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FDIs

MLA lawyers possess extensive experience in assisting the largest FDIs in the country which involves handling formation of both joint venture and fully owned foreign companies across diverse sectors. The team assisted nationally impactful projects to incorporate their subsidiaries or other form of companies in Ethiopia, secure the relevant regulatory consents, operated with tailored relevant general advice. Thus, MLA’s services has enabled the successful operation of numerous FDIs in the country.

Our services include

  • Providing general legal service to companies after they are incorporated in Ethiopia.
  • Assisting with FDI-related activities including capital injections and registrations, capital increase, repatriation of profits, and liquidation proceeds.
  • Providing investment-related legal services such as acquiring land, accessing utilities, and processing special investment approvals for foreign investors in restricted sectors.
  • Processing business licenses for companies to begin business operations after incorporation.

selected experience

  • Issued legal opinions on Ethiopian investment areas and on the implications of opening various forms of companies in sectors such as mining, EVs, agriculture, blasting services, and more.
  • Acted as legal representatives and incorporated companies operating in diverse sectors including security printing, duty-free retail, crypto‑currency mining, real estate, manufacturing, and mining.
  • Advised on the establishment of a company in the newly opened trading sector for foreign investors in Ethiopia involving import activities.
  • Assisted and advised on the establishment of one of the leading cardiac centers in Ethiopia.
  • Established and provided ongoing legal support, including dividend repatriation and other regulatory matters, for a leading diplomatic residential real estate company.

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