BonelliErede has been present in Ethiopia since 2016 where currently cooperates with the Ethiopian law firm Lidet Abebe Tizazu Law Office which is part of the BonelliErede network.
Lidet Abebe Tizazu Law Office in cooperation with BonelliErede offers a complete range of legal services to international investors and major local corporations, including contracts law, investment, corporate, commercial, construction, energy, employment, intellectual property including patent, trademark and copyright law, and international arbitration and litigation.
The professionals of the Ethiopia team works in full synergy with our offices in Europe, especially for specialised advice and cross-national practices, and with the other offices in North Africa and the Middle East (Egypt, UAE).
Our team is composed of an integrated group of 8 lawyers led by Gianpiero Succi, Partner at BonelliErede, in charge of the development of our practice in East Africa and in the other Sub-Saharan African, together with Lidet Abebe Tizazu, Managing Partner of Lidet Abebe Tizazu Law Office in cooperation with BonelliErede and Mahlet Kassa, Partner of Lidet Abebe Tizazu Law Office in cooperation with BonelliErede. They are supported by other lawyers of different seniority, including Daniele Gambirasio, Partner, and the associates Michele Saponaro, Robel Mehari, Samrawit Behailu and Tsedey Girma.
Lidet Abebe Tizazu is an IP and competition law expert. Local and international companies entrust her to protect their IP rights in Ethiopia. She regularly represents clients in trademark, patent, copyright and design litigation. Mahlet Kassa has an international background and advises Ethiopian and international companies on M&A deals and complex corporate and commercial law matters. Robel Mehari, has experience in local and international taxation and was seconded to BonelliErede’s Milan office in 2020. Samrawit and Tsedey are Junior associates with experience in corporate law, employment law, litigation and local and international taxation.
Daniele Gambirasio and Michele Saponaro together with Gianpiero Succi are the Italian members of the team. Daniele Gambirasio, a corporate Partner, was seconded in 2016 and he has been in Addis Ababa since October 2019. He has a great experience in international corporate law with a particular expertise on extraordinary transaction, private and public M&A and joint ventures. Michele Saponaro is a litigation law associate who was seconded to Addis Ababa in 2018, greatly contributing to our development in the country, with expertise in civil law, business law and company law.
As part of the BonelliErede network the Addis Ababa office collaborate in total synergy with the other firm’s offices in Italy, Europe and the Middle East. Depending on the needs of a matter, we integrate the competences of the local professionals with all the BonelliErede experts from our teams based in Europe, Africa and the Middle East.
