Francisca Serwaa Boateng is a lawyer of over 27 years standing at the Bar. She is the Founder & Managing Counsel of FSB Law Consult, Accra, Ghana where she leads the civil litigation team across the firm’s areas of practice: Commercial Litigation, Land & Real Estate Law, Employment Law, Family Law, Technology Law and Arbitration. She has handled civil cases at all levels of Ghana’s courts system up to the Supreme Court.

Francisca previously worked with the Policy & Global Affairs Division (Committee on Human Rights) of the National Academies of Sciences in Washington, DC as a Research Associate. She is also a Fall 2002 alumnus of the prestigious Christine Mirzayan Science & Technology Policy internship programme in Washington, DC. Before setting up FSB Law Consult, Francisca worked as a legal officer (National Service) at the Commission on Human Rights & Administrative Justice (CHRAJ). She also worked as lawyer in private practice for several years with Akuetteh Kudoadzi & Co. (later Nsiah Akuetteh & Co.) in Accra.

Francisca is an old student of St. Monica’s Secondary School, Mampong, and a proud member of SMOSA. She graduated with a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B) Degree from University of Ghana, Legon, Accra, in 1996. She was called to the Bar as a barrister & solicitor in 1998 after completing Ghana School of Law, Accra, where she was awarded the prize for the Best Female Student in the Law of Evidence. In 2002, she obtained a Master of Laws (LL.M) Degree from Temple University’s James E. Beasley School of Law, Philadelphia, PA.

Francisca Serwaa Boateng is a member of the International Bar Association, African Arbitration Association, African Women Lawyers Association and Ghana Bar Association where she has served as a member of the Business Law, Women & Children and Juniors & Pupils Committees. She is also a former Vice-President of the Greater Accra Branch of the Ghana Bar Association.

Francisca is an accomplished author. Her books have become the foremost reference books for lawyers, judges and law students in Ghana and around the Commonwealth. She is the author of the following ground-breaking books:

LAND LAW (VOL. 1) (2025)

CIVIL JURISDICTION OF COURT OF APPEAL & SUPREME COURT (2024)

CIVIL PROCEDURE & PRACTICE IN GHANA (2023)

PERSPECTIVES (Vol. 1) (2022)

PERSPECTIVES (Vol. 2) (2023)

PERSPECTIVES (Vol. 3) (2024)

Francisca writes a monthly blog on her website www.fsboateng.com where she shares her views on matters affecting the legal profession, women’s rights and subjects of social, political, cultural and economic interests. Make a date and check it out.

Francisca was appointed a notary public of the Republic of Ghana in April, 2011.