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Fikadu Asfaw law office provides consultation and litigation services on the following Civil and Criminal matters. It also provides its legal aid in facilitating and expediting the following.

  • Business Incorporation And Investment,
  • Intellectual Property,
  • Trade Mark,
  • Patents,
  • Copyright,
  • Adoption,
  • Immigration, Work Permit And Residence Permit,
  • Taxation,
  • Real Estate Matters,
  • Banking And Insurance,
  • Drafting And Negotiating Of Contracts,
  • Pre-Contract And Tendering Advice,
  • Unfair Competition Cases.
  • Dispute Resolution,
  • Divorce And Separation, Child Support And Custody,
  • Employment/Labour  Relationships,
  • Guardianships And Tutorship Cases,
  • Bankruptcy & Debit Matters,
  • Criminal Law /Crimes,
  • Tort(Extra Contractual Cases),
  • Property Rights,
  • Family Cases,
  • Succession/ Inheritance,
  • Estate Planning And Financial And Tax Planning,
  • Preparation Of Wills And Will Contests,
  • Construction Law,
  • Charities,
  • All Kinds Of Accidents & Injuries,
  • Professional Fault Cases,
  • Loss And Damage Cases,
  • Other Legal Services That Can Be Done By Proxy, Like Change Of Names And Issuance Of Birth Certificates…Etc

CORPORATE AND BUSINESS PRACTICE

Fikadu Law Office has represented many clients through company and partnership formation, business start-ups, business sales and purchases, business refinancing, corporate governance and directors' duties, contract preparation and negotiation, licensing arrangements, joint ventures, dispute resolution, foreign investment, regulatory issues.

  • Formation and registration of business entities, including corporations, general and limited partnerships, private and Partnership or joint venture companies, and non-profit companies,
  • Labor and employment issues, Unfair competition, tax and other relationship with the government regulatory bodies,
  • Facilitating the opening of regional and/or branch office for foreign and local entities.
  • Facilitating and acquiring investment license as per the county's Investment Laws,
  • Protection of intellectual and proprietary rights and other proprietary interests of the company,; avoid the negative effects of unfair Competition Related cases,
  • Legally Handling Insolvency and Bankruptcy Matters.

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INVESTMENT

Fikadu Law Office provides representation in registering an investment for foreign and local company/individual and facilitates its acquisition of an investment license, which entitles the investor to benefit from the various investment incentives the country provided for investors. Some of these investment benefits include:

  • Customs Import Duty: One hundred per cent exemption from the payment of import customs duties and other taxes levied on imports is granted to an investor to import all investment capital goods,
  • Exemption from Payment of Export Customs Duties,
  • Income Tax Holiday: Further, upon request, the Council of Ministers may also award profit tax holiday for greater than seven years.
  • Loss Carried Forward: Business enterprises that suffer losses during the tax holiday period can carry forward such losses for half of the income tax exemption period following the expiry of the exemption period.
  • Guarantees to Investors: Ethiopia provides the following guarantees to foreign investors:
  • Repatriation of Capital and Profits: Capital repatriation and remittance of dividends and interest is guaranteed to foreign investors under the Investment Proclamation.
  • Guarantee Against Expropriation,
  • Other Guarantees ( Ethiopia is a member of the World Bank-affiliated Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA), which issues guarantees against non-commercial risks to enterprises that invest in signatory countries. Ethiopia is currently concluding bilateral investment promotion and protection agreements with a number of developed and developing countries and it is ready to conclude such treaties with any country at any time. Ethiopia has also signed the World Bank treaty, "the International Convention on Settlement of Investment Disputes between States and Nationals of other States (ICSID)".

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LITIGATION

Fikadu Law Office provides litigation service on wide range of legal areas with transparent and fair fee structure, quality advice and service, fast and quality reporting. The legal service includes the following legal areas

  • Intellectual property disputes including copyrights, trademarks, patents, industrial design rights and Trade secrets,
  • Contract Based Disputes,
  • Property Rights
  • Extra Contractual (Tort) Cases,
  • Companies And Corporation Disputes,
  • Financial Institutions Related Cases, Like Banking And Insurance Litigation,
  • Labor /Employment Related Cases,
  • Real Estate And Construction Related Cases,
  • Financial Instrument Based Suits Like Cheques, Promissory Notes, Warranties, Loans, bonds...etc

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CONSTRUCTION

Some of the legal support Fikadu Law Office provides to construction related issues includes:

  • Pre-Contract And Tendering Advice,
  • Drafting And Negotiating Of Contracts,
  • Supporting In The Areas Of Planning, Environmental And Building Regulation Issues,
  • Negotiating With Local Planning Authorities,
  • Approval Of Designs, Issuance Of Construction And Operational Permits,
  • On Dispute Resolution

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INSURANCE

Fikadu Law Office will consult with you on the various types of property, liability and life insurances. The office will further represent your best interest on any type of insurance claims. Some of the common areas of insurance case representation include:

  • General Accident Insurance
  • Reinsurance
  • Fire And Allied Perils And Burglary Insurance
  • Engineering Insurances
  • Motor Insurance
  • Marine Insurance

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PROPERTY

Fikadu Law Office provides you consultation and litigation service in connection with Real property (land), Personal property (your physical possessions and belongings), Private property (property owned by legal persons or business entities), Intellectual property (your intangible assets, such as musical, literary, and artistic works; ideas, discoveries and inventions; and words, phrases, symbols, and designs. The Commonly known are copyrights, trademarks, patents, industrial design rights and Trade secrets.
The office extends its consultation and litigation service on the development and construction phases following acquisition, commercial and retail leasing, financing, regulatory issues, property development, purchase and sale of commercial property including negotiation, preparation of contract documents, due diligence and settlement.

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Taxation

Taking into account the delicate and complicated nature of taxation Fikadu Law Office will provide you its qualified consultation and tax litigation services on the following areas of taxation in Ethiopia.

  • Corporate Taxation And Income Tax Holidays,
  • Income Tax,
  • Turn Over Tax,
  • Excise Tax,
  • Customs Duties,
  • Income Tax From Employment,
  • Withholding Tax,
  • Value Added Tax,
  • Tax Treaties.

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Family Cases

Fikadu Law Office provides is consultation and litigation services over the wide range of family law:

  • Succession,
  • Estate Planning And Financial And Tax Planning,
  • Wills And Trust,
  • Divorce And Separation,
  • Child Support And Custody,
  • Preparation Of Wills And Will Contests,
  • Estate Administration and Personal Tax Planning,
  • Charities,
  • Cases on Accidents & Injuries – Car Accidents,
  • Adoption Cases,
  • Paternity Cases,
  • Guardianships and Tutorship cases,
  • Change Of Names,
  • Immigration related cases, like the issues of issues of Visas, Work and Residence Permit, Issuance of Birth Certificates.

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Private Clients

In addition to the family cases Fikadu Law Office will provide the following consultation and litigation service to private clients too.

  • litigation,
  • Banking And Finance,
  • Employment relationships,
  • Property,
  • Succession,
  • Estate Planning And Financial And Tax Planning,
  • Wills And Trust,
  • Divorce And Separation,
  • Child Support And Custody,
  • Preparation Of Wills And Will Contests ,
  • Estate Administration and Personal Tax Planning ,
  • Charities,
  • Cases on Accidents & Injuries – Car Accidents,
  • Adoption Cases,
  • Paternity Cases,
  • Change Of Names,
  • Immigration related cases, like the issues of issues of Visas, Work and Residence Permit, Issuance of Birth Certificates...etc.

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