Kwesi Dadzie-Yorke

Kwesi Dadzie-Yorke is a lawyer with expertise in fintech law, dispute resolution, maritime, and aviation. He is a former relationship manager at Zenith Bank (Ghana) Limited.

Kwesi is currently the legal consultant of Yellow Card, a leading Pan African stablecoin on and off ramp with footprints across about 20 jurisdictions in Africa and beyond, holding an equity of US$85 million. Prior to this role Kwesi held roles of West African in-house legal counsel and Ghanaian in-house counsel of the company.

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. He also advised several aircraft leasing companies on aviation law matters in Ghana. 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.