Practice Area
Criminal Defence
The most important hours in a criminal case are the earliest ones. What is said — and signed — at the police station shapes everything that follows. Call before you answer questions.
We defend individuals and businesses in criminal proceedings before federal and regional courts, with particular depth in the offences that reach business people: tax and customs offences, commercial fraud allegations, cheque and negotiable-instrument cases, and charges arising from commercial disputes that a counterparty has escalated to the police.
How we help
- Representation from the investigation stage: police interviews, statements and searches
- Bail applications and appeals against remand
- Trial defence: challenging evidence, cross-examination and legal argument
- Defence of tax, customs, foreign-exchange and commercial-fraud charges
- Appeals and cassation review of convictions and sentences
- Advice to companies whose employees or officers face investigation
Business disputes dressed as crimes
In Ethiopia, commercial conflicts are sometimes pushed into the criminal system to pressure settlement. Courts see through this — when the defence frames it properly. We work to have such matters treated as what they are: civil disputes, argued in the right forum.
Discretion, always
Criminal allegations threaten reputations as much as liberty. We handle every matter with strict confidentiality and give you a clear-eyed assessment of the case against you at every stage.