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Commercial Dispute Resolution

  • Acting for Bank of Uganda

    Acting for Bank of Uganda in a suit involving the fraudulent acquisition and conveyance of securities encumbered by the Plaintiffs to secure a debt facility of USD 20 million.

  • Suit against Barclays Bank PLC - ABSA Bank Ltd

    Acting for Barclays and ABSA to defend a suit to nullify agreement relating to a structured agricultural commodity finance facility which received facilities advanced by the two defendants in the aggregate sum of USD 29.4 million.

  • Acting for Primefuels Limited and Mirambo Holdings

    Acting for Primefuels (Kenya) Limited and Mirambo Holdings Limited, a Kenyan company and Tanzanian company respectively, in connection with a dispute arising out of a consortium agreement and which was referred to the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA) in London pursuant to which Primefuels and Mirambo were successful in obtaining their claim for shareholding in RVR Investments (PTY) Limited, the company operating the Kenya and Uganda railway network under a concession from those governments.

  • Employment Law Case

    Acting for Bank of Uganda in the Court of Appeal and Supreme Court to defend a suit involving the dismissal of an employee who was awarded compensation for involuntary or forced retirement and payment for contingent unaccrued benefits.

  • Labour suit by Coffee Marketing Board

    Acting for the Coffee Marketing Board (in litigation) in a suit involving the setting aside of an award of the Industrial Court awarding former employees of the Board severance pay. This award was based on an erroneous interpretation of a Trade Union Agreement.

  • Insurance Suit

    Acting for Britt Syndicates Limited - 2987 (Lloyds Underwriters) in a suit involving a claim under an insurance certificate issued by Britt Syndicates Limited arising from the non-appearance of the rockstar Akon at a concert. The issue concerns whether the Event Cancellation Cover issued by Britt extended to include non-appearance of the artist.

  • Suit against Banks as Receivers

    Defending Centenary Bank and East African Development Bank in a suit seeking for an account of monies received in the course of the receivership of a company in receivership commenced pursuant to debenture and mortgage deeds in favour of the banks. The suit also seeks a reversal of the transfer of some of the sold securities.

  • Acting for Barclays and ABSA in recovery of over USD 20m

    Acting for Barclays Bank PLC and Absa Bank Limited in a suit to recover in excess of US$ 20 milion.

Commercial Transactions

  • Advising on syndicated loan financing

    Advising on syndicated loan financings for a cement plant and a rolling mill.

    Advising four lenders on the financing of a project for power generation and the expansion of a sugar processing plant which required the use of Loan Market Association documentation.

  • Advising on an infrastructure bond issue for National Water and Sewerage Corporation

    Advising on an infrastructure bond issue by National Water and Sewerage Corporation and listing on the Uganda Securities Exchange.

  • Advising on admission to listing of National Insurance Corporation

    Advising on admission to Listing of National Insurance Corporation Limited on the Uganda Securities Exchange

  • Advising on the introduction of Kenya Commercial Bank on the Uganda Securities Exchange

    Advising on the cross-border introduction of Kenya Commercial Bank on the Uganda Securities Exchange

  • Advising the Central Bank on Regulatory Issues

    Advising the Central Bank on regulatory issues arising from the new regulatory regime.

  • Creation and realization of secured lending for commercial banks

    Creation, perfection and as necessary realization of secured lending for commercial banks.

  • Advising Development Finance Institutions on loan transactions

    Advising DEG, PROPARCO, IFC and NORFUND on loan transactions, including subordinations of existing loan and rescheduling fresh lendings to clients in Uganda.

  • Advising on Aircraft financing through Air Serv International

    Advising on Aircraft financing through Air Serv International Incorporated to its local subsidiary Air Serv Limited.

  • Advising PROPARCO on loan financing

    Advising PROPARCO on a subordinated loan financing to a commercial bank.

  • Acquisition of GAPCO for Reliance Industries (Fortune 500) together with Slaughter & May, UK

    Acting (together with Slaughter & May, UK) for Reliance Industries Limited, the only Indian private sector Fortune 500 company, in connection with its acquisition of a majority stake and management control in Gulf Africa Petroleum Corporation (Gapco), a company with significant presence in Eastern Africa in the down stream petroleum sector, including co-ordination of a five country (Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda and Sudan) due diligence exercise.

  • Acquisition of Interest in Kanyan Telecommunications for Essar Communications

    Acting for Essar Communications Holdings, the telecoms subsidiary of Essar Global, on its acquisition of a strategic interest in Kanyan Telecommunications (U) Limited, the fourth GSM provider in Uganda.

  • Advising on acquisition of majority stake in Uganda Telecommunications Company

    Advising on the acquisition of a majority stake in a local telecoms company by a subsidiary of France Telecom.

  • Acting for a bidder during disposal of Chevron

    Acting for the proposed bidder in connection with the disposal by Chevron, the world's fifth largest global energy company listed on the New York Stock Exchange, on the disposal of its downstream business in six (6) countries in Africa.

Intellectual Property

  • Ongoing registration and renewals of intellectual property.

    Ongoing registration and renewals of intellectual property.

  • Consultancy on ongoing counterfeiting and intellectual property

    Consultancy on ongoing counterfeiting and intellectual property related matters focusing on Uganda as part of wider study on intellectual and counterfeiting laws in the East African Region

  • Intellectual Property Litigation

    Acting for the Colgate Palmolive Company in a suit involving actions amounting to infringement of the Plaintiff's trademark and passing off of the Defendant's goods consigned to the Defendant as goods of the Plaintiff, unlawful interference with the Plaintiff's right in the market as the sole registered user thereof and a permanent injunction restraining the Defendant from any further acts of trademark infringement.

Mining, Oil and Energy

  • Oil Production Sharing Agreement

    Conducted a review of the Oil Production Sharing Agreements for a licensee in Uganda in relation to financing facilities.

  • Advised on a joint venture agreement

    Advised on a joint venture agreement between a Ugandan mining company and a UK public registered company.

  • Advised in the acquisition of shares in a Ugandan mining company

    Advised in the acquisition of shares in a mining Uganda company

  • Represent several mining companies in Uganda

    Represent several mining companies in Uganda, routinely advising on the law and licensing regime of minerals in Uganda.