Expertise

Ethiopian and International Law
Corporate law
Arbitration and litigation
Employment law

Foreign languages: English and Amharic

Background

Member of the Africa Team
Joined the firm in 2018

Qualifications

Master’s in Comparative Income Taxation, Tax Treaty Law, Transfer Pricing and EU Tax law from Uppsala University
Ethiopian and International law degree from Adama University

Knowledge Sharing

Directive 935/2022 for Commercial Registration, Licensing and Post-licensing Inspection - 1 February 2023

The Ethiopian Commercial Code was recently supplemented by Directive 935/2022 to implement changes regarding commercial registration, business licensing and post-licensing inspection. Some of the major points addressed include registration of a one-person PLC, transition from a sole propriet …

The latest developments in the Ethiopian banking industry - 16 September 2022

The latest Council of Ministers meeting earlier this month approved the long-awaited policy that allows foreign investors to invest in the Ethiopian banking industry. Given that foreign banks stopped operating in Ethiopia when the Derg took power, the opening-up of the banking industry is ex …

The new Ethiopian Arbitration and Conciliation Working Procedure under Proclamation No. 1237/2021 - 17 September 2021

Up until publication of the Proclamation to Provide For Arbitration and Conciliation Working Procedure, alternative dispute resolution (ADR) – more specifically, arbitration – in Ethiopia lacked a detailed procedure and implementation mechanism. The newly introduced proclamation addresses/a …

Ethiopia to introduce capital market which opens the door for foreign as well as domestic investors to register an investment bank - 19 May 2021

There has been a whisper in the past few years of the possibility for capital/stock markets to join the Ethiopian financial market. Now, thanks to a draft bill on capital markets that is pending approval, investors (local and foreign) could have the chance to join this sector. Which are the …