Olivia Kyarimpa Matovu
Partner
Dispute Resolution · Arbitration
Olivia takes the disputes where a regulated sector, a state agency or an infrastructure project has too much at stake to lose — and builds them to be enforceable, not merely arguable.
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Olivia leads the firm's Dispute Resolution practice and heads arbitration. She has deep experience in litigation and arbitration, particularly disputes involving regulated sectors, state-owned agencies, infrastructure projects and high-stakes commercial and tax controversies. Her approach is evidence-led and execution-ready: advocacy that protects value and withstands scrutiny.
She has acted as counsel in international arbitrations under the UNCITRAL Rules and supported cross-border dispute strategies. She also serves in leadership and training roles within arbitration institutions and legal education.
Representative experience
- Counsel for UETCL in a UNCITRAL international arbitration concerning a USD 1.257m consultancy dispute.
- Defended a state-owned construction company in a UNCITRAL arbitration interim measures application.
- Executed litigation and negotiation strategy for UNOC cross-border litigation in Kenya.
- Part of the team representing the Bank of Uganda Defined Benefits Scheme against the URA (UGX 41bn).
- Strategic dispute resolution support in the Umeme v ERA licence amendment dispute (UGX 30bn).
- Local counsel in Crane Bank shareholders v dfcu before the London High Court.
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