Kwesi Dadzie-Yorke

Kwesi Dadzie-Yorke MCIArb is an experienced lawyer with expertise in fintech law, data protection, international trade, and dispute resolution. He is a former relationship manager at Zenith Bank (Ghana) Limited.

He serves as legal counsel for Yellow Card Financial Inc., a fast-growing stable coin and digital asset exchange with footprints is 20 countries across the African continent and equity size of US$ 55 million.

Kwesi previously worked as an associate with the Arbitration, International Trade Practice, Commercial & Corporate, and Dispute Resolution Teams at AELEX, a leading West African law firm with offices in Accra, Ghana and Lagos—Port Harcourt—Abuja, Nigeria.

Before joining AELEX, Kwesi worked with the Finance Team of the Civil Division, Office of the Attorney-General, Ghana.

At AELEX, Kwesi has advised a foreign lender in a $75 million-dollar loan transaction with a Ghanaian SOE. He also successfully represented a Greece-based marine lubricants distributor in maritime claim at the High Court, Tema. An arrest warrant over the opposing party's vessel was secured, leading to a favourable settlement reached between the parties. Kwesi successfully represented a multinational health equipment manufacturer at the commercial division of the High Court, Accra in claims against some distributors of the health equipment.