Ethio-Legal Service was established in March 2019 by Belay Tefera, a seasoned lawyer with an experience of more than 9 years in Ethiopian legal practice. Belay has an experience in providing local and foreign clients with high quality legal advice on Ethiopian law, including but not limited to employment, corporate and intellectual property matters. As such, Ethio-Legal Service provides client services tailored to meet their needs, including the provision of legal opinions on a wide range of legal matters, the incorporation of new companies, the processing of local approvals as well as litigation services in Ethiopia.
• Property, Contract, Family, Secession, Trade and Insurance, Trade and investment, Affidavit
Patent => Filing & amendment of patent and Utility model applications , Filing for compulsory licenses, Processing renewal and/or extension of registrations, Representation in infringement proceedings Copyright =>Filing application for registration and Renewal, Drafting and Processing registration of assignment of rights agreements, Representation on infringement proceedings Trademark => Filing trademark applications and renewal of registrations, Processing amendment of trademark registrations(e.g. change of name, address etc), Processing matters related to trademark Opposition
• Drafting and reviewing employment contracts, Representation in collective bargaining and drafting collective agreements, Drafting Work place manuals and Rules(Human Resource Manuals, Labour Litigation
• Drafting Memorandum and Articles of Association, Processing the authentication and filing of foreign legal documents, Registering foreign business entities ( commercial representative/ liaison offices, branch offices of foreign business organization, project offices etc), Processing commercial registration, investment permits, and business licenses, Drafting and processing different commercial transactions (share purchase agreement, franchise agreement, technology transfer agreements (TTA)), Legal Counseling on investment laws and regulations, trade competition laws and regulations and foreign exchange and other financial sector regulations
• Registration of foreign and local Civil Society Organizations, Legal Counseling on establishment, dissolution and regulatory matters relating to CSOs
Facilitating work Visa, visa requirements and residence permits for expatriates.
• Legal counseling on tax matters (Incentives and duty-free privileges to foreign and domestic investors, Tax Obligation, obtaining tax clearance etc), Tax litigation before Tax Appeal Commission and Court
Ministry of trade and industries branches, Ethiopian Investment commission, Ministry of Revenues, Ethiopian Intellectual property office, Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Customs Commission, Document Authentication and Registration Office, Agency for civil society organizations
Preparation and processing Authentication and registration of Different contracts( sale contracts, Lease contracts, Articles and memorandum of Associations, joint venture agreements and related contracts)
各类合同(销售合同、租赁合同、公司章程和备忘录、合资协议及相关合同)的准备和处理认证和登记
Processing the authentication and filing of foreign legal documents, Registering foreign business entities
辦理涉外法律文書的認證、備案、境外經營實體登記
• የንብረት ክርክሮች, የውል አለመፈፀም ክርክሮች, የቤተሰብ ክርክሮች, የውርስ ጉዳይ ክርክሮች, የንግድ እና ኢንሹራንስ ክርክሮች, ንግድ እና ኢንቬስትመንት ክርክሮች, ማንኛውም የቃለ-መሓላ አቤቱታዎች
