Salimatou DIALLO

Salimatou is ADNA’s Managing Partner. Her practice focuses primarily on complex project development and project finance, M&A, general corporate and commercial and other matters, principally in the energy and mining sectors in Francophone Africa, advising both DFIs and sponsors.

Having graduated from the University of Paris I – Pantheon Sorbonne and the American University of Washington DC with an LL.M, Salimatou began her career in the Paris offices of major UK and international law firm Hogan Lovells and later Herbert Smith Freehills, where she was promoted to Of Counsel.

After 10 years’ experience working on African projects, particularly on cross-border transactions across all sectors, contract negotiation and structuring partnerships with African government bodies, Salimatou decided to establish her own independent law practice in Conakry.

Salimatou Diallo is ranked as a tier one lawyer by both Chambers Global and IFLR1000.