Corporate & Commercial

Our corporate & commercial offering provides clients with practical advice on managing legal risks while investing and doing business in Ethiopia. This includes advice on project structuring, negotiating, and implementing transactions.  

Our services in this aspect include:  

• Performing legal and regulatory framework analysis and providing go-to-market advisory. 
• Advising on project structuring and implementation. 
• Preparation of due diligence reports. 
• Facilitating local presence, including company incorporation and licensing. 
• Preparation of legal documentation. 
• Drafting and reviewing commercial contracts. 

Recent Work Highlights: 

• Advising an international commodity and forex brokerage service provider with market entry analysis.
• Advising an international real estate developer with its investment exit, including advice on tax and regulatory approvals.
• Advising a steel manufacturing plant with its investment expansion in Ethiopia.
• Advising a Client on the purchase of a sunflower oil manufacturing plant in Ethiopia.
• Advising a Japanese start-up in its investment in electric vehicle manufacturing/assembling sector.
• Advising an international non-profit, in connection with its corporate and organizational restructuring in Ethiopia.
• Assisting an international media and technology company in its corporate restructuring and investment expansion.