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MMAKS Advocates Offices
4th Floor, Redstone House
Plot 7 Bandali Rise - Bugolobi
Kampala, Uganda
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Mr Apollo Nelson Makubuya
Work Department
Commercial Transactions
Position
Apollo Nelson Makubuya is one of the founding partners of MMAKS Advocates. He heads the Commercial Transactions team. With 26 years in legal practice, he specialises in corporate and commercial transactions including company incorporation, governance and restructuring, mergers and acquisitions in various fields such as banking, insurance and oil and gas.
Career
Apollo trained at Katende, Sempebwa & Co. Advocates, Uganda as a legal assistanst, after which he worked as the company secretary and manager, Legal Department, Sembu Uganda (now Allied Bank), and later company secretary of the Cotton Devlopment Organisation. Apollo went on to become a partner at Central Law Offices, Uganda, after which he co-founded MMAKS Advocates as partner in 2005.
Apollo is a former Chairman of Equity Bank Uganda and is the current Chair of Prudential Assurance Uganda Ltd. He has previously worked as a senior lecturer at the Faculty of Law Makerere University.
He is the Senior Palace Advisor to Kabaka Ronald Muwenda Mutebi II and has served in many senior capacities in the Kingdom of Buganda including as Deputy Katikkiro, Attorney General and Minister of Justice.
Languages
English
Memberships
Board chair- Prudential Assurance Uganda Ltd
Member- Uganda Law Society
Education
Master of Laws- Cambridge University, England
Bachelor of Laws (Hons)- Makerere University, Uganda
Lawyer Rankings
Uganda > Leading firms
(Leading partners)–
MMAKS Advocates has a solid track record in advising commercial banks, financial institutions and government entities on a wide range of matters, with particular expertise in corporate and commercial issues. Timothy Kanyerezi Masembe is very well known for his litigation expertise, and is regularly sought after by commercial Uganda banks. Fred Ssenyonga is a key name for banking and finance work, while Victor Mathias Ssekatawa specialises in IP and Moses Adriko leads the dispute resolution group. Corporate and commercial law is a core area of strength for both Fiona Magona Nalwanga and Apollo Nelson Makubuya.