Expertise

Labour
Tax
Immigration
Corporate M&A
Banking & Finance
Aviation law
Experience in providing legal advice to foreign companies in setting up entities in Ethiopia.
Experience in Due Diligence Reports on local companies on acquisitions, bank loan and the like.

Languages: English and Amharic

Background

Joined the firm in 2024
Member of the Africa Team
Lidet Abebe Tizazu Law Office, Senior Associate, Head of Commercial and Corporate
Tameru Wondm Agegnehu Law Office, Senior Associate, 2017 – 2020
Teshome Gabre-Mariam Bokan Law Office, Associate, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2013 – 2016
Emahizee Global Consultancy Plc, Legal Research, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2009 – 2011

Qualifications

LLM Postgraduate Study, Corporate and Financial Law, Kingston University
TRAPCA, East and Southern Africa Management Institute in collaboration with Lund University Arusha, Tanzania. Post graduate Certificate in Trade Facilitation, a program designed to train professionals on the agreements of the WTO
Addis Ababa University Bachelor of Laws (LLB)

Knowledge Sharing

Personal Data Protection Proclamation 1321/2024

Ethiopia’s data protection landscape has undergone a significant overhaul with the enactment of Personal Data Protection Proclamation 1321/2024. Previously, privacy laws were set out piecemeal through different pieces of legislation, resulting in fragmented regulation. The new proclamation …

New directive to regulate foreign investors’ participation in restricted export, import, wholesale and retail trade investments

In March, the Ethiopian Investment Board issued Directive 1001/2024, which eases restrictions on foreign investors’ participation in the export, import, wholesale and retail trade sectors. Foreign investors that wish to obtain a permit in these sectors must fulfil minimum capital requirements …