EXCLUSIVE: Lawyer Amanda Clinton joins race for GFA presidential seat as she picks nomination forms

Footballghana.com can exclusively confirm that top Ghanaian lawyer, Amada Clinton has picked nomination forms to contest in the upcoming Ghana Football Association (GFA) presidential election.

The race to take up the top job at the football governing body has gradually shaped up following the opening of nomination forms last Monday.

With a number of known aspirants picking up their forms in the last 24 hours, Ms. Clinton has also joined in an picked up her forms to contest for the vacant seat.

She has made a name for herself in the past year when she stood firm to back the GFA in the aftermath of the Anas Aremeyaw Anas Number 12 video.

The respected lawyer has become the fourth person to have picked the forms, joining the likes of George Afriyie, Dr. Tony Aubynn, and Kurt Okraku.

Profile of Amanda Clinton

Amanda is the Founding Partner of Clinton Consultancy and a dynamic lawyer who was called to the Bar in England and Wales thirteen years ago and the Ghanaian Bar ten years ago. Amanda is a litigation expert with extensive corporate law experience in the U.K and Ghana.

As one of the most recognised commercial lawyers in Ghana, she is regularly instructed by international clients who require bespoke, timely and accurate Due Diligence Reports as well as Legal Opinions: corporate, banking, telecommunications, property & construction and energy & infrastructure. Her firm also offers public-private partnerships services to clients.

Recent her high profile cases include representing Ghana Football Association as they made formal responses to the Government of Ghana and FIFA in Zurich, Switzerland and representing different international corporate clients who invested in Ghana's largest Ponzi scheme to date (Menzgold).

She regularly represents international clients in commercial matters and arbitration proceedings and her background includes legal, policy, drafting, regulatory and advocacy work. Amanda also holds an M.Sc in African Politics from the School of Oriental and African Studies in London.

Having trained as a Pupil Barrister at the highly respected Pump Court Chambers in London under the training of Oba Nsugbe Q.C SAN, Amanda went on to additionally qualify at the Ghanaian Bar.

Subsequently, Amanda spent 3½ year as a State Attorney at the Attorney General’s Department in Ghana, where she carried out a  variety of work in the newly re-established International Team and liaised with government departments on a wide range of civil matters and court cases.

Amanda further represented Ghana in China to discuss maritime boundary issues with her international counterparts and contributed significantly to the settlement agreement that was reached with Kosmos in relation to a 2010 oil spill.

Amanda's strengths include her ability to interact and coordinate with a variety of stakeholders and manage simultaneous projects in a fast-paced environment whilst being discreet and professional in every circumstance. She is also analytical and possesses meticulous communication skills.

Amanda is very familiar with making board-level presentations on a variety of technical, business, industry and sectoral areas and litigating on behalf of business clients.