About Ama K.
Ama K. Karikari-Yawson built a career at the intersection of finance and law. She earned an MBA in finance from The Wharton School in 2008 and completed her J.D. at the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 2009. Those back-to-back degrees shaped the practical approach she brings to business problems and legal questions.
Her first professional steps were in the financial sector. In 2003 she worked as an associate at Bank of America. The following year she was an equity research associate at Blaylock & Company. Those early roles grounded her understanding of markets, company analysis, and the kinds of commercial pressures that later surfaced in her legal work.
After law school she entered private practice. In 2010 she joined Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP as an associate. That position placed her in a large, international law firm environment where she worked alongside practitioners handling corporate matters. The experience gave her exposure to complex transactions and the operational demands of major corporate clients.
Karikari-Yawson moved in-house in 2013, when she became senior legal counsel and vice president at Citigroup Inc. In that role she acted as a legal advisor within a large financial institution, bridging business objectives and legal requirements. The job required translating regulatory developments and internal policy into actionable advice for business teams.
In 2014 she took on a different challenge, becoming president, trainer, and consultant at Milestales Publishing and Training. That venture combined elements of publishing, professional development, and consultancy. She designs and delivers training programs and develops written materials aimed at business and legal audiences. The work draws on her prior experience in finance, her time in private practice, and her in-house legal background.
She is admitted to practice in New York. Her career has moved from analyst roles through law firm practice and corporate counsel work to leading a firm that publishes and trains. Colleagues note her ability to translate technical topics into classroom and written formats. Her current practice centers on legal training and publishing for financial and corporate clients.
