Who we serve
Governments and Public Institutions
Public institutions pursuing development through infrastructure, energy, industrialisation and regulatory reform.
Your operating context
Public institutions carry a double burden: the transaction has to work commercially, and every step has to be defensible afterwards — to an auditor, a committee, a court, a lender, and the public. A structure that is merely lawful is not enough if it cannot be shown to have been arrived at properly. We work on the assumption that the file will be read by someone looking for a problem.
We make public value financeable and defensible, deliver procurement and contracting that withstand scrutiny, and build governance that protects the public interest.
The problems that bring you to us
- “The public entity needs a lawful transaction structure that a financier will still accept.”
- “A procurement is being challenged and the approvals record has to hold.”
- “A strategic national asset is in distress and requires intervention.”
- “A regulatory framework needs redesign and must survive judicial review.”
- “A state-owned enterprise needs governance capable of restoring confidence.”
The capabilities we bring
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Special Situations
For strategic national assets and institutions in crisis — a space very few African firms are equipped to hold.
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Infrastructure
Infrastructure as an ecosystem, not a single contract.
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Energy
Counsel for Africa's energy transition, from the grid to the frontier.
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Disputes
Business continuity through dispute resolution, not simply litigation.
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ESG & Sustainability
Where capital, compliance and conscience meet.
Representative experience
Strategic national digital infrastructure
2020–2022
Court-supervised administration of Uganda Telecom Limited
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.
- Special Situations
- Restructuring
- Government
National energy regulator
Reported
Licence-amendment dispute in the electricity sector
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.
- Disputes
- Energy
- Regulation
Central bank
Reported
Tax dispute protecting approximately UGX 60 billion
A revenue authority assessment against the central bank created material fiscal exposure and raised questions with implications well beyond the assessment itself.
- Tax
- Disputes
State development corporation
Ongoing
Structuring a national industrial and economic development fund
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.
- Development Finance
- Government
Who you would work with
Talk to us about governments.
Describe the matter in confidence and we will route it to the partner accountable for that work.