White & Case LLP partner Joshua Siaw MBE has been recognized as the fifth most influential Black person in the UK and the most influential in law by the Powerlist 2025.
It is the tenth consecutive year Siaw has been included in the Powerlist. He said: "I am honoured to be included in this inspirational group of influential Black role models whose achievements, leadership and positive impact on communities have inspired people since the prestigious Powerlist was first published nearly 20 years ago."
The Powerlist 2025 top five also includes Dean Forbes, chief executive at software firm Forterro; Bernard Mensah, president of international at Bank of America; Afua Kyei, chief financial officer at the Bank of England; and Emma Grede, chief executive at fashion brand Good American.
Published by Powerful Media, the annual Powerlist honours the 100 most influential Black people in Britain. They represent a wide variety of industries and are selected by an independent panel of judges for their "ability to positively alter events and change lives as demonstrated over a reasonable period of time."
Siaw, a White & Case lawyer since 2010, is a partner in the Firm's Debt Finance Practice and director of the Africa practice who advises corporations, governments, banks and other financial institutions on cross-border project development and finance transactions in Africa.
In January 2023, he was appointed co-chair of the UK government's Africa Investors Group and is a member of the Global Britain Sub-Group of the UK Board of Trade and the UK government's Africa Green Growth Advisory Council. In 2019, Siaw was appointed a Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II in recognition of his services to the law, UK legal services and his contribution to UK trade and investment in Africa. He was also selected as the only lawyer to join then-Prime Minister Theresa May's 2018 trade mission to Africa.
