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.)