Highlights

Commercial Transactions

  • Advising private equity funds from Mauritius and Kenya on a purchase of a 35% stake in International Medical Group Limited

    Advising private equity funds from Mauritius and Kenya on a purchase of a 35% stake in International Medical Group Limited

  • Advising on the transfer of communications towers, sites and associated facilities of MTN Uganda to ATC Uganda Limited

    Advising on the transfer of communications towers, sites and associated facilities of MTN Uganda to ATC Uganda Limited (a joint venture company between MTN Uganda Limited and American Tower Corporation). Following the transfer, ATC Uganda Limited became the largest owner and operator of tower sites in Uganda.

  • Acting for the proposed bidder in connection with the disposal of its downstream business in six African countries by 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.

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

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

  • Acting for Essar Communications Holdings on its acquisition of a strategic interest in Kanyan Telecommunications

    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.

  • Acting (together with Slaughter & May, UK) for Reliance Industries Limited

    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.

  • Advising on the initial public offering by Umeme Limited

    Advising on the initial public offering by Umeme Limited, which carries on the business of electricity retail and distribution in Uganda.

  • Advising on the cross-border 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 on admission to listing of National Insurance Corporation on the USE

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

  • Advising a railway company in respect of its borrowing USD 181 million

    Advising a railway company in respect of its borrowing from International Finance Corporation, African Development Bank, KFW, Belgian Investment Company for Developing Countries NV/SA, Equity Bank Limited and FMO in the sum of USD 181 million.

  • Advising four major banks on the financing of a USD 115 million project

    Advising Citibank Uganda Limited, Standard Chartered Bank Uganda Limited, Stanbic Bank Uganda Limited and East African Development Bank on the financing in the sum of USD 115 million of a project for power generation and the expansion of a sugar processing plant. Loan Market Association documentation was used.

  • Advising IFC and other lenders on a syndicated loan financing to the sum of USD 64 million

    Advising IFC and other lenders on a syndicated loan financing for a cement plant and a rolling mill in the sum of USD 64 million using Loan Market Association documentation.

  • Advising Overseas Private Investment Corporation on the financing in the sum of USD 72 million

    Advising Overseas Private Investment Corporation on the financing in the sum of USD 72 million for a project in the television-broadcasting sector.

  • Advising DEG and IFC on loan transactions

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

  • Advising Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa on a financing of USD 9.1 million

    Advising Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa (IDC) on a financing of USD 9.1 million for the completion of the construction of a hotel.

  • Advising PROPARCO on a financing of USD 23 million

    Advising PROPARCO on a financing of USD 23 million for a sugar plant and on a financing to a commercial bank.

  • Advising NORFUND in lending USD 10 million

    Advising the Norwegian Investment Fund for Developing Countries (NORFUND) in a lending to a commercial bank in the amount of USD 10 million.

  • Advising on Aircraft financing through Air Serv

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

  • Advising the Central Bank

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

  • Advising four lenders on the financing of a project for power generation

    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.

Intellectual Property

  • 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.

  • Ongoing registration and renewals of intellectual property.

    Ongoing registration and renewals of intellectual property including trademarks like Apple, C.A.T, Fox, Discovery Health Channel, M-Net logo, Pampers, Sheraton, Google, Carlifonia Cola etc.

  • 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

Litigation

  • Acting for Britt Syndicates Limited in a suit involving a claim arising from the non-appearance of Akon at a concert

    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 renowned musician, AKON at a concert. Judgment was delivered in our client’s favour.

  • Acting for Stanbic Bank Uganda Limited & Jacobsen Uganda Limited in a contempt of Court application

    Acting for Stanbic Bank Uganda Limited & Jacobsen Uganda Limited in a contempt of Court application in which our client sought to hold the Commissioner General of URA in contempt in relation to enforcement proceedings brought contrary to a protective restraining order. We successfully obtained the Contempt Order and a sizeable fine was levied on the Commissioner General URA.

  • Acting for Google Uganda Limited in a suit to declare marketing services to Google Ireland as a zero-rated exported service

    Acting for Google Uganda Limited in a suit seeking a declaration to the effect that the exclusive supply of marketing and sales support services to Google Ireland Limited was an exported service and is as such zero-rated.

  • Acting for Kinyara Sugar Limited to enforce a tax exemption relating to a USD 18 million investment

    Acting for Kinyara Sugar Limited to enforce a tax exemption relating to a USD 18 million investment in Agro-processing plant and machinery. Judgment was delivered in our client’s favour.

  • Acting for Aggreko to contest a VAT assessment of USD 58 million

    Acting for Aggreko Uganda Limited (a thermal power distributor) contesting a VAT assessment levied it by the Uganda Revenue Authority of Ug. Shs. 145 billion equivalent to USD 58 million. The matter was successfully defended by a Judgment of the 12th September 2012.

  • Acting for Bank of Uganda and Stanbic Bank seeking the recovery of USD 5 million

    Acting for Bank of Uganda and Stanbic Bank seeking the recovery of USD 5 million from guarantors of a company indebted to Stanbic under various facilities assigned to Bank of Uganda.

  • Acting for Bank of Uganda and Standard Chartered Bank to recover USD 34 million

    Acting for Bank of Uganda and Standard Chartered Bank to recover USD 34 million from guarantors of a company indebted to Standard Chartered under various facilities assigned to Bank of Uganda.

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 Ugandan mining 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.