Moses Jurua Adriko

background

Moses is a Partner at the Firm and Co-head of the firm’s litigation team.

His practice focuses mainly on Corporate and Commercial Law, Civil Litigation, Intellectual Property and International Criminal Law.

He is a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of England and Wales. He holds a LLB (Hons) degree from the University of East Angalia. He also has a Diploma in Legal Practice from the Law Development Centre.

Moses is a past president of the Uganda Law Society and chaired the African Forum of the International Bar Association (IBA). Moses has served on the on the IBA Human Rights Institute as a Council Member.

Moses is a certified adjudicator accredited by the Kuala Lumpur Regional Centre for Arbitration.

Moses is a member of the Public Appeals and Procurement Authority Tribunal (PPDA Tribunal) and has served as a member of the Transitional Justice Issues Committee of the Government of Uganda.

Moses serves as a Non-Executive Director of Standard Chartered Bank (U) Limited. 

 MEMBERSHIPS in proffesional societies

• Senior Counsel, Uganda
• Certified Adjudicator, Kuala Lumpur Regional Centre for Arbitration
• Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (MCIARB)
• Advocate, High Court of Uganda
• Solicitor, Supreme Court of England and Wales 

 Proffesional qualifications

• Postgraduate Diploma in Legal Practice, Law Development Centre, Uganda
• Legal Practice Course, College of Law, Guildford, Surrey, England
• LL.B, University of East Angalia, England 

career summary

• 2005 - date   Partner, MMAKS Advocates
• 2001 - 2005   Partner, Adriko & Karugaba Advocates
•  Associate, Katera & Kagumire Advocates, Uganda
•  Trainee Solicitor, Luper Partnership, Camden, England 

areas of expertise

• Criminal and Civil litigation
• Intellectual Property
• Construction Adjudication
• Arbitration 

AWARDS and accolades

• Moses has been appointed a member of the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA).
• Moses has been appointed to the List of Counsel of the International Criminal Court at The Hague.
• Moses has been recognized by The Global Leading Lawyers directory as one of the top ranked dispute resolution specialists in Uganda. 

TOP MATTERS

•  Acting for Uganda Breweries in a complex tax dispute with Uganda Revenue Authority involving the application of the East African Custom Management Act.
• Acting for Diageo in a suit obtaining order against infringement of the John Walker Black Label brand.
• Acting for Coex Coffee International successfully to resist attachment of Coffee stocks worth $750,000.
•  Acting against the Attorney General of Uganda to successfully recover compensation in the sum of USD $2,000,000 on behalf of a client whose property was expropriated.
•  Acted as Arbitrator in General Adhoc United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) tribunals on various commercial disputes.
• Acted as Panel Member of the Public Procurement Disposal Assets Appeals Tribunal (PPDAAT) on various complex multi-million dollar disputes involving Public Procurement disputes and appeals from the Procurement Authority.