Experience
Evidence of judgment under real conditions.
Each entry states the problem, what we did, and — where it can be disclosed — what happened. The emphasis is on judgment and outcome, not on self-congratulation.
On confidentiality
Our record spans regulated industries, public institutions, national infrastructure, family enterprises and cross-border investment. Where a client cannot be named, the matter is described by industry and institution type to protect client confidentiality. Further particulars and references may be provided during procurement or conflicts-cleared discussions, subject to consent. 1 further mandate is withheld pending written client consent.
Selected matters
Problem, judgment and outcome — stated plainly, and only where it can be disclosed.
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Agro-industrial producer
Reported
US$40m bagasse power plant financing
The challenge
An agro-industrial producer sought to finance a biomass power plant converting a by-product of its core operation into grid-connected generation, requiring both project and corporate financing logic to align.
Our role
Advised on the power and energy financing, including the structuring and security package.
- Project Finance
- Energy
- Agriculture
Central bank
Reported
Tax dispute protecting approximately UGX 60 billion
The challenge
A revenue authority assessment against the central bank created material fiscal exposure and raised questions with implications well beyond the assessment itself.
Our role
Led the legal team for the institution through the controversy.
Outcome
Exposure of approximately UGX 60 billion was protected.
- Tax
- Disputes
Central bank and financial-sector regulator
Reported
End-to-end technology-governance framework for a central bank
The challenge
A central bank and financial-sector regulator needed a technology-governance framework addressing both its own internal governance and its regulatory oversight of the sector, spanning data, cyber risk and digital supervision, and aligned to regional and continental policy frameworks.
Our role
Developed the end-to-end technology-governance framework and the implementation architecture supporting it.
- Technology
- Regulation
- Governance
Presented anonymised by sector and role.
National oil company
Reported
Cross-border litigation strategy in a neighbouring jurisdiction
The challenge
A dispute affecting a national oil company was being litigated across a border, raising the practical question of whether any outcome obtained would be enforceable where the assets actually sat.
Our role
Executed the combined litigation and negotiation strategy across jurisdictions.
- Disputes
- Cross-Border
- Oil & Gas
National energy regulator
Reported
Licence-amendment dispute in the electricity sector
The challenge
A contested amendment to a major distribution concession put the regulator's authority, and the commercial terms of the country's largest electricity licence, before the courts.
Our role
Represented the Electricity Regulatory Authority, combining regulatory advocacy with the sector economics underlying the concession.
- Disputes
- Energy
- Regulation
Multi-country family-owned manufacturing group
Reported
Family-enterprise continuity architecture for a multi-country manufacturing group
The challenge
A family-owned manufacturing group operating across several African markets needed to combine ownership, governance, tax and succession into a single continuity plan before the next generational transition.
Our role
Designed the integrated family-enterprise continuity architecture, covering ownership, governance, tax, trusts, leadership succession, estate planning and family-office support.
- Tax
- Succession
- Manufacturing
Presented anonymised by sector and role.
Global oilfield services contractor
Reported
Tax controversy concerning approximately UGX 22 billion
The challenge
A multinational contractor operating in the oil and gas sector faced a significant assessment turning on cross-border structuring and the treatment of services delivered into the jurisdiction.
Our role
Acted for the contractor through the controversy.
Outcome
A successful outcome was achieved on a matter of approximately UGX 22 billion.
- Tax
- Oil & Gas
Hydropower project
Reported
Procurement and PPP framework for a major hydropower project
The challenge
A large hydropower development required a procurement and partnership framework capable of surviving public scrutiny while remaining acceptable to an international EPC contractor and its financiers.
Our role
Advised on the procurement and PPP frameworks underpinning the project.
- Infrastructure
- PPP
- Energy
State development corporation
Ongoing
Structuring a national industrial and economic development fund
The challenge
A public development institution needed to establish a fund capable of deploying capital into industry at scale, with governance and a regulatory framework able to satisfy both government and external financiers.
Our role
Led support on the conceptualisation, structuring, governance design and regulatory framework for the fund.
- Development Finance
- Government
Financial institutions
Various
Receivership and liquidation litigation for lenders
The challenge
Secured lenders needed to enforce against defaulting borrowers in contested proceedings where recovery depended on whether the security had been properly perfected years earlier.
Our role
Acted for the lenders through receivership and liquidation litigation.
Outcome
Successful outcomes were obtained in enforcement litigation.
- Enforcement
- Insolvency
- Banking
Presented anonymised by sector and role.
Oil and gas development
Reported
Project governance and commercial-risk strategy for an oil and gas development
The challenge
A high-value oil and gas project needed strategic legal and governance support spanning public approvals, joint-venture alignment, contractual risk and cost recovery, with first production at stake.
Our role
Provided strategic legal and governance support across public approvals, joint-venture alignment, contractual risk and cost recovery, coordinating government and private-sector stakeholders.
- Oil & Gas
- Governance
- Special Situations
Presented anonymised by sector and role.
Public asset and claims institution
Reported
Resolution and orderly closure of a public institution's legacy claims
The challenge
A public institution holding complex legacy assets, records and litigation needed a resolution and dissolution architecture capable of closing out claims in a way that would not reopen them.
Our role
Designed the resolution and dissolution architecture, including governance, asset and claims regularisation, dispute-reduction mechanisms, implementation sequencing and accountability controls.
- Restructuring
- Government
- Special Situations
Presented anonymised by sector and role.
National transmission company
Reported
UNCITRAL arbitration concerning a consultancy dispute
The challenge
A consultancy engagement on transmission infrastructure broke down into a USD 1.257m claim requiring resolution under international arbitral rules.
Our role
Acted as counsel for the transmission company in the arbitration.
- Arbitration
- Infrastructure
National electricity and transmission sector institution
Ongoing
Institutional advisory for a public electricity and transmission institution
The challenge
A public infrastructure institution operating in a regulated, capital-intensive environment needed standing legal and strategic support covering mandate defensibility, procurement and commercial risk.
Our role
Provided ongoing institutional and strategic advisory, including mandate defensibility, procurement and commercial-risk considerations.
- Infrastructure
- Energy
- Regulation
Presented anonymised by sector and role.
Energy sector development institution
Ongoing
Working capital and guarantee schemes for World Bank funded facilities
The challenge
Concessional capital had to reach energy sector borrowers through instruments that commercial lenders would accept and that the funder's own compliance requirements would permit.
Our role
Structured the working capital and guarantee schemes and the supporting documentation.
- Development Finance
- Energy
Strategic national digital infrastructure
2020–2022
Court-supervised administration of Uganda Telecom Limited
The challenge
A strategic national telecommunications asset had failed, with creditors including a development finance institution, employees and the state all holding competing claims, and no operating stability from which to negotiate any of them.
Our role
The firm's Founding Partner was appointed by the court as Administrator, with the firm providing end-to-end legal execution across the restructuring, creditor engagement, regulatory interface and disputes workstreams simultaneously.
Outcome
The business was stabilised and rescued under court supervision, with every material decision recorded so that it remained auditable and defensible after the fact.
- Special Situations
- Restructuring
- Government
Matter values, dates, the firm’s precise role and client-name consents are being confirmed against firm records before publication. Where a value is stated it is drawn from the public record.
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