Welcome to Tadesse Kiros Law Office. The business environment in Ethiopia is undergoing rapid change. So is the law. Hence, the need for lawyers who harness the required expertise and experience to offer innovative solutions to the various challenges faced by clients and help them navigate through the rapidly changing business and legal environment.

 

Established in 1996 by Tadesse Kiros, former vice-president of the Supreme Court of Ethiopia, our office provides the highest quality legal service to clients in a wide variety of practice areas (see Practice Areas). Our office has worked as local counsel for the world’s leading corporations and financial institutions often in partnership with leading global law firms. In its dealings with clients, our office maintains the highest professional ethics and confidentiality and serves as their trusted advisor. A thorough study and analysis of issues and cases with the view to arriving at the best possible solutions is the hallmark of our office. Tadesse Kiros Law Office is not a registered law firm. There are no registered law firms in Ethiopia at present. The law that provides for law firms although enacted some ten years ago has not been implemented yet. Our Office, thus, works as a de facto law firm and is composed of lawyers who are individually licensed.

 

Our research team

We conduct research in the different areas of the law in order to cope up with the rapid changes in the business and legal environment and to provide our clients with the highest quality service. In addition to research that we conduct and reviews that we carry out on request, we constantly do research in the following selected areas:

 

Our Business law, Banking and Insurance Section

The business and financial sector in Ethiopia is undergoing rapid change. New banks are popping up and there seems to be a renewed interest from leading foreign financial institutions in the Ethiopian market. Our BBIS research team explores the different laws and regulations as well as policies and assists clients obtain the right information and legal advice to help clients navigate through them. Fitsum Andargatchew leads the section.

 

The Investment, Tax, Labor and Employment relations Section

The ITLE section conducts research on areas of interest to both domestic and foreign investors. Binyam Nibret oversees the Section and coordinates the research activities of the section.

 

Secured Transactions, IP, Commercial Registration and Licensing Section

Daniel Samuel heads the research activities falling under this section.

 

Our Civil Societies and Charities and Environmental Law Section

Our civil society and Environmental law section is led by Mekdes Sahlemariam and conducts extensive research on diverse issues affecting civil society and advises a number of leading domestic and foreign charitable institutions. It also studies the environmental laws and regulations as well as policies affecting businesses in general and lending institutions in particular.