Founded by Mehrteab Leul Kokeb, and a leading full-service law office in Ethiopia, and has over 20 years experience advising and representing clients on wide range of legal issues concerning business and investment in the country.
Micheal Sebsibe
Position: Senior Associate
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Biography: Michael Sebsibe is a Senior Associate in MLA’s corporate and finance practice. Michael has extensive experience advising clients on a wide range of commercial matters including, investment regulation, M&A, commercial contracts drafting/negotiation, legal due diligence, company incorporation, business licensing, finance & forex regulation, telecom regulation and competition issues.
SELECTED EXPERIENCE
- Advised and processed the merger between two big brewery companies in Ethiopia
- Produced a number of due diligence reports and legal opinions on a companies as part of a requirement for financing a project, and for M&A’s or company restructuring assignments.
- Drafted, reviewed, and negotiated various legal documents (i.e. loan agreements, lease agreements, shareholder/board minutes, NDA’s SPA’s, APA’s SHA’s, NCA’s, PPA’s, SSA’s MoA’s, AoA’s, franchise agreements etc.)
- Advised various clients on Ethiopian fintech regulation and forex regulation.
- Assisted a Japanese security printing company to enter in to a public private partnership (PPP) agreement with the government of Ethiopia
- Processed and obtained telecom construction and installation license for five renowned international companies
- Regularly provides legal advisory on Ethiopian investment law, commercial registration, business licensing, and financial laws
- Processed the full incorporation of several foreign companies which consist of a number of multi-national corporations and local companies.
- Actes as a liquidator for a number of companies and processed the dissolution of such companies
- Drafted, reviewed, and negotiated various commercial contracts (i.e. loan agreements, lease agreements, shareholder/board minutes, NDA’s SPA’s, APA’s SHA’s, NCA’s, PPA’s, SSA’s MoA’s, AoA’s, franchise agreements etc.)