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Dr. Francisca Kusi-Appiah

Dr. Francisca Kusi-Appiah

Francisca Kusi-Appiah

Managing Senior Legal Consultant

Francisca Kusi-Appiah is the founder and the current managing senior legal consultant at K-App Law. She has amassed years of rich experience having worked at Minkah Premo & Co (Akosombo Chambers) in Accra, Ghana and the Daniels Legal Group in Houston, Texas, USA. Her areas of expertise include the drafting of contracts, energy regulation, governance of natural resources and competition law. She is an energy regulation expert for the Energy Regulators Association of East Africa (EREA) and an editorial advisory board member for the Commonwealth Law Bulletin.
Currently, she is the acting Head of the Department for Public Law for the Law School of the University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA) and a member of the Academic Board. Courses she has lectured include Petroleum Law, Energy Law, Law of Natural Resources, Law of Contract, Law of Tort, Criminal Law, Legal Research for Lawyers, Private International Law, and Competition and Consumer Protection Law. Her research interests extend from her areas of expertise into arbitration, environmental law, consumer protection, law and economics as well as sustainable development.
She holds a PhD from the Centre for Energy, Petroleum and Mineral Law and Policy (CEPMLP), University of Dundee, Scotland, UK. As a PhD candidate, she received a research award from the Energy Regulators Regional Association (ERRA), after a panel of international energy experts evaluated a portion of her PhD thesis. She obtained her master’s degree with a specialization in Energy, Environment and Natural Resources Law in 2011 from the University of Houston, Texas and received the Dean’s award for being the best student for Introduction to American Law.
She was called to the bar in 2009 and was adjudged the best student for criminal procedure during her call to the Bar. She obtained her LLB from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) in 2007. In 2016, her alma mater, KNUST, bestowed on her the Faculty of Law Excellence Award. She is certified in International Commercial Arbitration and Quantitative Risk Management (CQRM). She is a member of the Association of International Energy Negotiators (AIEN, formerly AIPN), the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) and the Energy Institute (EI).
The following are some of her selected publications:
  1. Kusi-Appiah, F. (2021) Energy Transition In West Africa During The COVID-19 Pandemic, Oil, Gas and Energy Law Intelligence (OGEL) Journal, Vol. 5, Special Issue
  2. Kusi-Appiah, F. (2021) Book Review of Sustainability by Maurie J. Cohen, Global Energy Law and Sustainability Journal, Vol. 2, Issue 1, Edinburgh University Press
  3. Kwaw E., Kusi-Appiah F. and Oninku E., (2021) A Consultative Policy Paper on Unfair Contractual Terms in Ghana, submitted to the Law Reform Commission, Accra
  4. Kusi-Appiah, F. (2019) Escaping The ‘Resource Curse’: A Decade Of Petroleum Exploration In Ghana. (2019) Volume 5 Lancaster University Ghana Law Journal (LUGLJ)
  5. Kusi-Appiah, F. (2019). Over Sixty Years Of Bail Under The Ghanaian Criminal Justice System. In F. Kusi-Appiah (Ed.), Ghana@60: Evolution of the Law, Democratic Governance, Human Rights and Future Prospects – Proceedings of a Conference 9th-10th March 2017 (pp. 67-92). Glienicke: Galda Verlag.
  6. Kusi-Appiah, F. (2019). Revenue Management in the Mining Sector. Paper presented at the Mining Investment West Africa, Swiss Spirit Hotel & Suites Alisa Accra.
  7. Kusi-Appiah F. (2018) Review of the Draft Competition Bill Of The Ministry Of Trade And Industry, Ghana, A Consultative Policy Paper Submitted to the Ministry Of Trade and Industry November 2018
  8. Kusi-Appiah F. (2018) Off-Grid Renewable Energy Regulation in Ghana 4th Conference Paper presented at the Ghana Renewable Energy Fair (Energy Commission), Accra International Conference Centre (October 11, 2018)
  9. Kusi-Appiah, F. (2018). Ghana Power Market: Market Design, Legal and Regulatory Framework. Referenced Conference Paper presented at the POWER-GEN & DistribuTECH Africa 2018, Johannesburg, South Africa.
  10. Kusi-Appiah F. (2018) A Consultative Policy Paper On The Law Of Torts: Occupiers’ Liability submitted to the Law Reform Commission, Coconut Groove Hotel, Accra
  11. Kusi-Appiah F. (2018) The Gambia: Energy Policy. In: Tiess G., Majumder T., Cameron P. (eds) Encyclopedia of Mineral and Energy Policy. Berlin, Heidelberg, Springer.
  12. Kusi-Appiah, F. (2016). Implication of Competition Law Enforcement in the Electricity Sector: Comparative Analysis of the UK and the US. Energy Regulators Regional Association (ERRA) Research Paper