DAWIT KIDANE TEFERA
Managing Partner

Dawit Kidane is founder and Principal Attorney at DALO. With over 10 years of legal experience in the private and public sectors of Ethiopia. Dawit graduated from the University of Gonder Law School. Dawit was a member of University of Gonder Student Union and Law Student Association while he was in law school. Upon graduation, Dawit was hired as Federal First Instance Court A/Judge where he served for four years presiding over family, civil, labor, customs, tax and other benches during his tenure. He entered private practice as a founder of DALO in 2013.
Dawit has extensive legal experience representing companies in different sectors including real estate, construction, farming, importing and exporting, hotel, mining, manufacturing, and entertainment sectors. Dawit has successfully tried dozens of cases to verdict as lead attorney and has argued before Ethiopia courts and Arbitration tribunals.
Dawit is licensed to practice at all federal courts of Ethiopia.
Areas of expertise
✓ Investment law
✓ Intellectual property
✓ Cooperate and commercial
✓ Taxation
✓ Construction and real estate
✓ Banking and finance
✓ Employment and immigration
✓ Inheritance and family law
✓ Dispute resolution