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The whole process of establishing a mining company begins from Ministry of Mines. Unlike other investments, which are regulated by the Investment Regulation and where Investment Commission gives permit, for this sector-specific investment, Ministry of Mines, Energy and Petroleum is authorized to issue license.

Ethiopia will begin extracting oil and natural gas soon. This news made Ethiopians to except bright future for the country and raised expectations. At this juncture, it is relevant to take a closer look at what the law says about oil extraction and exploration.

Businesses want to become big. They want their presence to be felt in every corner of the world. Investors explore different avenues to do this by injecting capital, selling equities, reinvesting their profits, opening different branch offices, acquiring other firms...

If you are a counsel in an ongoing arbitration, you have two obligations: 1) navigate your ways through provisions of the applicable law so that you can litigate as a professional; 2) satisfy your client with your service and make sure that all his questions are...

Businesses want to become big. They want their presence to be felt in every corner of the world. Investors explore different avenues to do this by injecting capital, selling equities, reinvesting their profits, opening different branch offices, acquiring other firms...

Firms will often write that for effective representation it is best to engage law firms at an early stage in the dispute process. Whilst there may be some merit in this, it may not necessarily be entirely true. It is evident that in-house roles are not what they were...

ICSID CONVENTION, REGULATIONS AND RULES The Addis Ababa Chamber of Commerce and Sectoral Associations Arbitration Institute - The Revised Arbitration Rules ICC Rules of Arbitration New York Convention IBA Guidelines on Conflict of Interest NOV 2014 FULL Arb Rules...

On May 31, 2017, a full day conference entitled “Arbitration in Ethiopia, East Africa and Beyond: Prospects, Challenges and Possibilities” was held in AU. Very interesting panelists presented their papers and thought provoking ideas were raised from the audience. In...

It will be unwise to begin the essay without introducing the reader about injunction in Ethiopian Civil Procedure Code (CPC). Injunction is one form of provisional measure ordered by a competent judicial organ to the requesting party. Robert Allen Sedler, a famous...

Parties’ freedom to agree on any matter extends to agree to resolve their dispute either judicial litigation or arbitration. Arbitration is a system of dispute settlement where by disputants takes their case before arbitrators of their own choice. The civil code...