Mr Timothy Masembe Kanyerezi > MMAKS Advocates > Kampala, Uganda > Lawyer Profile
MMAKS Advocates Offices
4th Floor, Redstone House
Plot 7 Bandali Rise - Bugolobi
Kampala, Uganda
Uganda
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Mr Timothy Masembe Kanyerezi
Work Department
Litigation
Position
Timothy Masembe Kanyerezi is the Managing Partner and also heads the firm’s Litigation Team. His practice focuses mainly on commercial, tax and civil litigation, as well as arbitration.
Career
Masembe worked as a partner at Mugerwa & Masembe Advocates, Uganda after which he co-founded MMAKS Advocates in 2005.
Masembe is one of the leading litigators in Uganda and has appeared in many ground-breaking cases involving banks. He was recently granted a special license to appear in the Tanzania Courts. Timothy is an external lead counsel for the Bank of Uganda and has thus been at the centre of the reconstruction and improvement of Uganda’s entire banking sector.
In addition, Masembe has served as a member of the Capital Markets Authority Board.
Languages
English
Memberships
Member, Honourable Society of Inner Temple, England
Member, Uganda Law Society
Member, East African Law Society
Education
He is a qualified Barrister-at-law, and a Member of the Honourable Society of the Inner Temple, United Kingdom. He holds an LLB (Hons) degree from the University of London and was called to the Bar of England and Wales in 1992. Timothy also holds a Diploma in Legal Practice of the Law Development Centre in Uganda, and was recently granted a special license to appear in the courts of Tanzania.
Lawyer Rankings
Uganda > Leading firms
MMAKS Advocates offers a ‘one stop shop for clients‘ and assists local and international investors and businesses with a wide range of corporate and commercial issues, particularly in the infrastructure, natural resources and energy sectors. Intellectual property law and litigation are further areas of strength. Managing partner Timothy Masembe Kanyerezi is an expert litigator who regularly acts for banks, and the ‘very well connected‘ Apollo Nelson Makubuya leads the commercial and corporate advisory team, assisting with a wide range of transactions. The group also includes Fiona Nalwanga Magona, who assists on multijurisdictional transactions ‘with excellent client care skills’; the corporate law specialist Godwin Kakande; and Flavia Suubo, who focuses on corporate advisory with emphasis on M&A across different sectors.