Position

Legal Director

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Biography

Tibebe Zewdu is a Legal Director in MLA’s Tax Practice. Before joining MLA, Tibebe served as a tax and customs laws advisor in the Ethiopian Revenues and Customs Authority for 2 years and a public prosecutor at the Office of the Attorney General for 3 years. At MLA, he advises clients on corporate, commercial, tax and investment matters.

Education

• LL.B., Wollo University, Ethiopia, with Very Great Distinction and a Gold Medal (2012)
• LL.M., Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia, with Very Great Distinction (2017)

Selected Experience

• Assisted a Belgian company on transferring its shares in a local company;
• Conducted a full jurisdictional due diligence on the legal and institutional frameworks of the Ethiopian lottery sector.
• Conducted a limited due diligence for an Italian company on a construction project in Ethiopia.
• Represented a Belgian and a UK company in a tax dispute with the Ethiopian Revenues and Customs Authority.
• Consulted an American, a Japanese and a Lebanese company on their disputes with various Ethiopian Authorities.
• Conducted a due diligence on an Ethiopian target company, advised and assisted a South African company on the acquisition of the target company.
• Assisted a Japanese company to acquire shares in a local company.
• Assisted a Moroccan company on establishment and operation of a project office in Ethiopia.
• Advised a French company on creating an effective corporate governance in its local subsidiary.
• Advised and assisted Dutch and American companies on merger control filings in Ethiopia.