Gerald B. Tanyi

Gerald B. Tanyi is a Visiting Lecturer in Law at Yale Law School and Chief Counsel of the World Bank Group’s International Finance Corporation (IFC). He holds a J.S.D. and LL.M. from Yale Law School, and LL.M. and LL.B. degrees from the University of Yaoundé, Cameroon, with additional studies in banking and capital markets at the University of Geneva. His expertise spans infrastructure finance, development finance, and international project finance, bridging common law and civil law systems.

• Education:
• J.S.D., Yale Law School, 1994
• LL.M., Yale Law School, 1992
• LL.M., University of Yaoundé, 1987
• LL.B., University of Yaoundé, 1986

He has held senior roles at the IFC since 1999, including Manager of Global Client Services and Regional Head for Africa. Previously, he practiced corporate law at Sullivan & Cromwell and taught as an Adjunct Professor at Georgetown University Law Center. He serves on the Advisory Board of Yale Law School’s Center for the Study of Corporate Law.