ASAFO & CO. RCI is well known for drawing on the firm's wider network to handle a range of matters across West Africa. The Ivorian team often works in tandem with the Paris and Casablanca offices to assist with mandates in the Ivorian, Senegalese and Sierra Leonean legal markets. Practice co-head Yacouba Coulibaly is a banking and finance specialist, and is advising the Ivorian government on structuring CDC CI Capital, a long-term investment vehicle. Practice co-head Daye Kaba fields extensive expertise in commercial law and corporate finance matters. Didier Boua Doux and Karamoko Fadiga have left the firm.
Key clients
- LBOF Securities International
- West African Development Bank (BOAD)
Work highlights
- Advised the African Development Bank in connection with a €50 million financing package for NSIA Bank.
- Advised LBOF Securities International on the acquisition of a stake in CGF Bourse.