Mr A. G Buabeng is a Maritime Lawyer by Profession. He holds a Bachelor of Laws Degree from the University of Ghana, which he obtained in 1968. He was called to the Bar of Ghana in October 1969. After a stint with the then Ghana Commercial Bank he left for London and attended the London School of Economics and Political Science where he embarked upon the University of London’s Master of Laws (LLM) degree in the 1971-72 academic year. Mr Buabeng passed his LLM Examination in November 1972 specialising in Marine Insurance, Carriage of Goods by Sea, Maritime Law and the Laws of Taxation. Mr Buabeng in 1973 was appointed a Lecturer in Law in what is now University of West London. On his return in Ghana in 1976 he was initially appointed Assistant Solicitor Secretary, later Solicitor Secretary of the State Shipping Corporation, trading as Black Star Line. Mr Buabeng has extensive experience in Marine Insurance, Carriage of Goods by Sea, Maritime Law and Law of the Sea having worked in Papua New Guinea as a Marine Legal Expert for the Government of Papua New Guinea under the Commonwealth Secretariat’s CFTC Scheme for 6 years.
Since March 1999, Mr Buabeng has been consulting for International maritime Organisation (IMO), the UN specialised Agency in charge of shipping. He has consulted for the organisation in more than 20 countries including Vietnam, South Africa, Kenya, Ghana, Sierra Leone, The Gambia, Liberia, Malawi, Nigeria Zambia, Zanzibar, Tanzania, Eritrea, Somalia Ethiopia, etc.
Mr. Buabeng also lectured on part-time basis, in Insurance Law at The Ghana Law School from 1978 – 2015. His knowledge of Marine Insurance, Carriage of Goods by Sea, Maritime Law is unrivalled. Mr. Buabeng has always been a Resource Person in the Annual Maritime Law Seminars for the Judges of Superior Courts of Ghana. The Seminars have been published in the “Compendium” by The Ghana Shippers’ Authority, which organised the Seminars in conjunction with the Judicial Training Institute. .