Sustineri Attorneys PRUC, a corporate legal practise that works closely with start-ups and fintechs and focuses on transactions, disputes, and tax, has revealed a number of initiatives and programmes to commemorate its first year in business.
Five lawyers with a combined 30 years of legal, professional, and entrepreneurial experience are now employed by the rapidly expanding law practise, which is directed by Richard Nunekpeku, a lawyer and entrepreneur with an exceptional background in law and business.
The company intends to provide a webinar to inform and assist start-ups on utilising technology and legislation to improve their competitiveness, spur investments, and develop as part of the celebrations for the anniversary.
In "Laws for Entrepreneurs,"
Over the last year, the company has made use of its renowned "Laws for Entrepreneurs" capacity-building programme, which aims to increase business founders' and managers' knowledge of how the law influences their business operations and how they may use it to their advantage.
In our first year of operation, we used this effort to create capacity for more than 100 young founders and managers around the nation in collaboration with our development partners. In close cooperation with our partners, we plan to broaden this project to include at least 1,000 young entrepreneurs and managers, particularly those in the financial technology industry.
In "The Bridge"
Since its founding, Sustineri Attorneys has also launched a talent development programme called "the Bridge" that enables law students at the first degree and professional levels to, among other things, experience law in action, acquire news skills, gain exposure, develop networks, and confirm their professional interests.
In a speech to commemorate the first anniversary, Mr. Nunekpeku stated that Sustineri Attorneys prides itself on its problem-solving abilities and views every client's case as an opportunity to exceed expectations and create enduring mutual relationships. Sustineri Attorneys is a proactive and specialised corporate and commercial law firm with proven entrepreneurial and business management expertise.
"We handle every customer with a common-sense and pragmatic attitude. We conduct a 24-hour service and have an open door policy. We urge our customers to Contact us at any moment with any questions. Our mission is to assist Start-ups, Small and Medium-sized Businesses (SSMBs) in becoming fully compliant with all applicable regulations, financially stable, and competitive for ongoing operations and investments.
"Our method of providing services entails collaborating with customers to create creative legal solutions that address their present requirements and address any future business risks (s). As our name suggests, finding solutions to support the long-term viability of our clients' enterprises is our top goal, he added.
The firm's goal, he continued, is to become the go-to business law firm in Ghana by offering customers with innovative legal services that are specially designed to meet and surpass their expectations. specialised and morally driven attorneys who use shared principles to enhance their clients' business and economic objectives.
The "The START column"
Additionally, Mr. Nunekpeku writes a monthly piece for Ghana's top source of business information, the Business and Financial Times (B&FT). As there are a plethora of regulatory implications on businesses, their managers, and their owners, Mr. Nunekpeku provides a clear understanding and appreciation of the intersection of law and business in his column known as "The START column." This understanding and appreciation is essential for any effective, efficient, and long-lasting operation of a company or business.
The column provides readers with a straightforward, understandable, and useful explanation of intricate and pertinent general and particular business-related rules (regulations) in the most readable and professional manner possible.
The column has been consistently published for more than two years and aims to evaluate issues relating to business start-up and the entrepreneurial ecosystem in Ghana; identify transactional pitfalls for businesses; discuss advisory tools for business decision-making; illustrate the value of regulatory compliance for small and medium-sized enterprises; and draw attention to the training and capacity building requirements of businesses.