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Founded in 1969 by John W. Katende and Prof. Frederick Ssempebwa, we are Uganda’s largest and leading law firm. Over sixty (60) full time legal and support staff. We are a full-service law firm providing all legal and advisory services categorised under: Transactional & Advisory, Litigation & Alternative Dispute Resolution, Intellectual Property, Business Support and Pro bono.
We have an uunparalleled client roster. Our major clientele comprises of major international and local corporations, financial institutions, the Government of Uganda and other nations, non-governmental organisations, airlines, oil companies, insurance companies, cutting edge technology firms, most of the prominent individuals in the nation’s economy and other sectors.
We are a member of LEX Africa – Africa’s first and largest Legal Alliance comprising of over six hundred (600) lawyers in twenty-five (25) jurisdictions across Africa.
We boast of talented, highly qualified and experienced lawyers some of whom, uniquely in this market with some recognized as market leaders in their areas of expertise and specialization, are dual qualified and licensed to practice in the State of New York, London and across East Africa, graduated from some of the world’s leading law schools including Harvard, Columbia, Cambridge, London School of Economics etc, and have had practical legal training at other world renown international firms like Slaughter & May, Hogan Lovells, Eversheds, Doughty Street Chambers, Covington & Burling and Morse, Barnes-Brown Pendleton.
- Asset finance
- Banking
- Capital markets: Debt
- Capital markets: Derivatives
- Capital markets: Equity
- Capital markets: High yield
- CLO/CDO
- Competition
- Covered bonds
- Financial restructuring
- Financial services regulatory
- Hedge funds
- Investment funds
- Islamic finance
- M&A
- PPP/PFI
- Private equity
- Private equity funds
- Project bonds
- Project development
- Project finance
- Real estate finance
- Real estate funds
- Restructuring and insolvency
- Securitisation
- Structured finance/securitisation
- Trade finance
PPP/PF
Sim Katende.
sim@kats.co.ug
Arthur Mukiibi Katende
amk@kats.co.ug
Sophia Nampijja
Snampijja@kats.co.ug
Recent transactional highlights:
- Advising East African Crude Oil Pipeline Limired(EACOP) on the regulatory and licensing legal regime required for the construction and operation of the East African Crude Oil Pipeline project in Uganda valued at USD
Asset Finance/Banking
Sim Katende.
sim@kats.co.ug
Arthur Mukiibi Katende
amk@kats.co.ug
Sophia Nampijja
Snampijja@kats.co.ug
Recent transactional highlights:
- Advising the lenders consortium to the East African Crude Oil Pipeline Limited(EACOP) on the USD 3.55 billion financing of the East African Crude Oil Pipeline project in Uganda and Tanzania the biggest financing transaction in EastAfrica
Asset Finance/Banking
Sim Katende.
sim@kats.co.ug
Soogi Katende
soogi@kats.co.ug
Edwin Wabwire
Ebuluma@kats.co.ug
Recent transactional highlights:
- Advising the African Finance Corporation(AFC) on its provision of equity and debt financing valued at over USD 100 Million in a Ugandan company for investment in the transportation of petroleum products in Uganda.
Asset Finance/Banking
Sim Katende.
sim@kats.co.ug
Soogi Katende
soogi@kats.co.ug
Tendo Namubiru
tendo@kats.co.ug
Recent transactional highlights:
- Advised Eastern and Southern Africa trade and Development Bank (TDB) on a USD 45 million facility to a leading tobacco industry player in Uganda.
Banking
Arthur Mukiibi Katende
amk@kats.co.ug
Joanne Katende
jkatende@kats.co.ug
Recent transactional highlights:
- Advised Agence Francaise De Developpment on its Euro 9 million facility to Uganda Development Bank.
- Accounting
- Agriculture
- Automotive
- Aviation
- Banking
- Construction and materials
- Consumer goods and services
- Energy
- Financial services
- Food and beverage
- Forestry
- Gaming
- Government and public policy
- Healthcare
- Industrials
- Insurance
- Investment management
- Media
- Mining
- Natural resources
- Oil and gas
- Real estate
- Shipping
- Social infrastructure
- Tech and telecoms
- Tourism
- Transport
- Utilities
