Yorm Abledu

Name: Yorm Ama Abledu
Profession: Legal Practitioner
Industry: Legal
Years of Service: 4 years
Country of Residence: Ghana
Education:
• Certificate in Negotiation Mastery, Harvard Business School.
• B. L: Ghana School of Law (Professional Law Programme)
• LL.M: Oil and Gas Law with Professional Skills, University of Aberdeen, Scotland.
• LL. B, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana.
• Diploma in French Language (DELF/DALF) – Alliance Française d’Accra.
Feature:
Yorm is a bilingual Legal Practitioner and a Harvard Certified Negotiator with 4 years’ experience in corporate, commercial and transactional law, consulting for over 20 corporate and 70 individual clients. She has recorded 100% success on oil and gas dispute settlements and arbitration cases worth about USD 7m.
In 2014, she obtained her master’s degree in oil and gas Law with professional skills from University of Aberdeen, Scotland, where her outstanding academic performance won her the Ede & Ravenscroft 2014 Prize for academic Excellence. Within the same period, Yorm got certified by the Oil and Gas Academy of Scotland as an oil and gas contract negotiator. She was called to the Bar in 2016 after which she joined Bentsi Enchill, Letsa & Ankomah, a leading law firm in Ghana, with practice focusing primarily on corporate law, litigation, oil and gas and mining Law. Currently, she advices on petroleum agreements, regulatory and compliance framework, tax, labor and employment issues in the oil and gas sector.
Yorm is certified in Human Rights and Oil and Gas Law from the Fordham University and her passion for human rights law was reflected in how she won a total of 57 human rights cases involving indigents over a 12 months’ period in her position as Assistant Public Defender under the Legal Aid Commission, where she continues her pro-bono service.
Outside the courtroom, Yorm enjoys travelling and reading Christian Literature. She is passionate about women empowerment and an advocate of SDG 4, 5, 16 and 17.
Anda
30th Mar 2020Congratulations Yorm! Very proud of your achievements.
Angela S.
01st Apr 2020Congratulations Yorm. You’re a hard worker and it shows. Keep doing great work!
Rudolph Apeyusi
21st Apr 2021Solid Achievements over there
Wow!
Daniel Oppong
01st Apr 2020This is superb. Greater heights ahead.
Dr Emmanuel Osa Noi-Sanar
02nd Apr 2020Simply put, Yorm is a genius . An attention for every global industry ready to hit the peak of business success .
David Kusi
02nd Apr 2020Impressive profile. The mark of a modern hard working independent young woman. Higher milestones will surely be clocked. Keep pushing. Proud of you dear.
Charlie Nova
02nd Apr 2020congrats Yorm. You are a gem
Fio
03rd Apr 2020Your achievements are breathtaking. Proud of you. Keep changing the world with your greatness