SM&Co. Advocates

shonubimusoke.co.ug

Lawyer & team quality

ALEX KABAYO AHIMBISIBWE

PARTNER Alex specializes in commercial litigation. His areas of practice include, litigation for finance institutions, energy sector clients, land and conveyancing and providing general legal advisory.

BRIGITTE KUSIIMA BYARUGABA

PARTNER Brigitte specializes in commercial and corporate law. Her expertise includes employment and immigration law, advising both local and international clients across financial institutions, telecommunications, and aviation sectors. She has worked on a wide range of employment related matters, including pensions and retirement benefits. She has participated in the formation of Human resource documentation and related policy advisory for several firms both local and international. She has advised client on restructures and redundancies and the processes of exit of employment relations. She has also advised Client on employment related matters concerning global mobility where employees seek to migrate to or depart from Uganda.

ANDREW KIBAYA

PARTNER Andrew is a leading banking, finance and regulatory services practitioner. He also handles insurance, taxation, privatization and de-regulation law, and all aspects of commercial litigation. Andrew heads the banking and finance department of the firm. He has experience in advising international and local clients on commercial transactions and complex commercial litigation.

INNOCENT KIHIKA

PARTNER Innocent is a specialist energy, mining and infrastructure law advocate. His experience includes advising on several Power Purchase Agreement negotiations between independent power producers and government of Uganda / UETCL, a large number of electricity generation projects, as well as transmission line projects and different aspects of Right of Way. He has also worked on a number of mining transactions within the country and is well versed with the regulatory and licensing architecture of the energy sector in Uganda.

IAN MUTIBWA

PARTNER Ian’s practice focuses mainly on Tax, Finance (specifically Islamic financing) and Entertainment law. His practice includes advising businesses on complex tax issues in relation to cross-border transactions, tax structures and related advisory, transfer pricing advisory and tax dispute resolution for local and multinational Clients. He has structured transactions sprouting from different jurisdictions investing in Uganda as final or pass through destination.

NICHOLAS MWASAME

PARTNER Nicholas is a dispute resolution, arbitration and property conveyancing expert. He handles commercial litigation, insolvency, debt recovery and alternative disputes resolution. His litigation experience is mainly in banking, corporate matters and land matters.

NOAH EDWIN MWESIGWA

MANAGING PARTNER Noah has curved out a sturdy niche in all fields of corporate and commercial law . His expertise ranges from project finance and banking, capital markets and debt securities, property law, aviation law, energy, telecommunications, infrastructure projects, debt recovery, general litigation, arbitration and mediation.

ALAN SHONUBI (SC)

SENIOR PARTNER Alan is a highly regarded corporate and commercial lawyer and has considerable experience in advising both local and international business entities in areas of Public Private Partnerships, banking and project finance, technology and telecommunications, real estate, oil and gas, privatization and de-regulation, aviation, mergers and acquisitions, as well as general business practices, with a particular focus on cross border transactions.