Micheal Sebsibe

Date: 20 July 2020
Tags: Legal Team
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.)