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1 Company Profile 2016 We provide our services with a team capable of finding solutions to any legal, technical and commercial encounters. We are known for coming up with constructive plans for current situations and the future as well. CONTACTS Phone: info@msethioafricalaw.com ADDRESS Bole Guang Dong I Building, 2 nd floor, Ledeta St Ledeta building ground floor Ababa, Ethiopia

2 INTRODUCTION Based in Addis Ababa Meseret Seyoum and Associates Law Office were founded in Addis Ababa in 2007 by Ms. Meseret Seyoum. The founder has an LLB from Addis Ababa University, School of Law and her MBA from Greenwich University. She has a long and solid experience in both national and international legal system. The office is best known for it s out of the box outlooks, determination of its legal team to find solutions, its friendly environment, and for the services it provides to Corporate and foreign direct investors. The office represents both governmental and private clients. The office s main clients include corporate and investors in Ethiopia, China, Belgium, India, France, South Sudan, and Turkey. The office s main areas of practice includes corporate and commercial law, Merger and Acquisition, Joint ventures, Commercial transactions, FDIs, Legal and business Due diligence, Regulatory supervisions, Labor law, Tax law and Contract and Company formation and registration.

3 Services Legal Advisory We provide legal advisory service with a wide scope ranging from day to day operational matters to matters which need an advanced analysis of the law. Representation Our office provides reperesentation service in all areas of the law before federal courts, regional courts, adminstrative and quasi-judicial tribunals and arbitration panels. Facilitation We advise, asssist and reperesent our clients in procedural matters of setting up a new bussiness or expansion of an already exsisting bussiness. Legal documents preparation Giving all of the other services, we draft any legal documents in the matters including contracts, Memorandum of association, Articles of association, Share transfers, shareholders agreemerent, joint venture, Merger and acquisition, legal due deligence, pre naps and power of attorny. Bussiness negotiations To make sure our clients best interest is kept we represent them in bussiness negotiations including Merger and acqesations, partnership agreements and joint venture agreeements.

4 Practice Construction As Ethiopia is almost fully under construction and the sector is undergoing a period of intense activity we advise clients on construction related legal needs. Drafting of tender and project documentation Preparing contracts Preparing contract with independent/sub contractors Joint venture agreements Representaion in Arbitration Corporate and commercial Our office is best known for its different insights and experiance on Ethiopian commercial law international company and commercial issues. We provide a full-service in this regard and serve as a general one stop counsel for both local and foreign companies. We provide legal consultation from the starting up to through out of the comoany s life. We assist and advise clients on formation, registration and adminstartion of companies. We have detailed experiance and knowledge of local regulations on company registration, permits and licencing and regulatory supervision. Our office advise and assist clients in negotiation of commercial agreements, share transfers, merger and acquisision, agency, privatization, sale agreements, reorganization, restructuring companies, tax, finance, winding up, liquidation, insolvency bankruptcy and franchising. We prapare legal documents such as memorandum of association, Articles of association, comercial agreements, minutes, joint venture agreements, employement agreements, sale contracts, partnership agreements and legal due diligience. The office also advise and assist on legal matters of company governance and procedures according to the commercial law of Ethiopia.

5 Family and Inheritance Our office provides legal advice and representation in the area of Family Law. Our ottorneys have an extensive experiance and experty in handling Inheritance, Liquidation and Partition of Inheritance and Paternity cases. Succession and Inheritance, Drafting a Valid Will, Gifts and Donations; Divorce, Drafting and advising on Pre-Nuptial and Post-Nuptial Agreements. Litigation and Alternative Dispute Resolution, Insurance We provide legal advice and representation on insurance matters to Life Insurance Companies, Mutual Insurance Companies, Reinsurers, Reciprocals, Insurance Brokers, Fraternal Benefit Societies, General Agents, Risk Management Departments Corporations, Banks and Trust Companies, Property and Casualty Insurance Companies, Finance Corporations, Equipment Manufacturers, Automotive Manufacturers and Retailers. General Insurance Advisory Business and Personal Lines Insurance; Construction and Engineering Insurance; Aviation and Marine Insurance; Professional Liability Subrogated Recoveries and Defenses; Class Action Insurance Cases; Insurance against Damages; Insurance of Liability for Damages; Insurance of Persons; Recovery actions of Personal Injury and Property Damage; Due Diligence; Demurrage claims for loss of the use; Litigation

