DLA Piper Africa, Ethiopia (Mehrteab & Getu Advocates) — Ethiopia

About

MLA, founded in 1997, is a leading full service law firm in Ethiopia offering a broad range of legal services. Among these are: advising and representing clients on various financing, sovereign debt and sovereign debt guarantee, private equity, security devices, mergers and acquisitions, legal due diligence projects, dispute resolutions, litigation, contracts, investment, tax, employment & immigration, civil society organizations (NGO/NPOs); intellectual property, aviation, mining, energy, hospitality and leisure, and other related corporate and investment related matters. Although, MLA has been a de facto law firm for almost three decades, following the ratification of the highly anticipated Federal Advocacy Service Licensing and Administration Proclamation No. 1249/2021, which allows the formation of de-jure law firms in Ethiopia in the form of limited liability partnership - MLA has been transitioned from a de facto law firm (i.e., sole proprietorship) to a de jure law firm and registered as Mehrteab & Getu Advocates LLP on July 1, 2022. Whilst taking pride in our outstanding reputation and market recognitions, as well as acknowledging the fact that MLA has been a leading full-service law office for nearly three decades advising and representing major multinational corporations in the country, we believe this transition is vital for us as it will allow us to deliver our services to clients, particularly to our international clients, without difficulties which may stem from the inability to form an actual law firm as well as to meet the growing demand of a holistic corporate and commercial legal service providers. We also believe this exciting transition will make us stand out from our competitors in the market due to our position as one of the first few de jure law firms in Ethiopia. Please see https://mehrteableul.com/ for further information. ### Languages - English - Amharic - Afan Oromo ### Memberships - Member, International Bar Association (IBA) - International Trademark Association (INTA) - Ethiopian Lawyers’ Association (ELA) - Founding Member, African Business Law Firm Association

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Dereje Ashenafi

Legal Director, expertise in Mining, Energy, Real Estate and Capital market Practice. · Mining

Getu Shiferaw

Partner and Head of Corporate and Tax Practice. · Corporate / M&A

Martha Belete

Legal Director, Corporate and Capital Market Practice · Corporate / M&A

Mehrteab Leul

Managing Partner Mehrteab Leul Kokeb is a renowned senior law professional with almost three decades of experience with core competence in Project Finance and Corporate matters. He has assisted multiple clients developing infrastructure projects in the country which includes the government of Ethiopia, Sponsors and Lenders. Record high privatization and M&A transactions are also part of his latest credentials. He is also well-known for his skills in providing multidimensional legal services to individual and corporate clients; proficiency in achieving excellent results in a transaction, corporate issues; and his elocution during trials. In addition, he has ample experience in managing court cases as well as dealing with contractual disputes, arbitration, unlawful competition, liquidation, and employment matters. Currently, Mehrteab is the Managing Partner and he is active primarily in financial services, litigation & dispute resolution and corporate matters · Project Finance

Michael Sebsibe

Legal Director, Corporate Practice · Corporate / M&A

Natae Ebba

Legal Director, Tax Practice · Tax

Yohannes Hailu

Legal Director, Litigation, Arbitration, and Regulatory Practice · Litigation