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Black Solicitors Joshua Siaw Politics, Law & Religion
Partner, White & Case
Network
Joshua has been a global partner at White & Chase’s Global
Banking Practise since 2014.
He takes a leading role in advising governments,
corporates, banks and other financial institutions on
transactions and cross-border project development.
A graduate of King’s College in London, he is responsible
for expanding the company’s reach in Africa, ensuring it is
the go-to law firm for governments and the private sector.
Joshua, who carries dual Ghanaian and British
nationality, has extensive knowledge of African markets,
having worked on a number of key deals across the
continent. When he was 30, he became the youngest global
partner among all the leading international law firms in
the City of London. He was later named by Business World
Magazine as one of the 20 most influential Ghanaian
business leaders under the age of 40.
In June 2017, he received the Professional of the Year prize
at the Ghana United Kingdom-based Achievement Awards.
His personal ambition is to help drive intra-Africa
trade, which he believes is one of the key answers to the
continent’s challenges.
Joshua runs a mentorship programme, supporting more
than 50 secondary school students from state schools in
London and encouraging them to pursue career paths such
as law, medicine and banking. He is also a member of the
NEW Martin Forde, QC board of trustees of the Olusegun Obasanjo Foundation, a
2019 charity set up by the former Nigerian president dedicated to
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advancing human security in Africa.
Martin Forde QC has a practice that covers all aspects of
Health Law. He appears regularly in all the Regulatory and
Disciplinary tribunals, predominantly for practitioners
including doctors, dentists, osteopaths, chiropractors and
optometrists. In May he was appointed by the government to
Working towards an advise on how the victims of the Windrush scandal should
be compensated.
He has acted for the General Medical Council and the
equal profession General Dental Council. He has appeared in a number of
major cases in the Privy Council and has been involved
in medical-related judicial review hearings in the
Work with us... Administrative Court as well as judicial review hearings
involving mental health and immigration issues.
His clinical negligence and personal injury practice is
Research
n exclusively undertaken in the High Court involving injuries
Publications of maximum severity.
n He has been recognised as a band 1 practitioner by
Events Chambers & Partners since 2010.
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Recruitment On his appointment as an Independent Adviser on the
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design of the Windrush compensation scheme, Martin said:
“On May 10, 2018, the Home Secretary announced that I
had been appointed to give independent advice to the Home
Office regarding the design of a compensation scheme,
to address issues arising from difficulties encountered by
those who suffered as a result of having to demonstrate their
immigration status.
“I have been strongly supported by Home Office staff,
The Black Solicitors Network is a not-for-profit organisation. many of whom volunteered and some of whom have
An inclusive rather than exclusive organisation, BSN attracts and welcomes relatives affected by the application of recent immigration
members from across the cultural and diversity spectrum. policies.”

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