• የፓተንት ና የግልጋሎት ሞዴል ምዝገባና የምዝገባ እድሳት, የንግድ ምልክት ከምዝገባ በኋላ ያሉ ማንኛውንም ጉዳዮችን ማስጨረስ የቅጅ እና ተዛማጅ መብቶች, ምዝገባና የምዝገባ እድሳት, የመብት ማስተላለፍ ስምምነቶችን ማርቀቅና ስምምነቶችን ማስመዝገብ, የቅጂ መብት ጥሰት ሲያጋጥም በፍርድቤት ቀርቦ መፍትሔ ማሰጠት የንግድ ምልክት, የንግድ ምልክት ምዝገባ, የንግድ ምልክት እድሳት, የንግድ ምልክት ከምዝገባ ቡኻላ ያሉ ማንኛውንም የህግ ነክ ጉዳዮችን ማስጨረስ, የንግድ ምልክት ህገ-ወጥ ተግባሮችን በፍ/ቤት ተከራክሮ መፍትሔ ማሰጠት
• የአሰሪ እና ሰራተኛ የስራ ቅጥር ውሎችን ማዘጋጀት • የአሰሪ እና ሰራተኛ ክርክሮችን በፍ/ቤት የጥብቅና አገልግሎት መስጠት • የህብረት ስምምነት ማዘገጀት • የሰው ሀብት አስተዳደር ማኑዋሎችን ማዘጋጀት
• የውጭ እና የሀገር ውስጥ ድርጅቶች ምዝገባ ማስጨረስ, የድርጅቶችን መመስረቻ መተዳደሪያ ደንብ ህጉ በሚጠይቀው አግባብ ማዘጋጀት, በኢትዮጵያ ኢንቨስትመንት ቢሮ በኩል ፍቃድ በውክልና ማስጨረስ, የኢትዮጵያ ኢንቬስትመንት ቢሮ የሚሰጣቸውን አገልግሎቶች በህግ አግባብ የሚጠያቃቸውን መስፈርቶች እና ለውጦች የህግ ምክር መስጠት፡፡ ኢንቬስትመንት ፍቃድ ማውጣት
• በኢትዮጵያ የሲቪል ማህበረሰብ በሀገር በቀል እና የውጭ NGO ቅርንጫፍ ፅ/ቤት ምዝገባ ሂደቶችን በውክልና ማስጨረስ, ማንኛውንም ከምስረታ እስከ ሚፈርስበት ሂደት ላይ እንዲሁም ሌሎች ማንኛውም ከሲቪል ማህበረሰብ ድርጅቶች ጋረ የተገናኙ ጉዳዬች ላይ የህግ ምክርና የጥብቅና አግልግሎት መስጠት
• ለውጭ ሀገር ዜጎች በኢትዮጵያ የስራ ፍቃድ ቪዛ እና የመኖሪያ ፍቃድ ህጉ በሚቅደው አግባብ ሂደቶችን ማስጨረ ስ • ትውልደ ኢትዮጵያ መታወቂያ ሂደቶችን አና እድሳት ማስጨረስ
• የታክስ ክርክሮችን የጥብቅና አገልግሎት መስጠት • በኢትዮጵያ የታክስ ህጎችን በተመለከተ ማንኛውንም የህግ ምክር መስጠት
• በኢትዮጵያ የንግድ እና ኢንዱስትሪ በሁሉም ቅርንጫፎች , በኢትዮጵያ ኢንቨስትምነት ኮሚሽን , በኢትዮጵያ አእምሮአዊ ንብረት ጥበቃ ፅ/ቤት , በሰራተኛ እና ማህበራዊ ጉዳይ ሚኒሰቴር , በኢትዮጵያ የውጭ ጉዳይ ሚኒስቴር , በኢትዮጵያ የጉሙሩክ ባላስልጣን , በኢትዮጵያ ሰነዶች እና ምዝገባ ኤጀንሲ , በኢትዮጵያ የሲቪል ማህበረሰብ ኤጀንሲ
Filing trademark applications and renewal of registrations, Processing amendment of trademark registrations
商標申請及續展、商標註冊變更處理
Facilitating work Visa, visa requirements and residence permits for expatriates.
為外籍人士的工作簽證、簽證要求和居留許可提供便利
Legal counseling on tax matters (Incentives and duty-free privileges to foreign and domestic investors
稅務法律諮詢(國內外投資者的優惠和免稅優惠
We provide quality legal service with astounding work ethics and professionalism.
We have cases which prove we provide what we preach.
We have experience on many legal departments most of them mentioned in the service section
We ask a very affordable and fair price for our services.
Belay Tefera Zegeye holds LLB degree with Distinction from Wolaita-Sodo University School of Law. He is a seasoned corporate lawyer with close to a decade experience in Ethiopian legal practice. Belay specializes in Employment, corporate and investment law and has been involved conducting due diligence, structuring transactions and developing human resource manuals, securing permits. He is also a licensed trademark agent and handling of trade name and trade mark registration issues are also part of his specialization.
Henok Teshome Shibru is a dedicated attorney and legal consultant. He holds an LL.M with Distinction from the University of Pretoria and an LL.B with Very Great Distinction from Addis Ababa University School of Law. Before joining Ethio-Legal Service, he gained experience as an in-house counsel for various civil society organizations and companies, providing legal advisory and compliance support. At Ethio-Legal Service, he focuses on labor law, corporate governance, nonprofit regulations, and intellectual property, assisting businesses, organizations, and individuals in navigating Ethiopia’s legal landscape.
Temesgen habte is a graduate of Law from wolaita sodo university and served at federal document authentication and registration agency as notary for three, years specially working on preparing different kinds of contract agreements and facilitating it from the beginning to the end at the agency for domestic and foreign clients.In addition facilitating issues at any governmental and non governmental organization .