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The Firm

Hawaz, Shimeles & Partners ("HSP") is a full-service law office providing legal and tax advisory services in Ethiopia.

With extensive experience and expertise in a wide range of practice areas, our team has successfully assisted several Ethiopian businesses and multinational corporations including Fortune 500 companies, public-sector enterprises, and multilateral organizations.

We have a proven track record in advising on company formation, mergers and acquisitions, taxation, intellectual property, banking and finance, infrastructure projects, as well as corporate and commercial law.

We are known for our commitment to excellence and for our ability to deliver innovative yet practical solutions that that clients trust to inform their most important decisions.

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Learn more about the latest developments at HSP and the jurisdictions in which we operate.

Ethiopia Revises its Transfer Pricing Directive

Ethiopia has issued a revised Transfer Pricing Directive No. 981/2024 (hereinafter the “Directive”) under Section 79 of the Income Tax Proclamation No. 979/2008. The new Directive repeals the Transfer Pricing Directive that was issued back in 2015.

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Ethiopia's New Data Protection Law

Ethiopia recently enacted a comprehensive Personal Data Protection Proclamation (the "Proclamation"), a significant development for the country which previously did not have a consolidated legislation on data protection, only scattered laws spread across various legislations.

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