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AfDB veteran joins DLA in DC
A former executive of the African Development Bank has joined DLA Piper as co-head of its US-Africa practice, bringing extensive experience of development finance, disputes and anti-money laundering compliance.
International law firm DLA Piper has appointed a new co-chair for its US-Africa practice, with the hire of Kalidou Gadio, former in-house counsel to the African Development Bank (AfDB), in Washington, DC.
Gadio, whose hire was announced on 20 March, was recruited from US firm Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle, where he spent the past three years, following a similar length of spell with Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, both in Washington.
He previously spent 26 years with the AfDB in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, rising from senior legal counsel to become general counsel, a role in which he spent seven years.
In a statement, William Minor, DLA’s Washington managing partner praised Gadio’s “deep knowl
