Practice areas
Thirteen areas of law. One team on your file.
Most matters touch more than one area. A loan needs security over land, and a dispute can turn on a board resolution. The same team follows your file from first advice to signing, or from demand letter to judgment.
Board structure, compliance and company records. We keep companies on the right side of the law and their regulators, and we act as company secretary for boards that want that handled outside the business.
- Compliance advice and policy reviews
- Board and committee meetings, including minutes
- Annual returns, resolutions and filings with the registrar
- Training for boards and management
- Custody of company seals and stamps
We prepare you before you sit down with a partner, contractor or government agency, and we sit at the table with you. That starts with knowing who you are dealing with and what each side needs.
- Due diligence on partners, contractors and affiliates
- Risk analysis before you commit to a deal
- Meetings with government agencies and private parties
- Joint ventures, partnerships and co-ownership structures
- Employee share and option schemes
For boards facing financial difficulty, banks holding distressed loans, and creditors trying to recover. We help directors meet their duties while there is still time to rescue the business.
- Out of court debt rescheduling and restructuring
- Schemes of arrangement, solvent and insolvent
- Administrations, liquidations and formal appointments
- Asset and debt recovery in Uganda and abroad
- Loan portfolio acquisition and disposal
Buying a company, selling one, or bringing in an investor. We structure the deal, run the legal due diligence, draft the agreements and obtain the approvals.
- Share and asset purchase agreements
- Legal due diligence on the target
- Acquisition financing
- Investment and shareholders' agreements
- Licences and approvals, including competition authorities
Loan and security documents for lenders and borrowers, the regulatory work around them, and the recovery work when repayments stop.
- Preparation and review of loan documents
- Charges, debentures, bills of sale and guarantees
- Foreclosures and debt collection
- Lending and regulatory compliance for banks
- Islamic banking and bancassurance
Land in Uganda often carries a history. We check it before you buy, register your interest properly, and handle the dispute if one comes. On building projects we advise from procurement to handover.
- Due diligence, acquisitions and land transfers
- Titling, subdivision and special certificates of title
- Caveats, leases, mortgages and easements
- NEMA permits and planning approvals
- Resettlement action plans and compensation
Assessments, objections and third party notices. We read them with you, explain the exposure, and deal with the tax officers on your behalf.
- Urgent advice when a tax issue lands
- Responses to assessments and third party notices
- Meetings and negotiations with tax officers
- Legal opinions on tax risk and exemptions
We are registered IP agents with URSB and ARIPO. We file your marks, patents and copyrights, then help you license, value and defend them, for start-ups and multinationals alike.
- Trademark, patent, utility model and copyright filing
- Licensing, assignment and franchising
- Counterfeit and infringement action with URA Customs
- IP valuation and due diligence for investors
- IP training for hubs, companies and innovation centres
Data protection, electronic transactions and the contracts behind software, hosting and websites. Many of these laws are recent, and we track how they are being enforced.
- Data protection and privacy compliance
- Software, outsourcing and hosting agreements
- Telecom and e-banking licences
- Domain names and domain disputes
- Advice after hacking, computer fraud or piracy
For media houses, artists, public figures, clubs and sponsors dealing with contracts, content and reputation, on air, in print and on social media.
- Defamation claims, libel and slander
- Privacy and personal data violations
- Telecommunication matters
- Contracts, finance and IP for creative work
Contracts, policies and procedures for employers, written so they hold up when a dispute reaches mediation, arbitration or the labour office.
- Employment contracts and HR manuals
- Workplace policies, including anti-bribery and harassment
- Disciplinary procedures and lawful sanctions
- Redundancy, restructuring and pensions
- Work permits and special passes for staff
Permits and visas for expatriate staff, investors and their families. We prepare the applications carefully and keep your business compliant while they are processed.
- Work permits and visas in their various classes
- Investor visas
- Dependant and family passes
- Permanent residency
- Dual citizenship
Disputes cost time, money and sleep. We take on the strain, settle by negotiation or mediation where we can, and go to court or arbitration where we must.
- Commercial and contract disputes
- Shareholder and boardroom disputes
- Land and real estate disputes
- Family, wills and inheritance disputes
- International and cross-border disputes
Not sure where your matter fits?
Describe the problem. We will tell you who should handle it.
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