, 2018, and were conferred at the Governing Council meeting held in Torino, Italy, last month. They replace Mr. Ace Ankomah and Mr. Felix Ntrakwah whose terms expire at the end of June 2015.

Mr. Emmanuel Doni-Kwame, a member of the Governing Council of ICC, confirming their appointment explained: “ICC Ghana is excited about the appointment of the two astute Ghanaian lawyers to the Court, and hope that their new role will positively move forward the activities and progress of ICC in Ghana”.

According to article 3(5) on the status of the International Court of Arbitration, the term of office for all members of the Court is three years, he said.

Mr. Doni-Kwame said the Council at its meeting in Torino appointed a new President of the Court, Mr. Alexis Mourre who replaced Mr. John Beechey.

The Council also elected Mr. Dennis Nally, Chairman of PricewaterhouseCoopers International, as Second Vice President of ICC.

Commenting on the upcoming activities of ICC Ghana, he indicated that this year the Chamber will launch its new ‘Expert Rules’ and the recently-released ‘Effective Management in Arbitration’, a guide for in-house council and other party representatives and the guide to  national procedures for recognition and enforcement of awards under the New York Convention.

He again explained that work is being done to finalise revision of the ICC Disputes Board Rules in coordination with the International Federation of Consulting Engineers.

The ICC’s International Court of Arbitration is the most trusted system of arbitration in the world, with arbitration under its rules on the increase. Since 2009, the Court has received new cases at a rate of more than 750 a year. 

The ICC International Centre for ADR has also developed a full range of other dispute resolution services for international commerce based on the ICC Mediation Rules, the ICC Rules for Expertise, the ICC Disputes Board Rules, and the DOCDEX Rules for the settlement of disputes arising out of the use of documentary instruments.