Mesfin Tafesse & Associates Law Office

Principal Attorney: Mesfin Tafesse

Number of Lawyers: 9

Languages: Amharic, English

Firm Overview

Mesfin Tafesse and Associates is a leading law office in Ethiopia providing high quality legal advisory services. MTA's legal practice spans corporate and commercial law, mergers and acquisitions, manufacturing and industries, banking and finance, power and energy, mining, taxation, construction and real estate, IT and Telecom, employment and immigration, and dispute resolution.

MTA is a dynamic and rapidly expanding law office dedicated to and with the aspiration to providing its clients with world class services. MTA offers a one-stop service to its domestic and global clients by providing a package of services from initial legal advisory on Ethiopian law considerations, facilitating the incorporation of companies including corporate and tax registration, business licensing, to employment and immigration services. MTA has gained substantial experience handling domestic and cross-border transactions including, preparation of legal due diligence opinion relating to complex transactions, conducting business negotiations on behalf of clients, drafting legal agreements and representation of clients in judicial and non-judicial forums.

MTA is a member to Africa Legal Network (ALN), Ethiopian Lawyer's Association and Employment Law Alliance. The law office is also ranked by IFLR 1000 as a Tier 1 firm in Ethiopia in the sector in relation to financial and corporate matters.

Clientele

Corporate, Commercial and Business Facilitation: Boeing, Schlumberger, Deloitte, KPMG and Price water house Coppers (PwC), Equity Bank Holding, Commercial Bank of Egypt, Girl Effect Trading (UK), YKK Middle East Sal, China Energy Engineering Corporation Limited (CEEC), Enel Green Power, Boortmalt Ethiopia, Okros Mining PLC, Wilmar Manufacturing PLC, Sunvado Manufacturing PLC, Lift ET Research Works PLC, Ice-addis IT Consultancy PLC, AI Foods PLC, Ngines PLC, E-cart Technologies PLC, Zembil Distribution Trading PLC, Gebeya Media Productions, Tetra-tech ES Inc, Cowater-Sogema, Fujita Corporations, Millennium DPI and Pamela Steele and Associates.

ICT and Telecom: MTN ICT services PLC, Microsoft, Mastercard, NEC Africa, Africa Internet Group, Samsung Africa, SITA, China Development Bank (CDB), Yenepay Technology services, BCS Group, and Apposit LLC.

Mergers and Acquisitions: AB InBev and SAB Miller, Deutsche Investitions-und Entwicklungsgesellschaft (DEG),European Investment Bank (EIB), Zoscales Partners, China Merchants Holdings, China Logistics Ltd, British American Tobacco, Poten Environmental Group, Consol Proprietary South Africa, DAL Group, Abraaj Group, Capital 54, Vasary Group, Schulze Global Investment Limited, Wilmar International, EX-IM Global Investment, Essilor International, The IFFCO Group, Kuramo Capital Management, Veris investments, Kibo Capital Partners and Surya Capital.

Banking and Finance: Eastern and Southern African Trade and Development Bank (TDB), Agence France De Developmen (AFD), Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa Limited (IDC), International Finance Corporation (IFC), Goldman Sachs Inc, Standard Chartered Bank, China Export-Import Bank, Natixi, Citi Bank, Ethiopian Airlines, Oiko-Credit, and Dutch Development Bank (FMO).

Taxation: Oxford Amalgamated PLC, FivesScli-KCP Limited, FreshPort PLC, C-54 and its investees , Bloomberg VAT Navigator, Rabobank, France Development Agency , JETRO Ethiopia , Mitsubishi , Marie Stopes International Ethiopia , Kiengnam Ethiopia , Cowater Sogema , ADP Engineering , Finance in Motion [FiM, Voltalia ,Heineken,, Export Trading Group, Allana Potash, SITA, Starwood Hotel and Tinsae International.

Mining: Newmont Mining Corporation, Schlumberger, Gemfields, Fura Gems, Hilong Oil Services, China-Africa Fund , Allana Potash Corporation, Israel Chemicals Limited, Circum Minerals, Sheba Exploration Limited (Centamin), Stratex East Africa Ltd, Kefi Minerals, Marathon Oil Corporation and, Birla Corporation Limited.

Power and Energy: International Finance Corporation (IFC), Enel Green Power, AMEA Power LLC, China Electrical Technologies (“CET”), Ministry of Finance, Ethiopian Investment Commission, Berkeley Energy, Chinese EX-IM Bank, American Bar Association, Persistent Energy Capital (PEC) and We Care Solar.

Manufacturing and Industries: Heineken Breweries S.C, Axreal Group, Glaxo Smitho Pharmaceuticals (GSK), Frigorifico Boran Foods Plc, Philip Van Heusen (PVH) Corp, Export Trading Group, Kanoria Chemicals and Industries, Oxford Group, Godrej East Africa Holdings, Royal Flora Holland PLC, Fives Cali-KCP Ltd and Sentinel Steel PLC.

Construction and Real Estate: International Finance Corporation (IFC), Enel Green Power (EGP), Razel Bec, China Electric Power Equipment & Technology Co. Limited (CET), Rockstone Real Estate, China Railway No. 3 Engineering Group co., Ltd , Poten Environmental Group, Shandong Hi- Speed Corporation and Northern Heavy Industries (NHI).

Employment and Immigration: AI Foods PLC, YKK Middle East Sal and Tetra Tech ES Inc.

Dispute Resolution: Wilmar Europe Holding B.V, Schultz Global Ethiopia Limited, Sentinel Steel PLC, Oxford Amalgamated PLC, FivesScli-KCP Limited, FreshPort PLC, Senselet food processing PLC and Kuramo Capital Management.

Contacts:

Name: Mesfin Tafesse, Principal Attorney

Email: [email protected]

Name: Haymanot Belay, Principal Associate

Email: [email protected]

Name: Wossenyeleh Tigu, Consultant and Attorney at Law

Email: [email protected]