Kwesi Dadzie-Yorke

Personal Bio

Job Title: Counsel, Yellowcard Financial Inc.

Areas of Expertise:

Kwesi Dadzie-Yorke is the Legal Manager, West Africa for Yellowcard Financial Inc, a leading cryptocurrency exchange operating in 16 countries in Africa. He advises the company on Anti-Money Laundering (AML)/Combatting of Financial Terrorism (CFT) compliance, data protection, employment matters, and regulatory compliance. He is certified by the Ghana Data Protection Commission as a data protection supervisor.

Kwesi was formerly 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.