Results-driven legal consultant specializing in contract drafting, legal risk assessment, and tailored solutions for financial institutions.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
Work History
Consultant and Researcher
Self-employeed
Leuven, Belgium
10.2025 - Current
Analysed client requirements to develop tailored solutions and recommendations.
Translations, interpretation,
providing legal expert opinion, writing legal comments, and conducting research on African laws
providing legal expertise to financial institutions to develop manuals in line with soft laws and practices.
Providing technical support for countries in relation to green financing.
Senior Legal Researcher
Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law
Hamburg, Germany
01.2023 - 12.2024
Providing legal opinions on African laws to courts and other governments office/. Family laws, conflicts of laws, business laws, and law and culture.
Conducted comprehensive legal research on African laws
Writing expert comments and case comments
Collaborated with interdisciplinary teams to enhance research methodologies and outcomes.
Associate Professor
Mekelle University
Ethiopia
07.2006 - 10.2021
Developed and delivered engaging lectures on advanced topics in Private Laws for undergraduate and postgraduate students. Private International Law, Contract Law, Banking Laws, Legal History, and Customary Laws.
Mentored junior faculty and graduate students in research methodologies and academic writing.
Conducted peer-reviewed research, contributing to academic publications and conference presentations.
Providing legal advice to regional and federal agencies on various legal issues.
Providing free legal services focusing on family laws, migration laws and related issues
Developing proposals and implementing projects.
Education
Ph.D. - Law
KU Leuven
Leuven
08-2021
LLM. -
Erasmus University Rotterdam
Rotterdam
06-2010
LLB. -
Haromaya University
Hromaya, Ethiopia
06-2006
Skills
contract drafting,
legal drafting,
strategic thinking,
identifying legal risks
corporate finance
Timeline
Consultant and Researcher
Self-employeed
10.2025 - Current
Senior Legal Researcher
Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law