Mr Mehrteab Leul > Mehrteab & Getu Advocates LLP (MLA) > Addis Ababa, Ethiopia > Lawyer Profile

Mehrteab & Getu Advocates LLP (MLA)
AFRICA AVENUE, DEMBEL CITY CENTER
8TH FLOOR
ADDIS ABABA
Ethiopia
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Work Department

Corporate Practice Group

Position

Managing Partner

Mehrteab Leul Kokeb is a renowned senior law professional with almost three decades of experience with core competence in Project Finance and Corporate matters. He has assisted multiple clients developing infrastructure projects in the country which includes the government of Ethiopia, Sponsors and Lenders. Record high privatization and M&A transactions are also part of his latest credentials.

He is also well-known for his skills in providing multidimensional legal services to individual and corporate clients; proficiency in achieving excellent results in a transaction, corporate issues; and his elocution during trials. In addition, he has ample experience in managing court cases as well as dealing with contractual disputes, arbitration, unlawful competition, liquidation, and employment matters.

Currently, Mehrteab is the Managing Partner and he is active primarily in financial services, litigation & dispute resolution and corporate matters

Career

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Languages

English

Memberships

  • Member, International Bar Association (IBA)
  • Member, International Trademark Association (INTA)
  • Member, Ethiopian Lawyers’ Association (ELA)
  • Founding Member,  African Business Law Firm Association

Education

LLB Addis Ababa University (1992)

Post Graduate Certificate On Financial Services Law, University of London (2019)

Postgraduate Diploma In Laws, Corporate and Securities Law (2018-2019) University of London

Master of Laws, Commercial and Corporate Law (2016-2021) University of London

Lawyer Rankings

Ethiopia > Leading firms

(Leading individuals)

Mehrteab LeulMehrteab & Getu Advocates LLP (MLA)

Mehrteab & Getu Advocates LLP (MLA) provides a broad range of legal services, and leverages the bench strength of the wider resources of DLA Piper to advise international clients, for example Nokia, McKinsey and Company Africa, and Cepheus Growth Capital Partners, on a wide spectrum of matters. Mehrteab Leul specialises in finance and dispute resolution work, while Getu Shiferaw handles corporate and tax mandates. Biruk Haile focuses on IP and technology issues, and Bamlak Alemayehu is a key contact for mining matters.