Staff Profiles

LLB (AAU), LLM (University of Ghent)

• Taught law at Mekelle University, Tigray, Ethiopia since 2002,
• Taught law at the University of Botswana from 2013-14, 
• Taught law at the University of Botswana from 2016 to-date,
• has given legal expert opinions on Ethiopian laws for several international construction arbitrations, 
• published several articles on public procurement law, construction law and ADR and Arbitration in national and international journals.

Teaching areas include:

• International investment law
• International commercial arbitration
• Insolvency law
• Law of secured transactions
• Construction law

Research areas include:

• Investment law
• ADR and Arbitration law
• Public Procurement Law and Public Private Partnership law
• Construction law
• Private International Law

• International investment law
• Public Procurement law and Public Private Partnership laws
• Commercial and investment dispute resolution mechanisms
• Construction law

Bahta, T.H (2018), “Conflicting Legal Regimes Vying for Application: The Old Administrative Contracts Law or The Modern Public Procurement Law for Ethiopia”, African Public Procurement Law Journal, Vol.4, No.1, available at http://applj.journals.ac.za; University of Stellenbosch, African Procurement Law Unit (APLU), South Africa.

Bahta, T.H (2016), ‘Framework Procurement Contracts in the Ethiopian Public Procurement Law’, Public Procurement Law Review, Thomson Reuters, Sweet & Maxwell: UK., Vol.25, No.2, pp. 35-50

Bahta, T.H (2012), ‘Complaints Review and Remedies under the Federal Government Procurement Law in Ethiopia’, Public Procurement Law Review, Thomson Reuters, Sweet & Maxwell: UK., Vol.21, No.5, pp.188-203

Bahta, T.H (2011), ‘Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards in Civil and Commercial Matters in Ethiopia’, Mizan Law Review, Vol.5, No.1, pp.105-140