6 Intelectual property We provide servicesfor acquisition and enforcement of IP in the areas of patent, trademarks, copy rights, industrial designs and trade secrets. Represenation in IP litigation Trademark, industrial design and copy right filling, licensin, renewal, merging and splitting. Preparing IP related agreements Enforcement Instituting Criminal and civil suits Investment and International trade Our office use its experiance and experties to guide clients make the best of theire investment and international transaction. We assist clients to legally and governemnt economic policy wise study areas of investments and choose where and how to invest theire money. Government s economic policy changes from time to time and its best to cope up and benefit fro it. We use our experty in transnational economic transactions and assit clients especialy in import and export bussiness. we advise on the type of agreements clients should conclude and the clauses that need to be included in the agreement to protect the client from legal risks arising out of the international sale contract. Labour and Employment Our employemnt and labour law practice is headed by an attorny with more than 20 years of extensive experiance in the area. We are known for our quick and effeciant solutions of employee issues and comlpicated employment challanges. Preparing both fixed term and indifinit term employement contracts Termination of employement contracts Legal due diligence on eployement and labour matters for privatization and Merger and acquision cases Advice on employee benefits and pension Representation in litigation and ADR

7 Legal Due diligence Bussiness decisions are best made based on a proper legal due diligence. We help onvestors make better deal decisions by performing due diligence, assessing performance improvement opportunities and providing a post-acquisition agenda. Our legal due diligence preparation includes examining credibility of potential bussiness partners and background check of bussiness especialy related to its tax history, employees and capital details. We tend to provide a clear and honest legal information on every aspect of a bussiness organization. We help ensure investors consummate deals with a maximum return by preparing for exits, identifying the optimal exit strategy, preparing the selling documents and pre-qualifying buyers. Litigation and Dispute resolution Our office represent clients before every level of Ethiopian courts, arbitration panels, mediators, adminstrative and statutory tribunals in civil litigation and adminstrative proceedings. Our attorneys experiacne in litigation and dispute resolution extends to wide range of legal areas. Martime law Our office in cooperation with our affiliate law offices in Djibuti offers the legal service and councel including: Maritime and logistic contracts Casuality, pollution and salvage Maritime transaction Litigation and dispute resolution Merger and Acquisition Our office helps companies improve their odds of successful merger and acquisition through an integrated approach that links acquisition strategy, diligence and merger integration. Drafting the legal documents; Schemes of Arrangement; Organization Reorganizations and Restructuring; Structuring Private Equity Transactions;

8 Buy-Outs, Financing; Legal Due Diligence Mining and Energy Negotiating and drafting agreements Legal due diligence Representation and Alternative dispute resolution Project finance, privatization and infrastructure Projects can get complicated and be volunerable to many chalenges sucha as government regulations, procurment, structuring and financing and contractual issues. Our office provide legal counseling and also advise and assist on structuring, negotiation and documentation. Our service includes : Negotiating and drafting commercial contracts including sub contracts Structuring debt Financing arrangements Legal and regulatory framworks for public procurment and tenders Property rights and Real estate Our services include: Advise on and Drafting Sale agreements Advise on and Drafting Lease Agreements; Advise on and Drafting Contracts of Real Estate Investment; Advise on Real Estate Financing Advise on the Structuring of Real Estate Investments. Advise on Registration of real rights Advise on Possession and Possessory Rights; Advise on Ownership rights; Advise on Expropriation and Compensation Advise on Transfer Of Property Litigation

9 Regulatory and compliance As time passes regulatory frame works constantly evolve in every sector due to many factors. And the costs of non comliance with the laws and regulations rise as well. It is of a great importance for bussiness to adapt to every new and adopted laws, policies and regulations. Our office has extensive knowledge of local regulation making us able to deal effectively and creativity with regulatory and compliance issues. We help our clients understand the meanings and effects of new regulations and policies. We assist them with theire responsibilities and management risks in theire transactions or day to day operations. We provide advise on complex regulatory mattersincluding : Agriculture Environment and Energy Public procurment Specific product regulation Tax Tax National effort to increas nation s revenue level and the ever changing economic environment have brought difficulties for traders in general. We clarify, advise and assist clients cope up with new tax systems and regulation. Litigation Advise on cross border tax transaction Legal due diligence Advise on avoidance of double taxation Tax compliance Advise on tax and M&A, Local franchizing anf international franchizing