DLA Piper Africa, Uganda (S&L Advocates) leverages the wider strength of the DLA Piper network to advise on a wide range of complex matters, including M&A, capital markets, restructuring, and project and debt financing work. Energy sector projects are also a key focus for the group, which is adept at handling the commercial and regulatory aspects of project transactions. Nicholas Ecimu is well versed in assisting with large-scale infrastructure projects, and Paul Mbuga‘s workload includes commercial law, capital markets, infrastructure and energy sector matters. Ecimu and Mbuga lead the practice with Barnabas Tumusingize, James Mukasa Sebugenyi and Moses Segawa. In January 2024 Alice Nalwoga left the firm for an in-house role at Stanbic Bank Uganda.
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Key clients
- MTN Uganda / MTN Group
- Stanbic Bank
- dfcu Bank
- Vivo Energy
- TotalEnergies Marketing
- TotalEnergies E&P
- Hima Cement
- National Social Security Fund
- NCBA Bank
- British American Tobacco Uganda
Work highlights
- Successfully advised MTN Group and MTN Uganda on the follow-on secondary sale of shares in MTN Uganda to achieve a public listing float of 20%.
- Assisted AMEA Power and Ituka West Nile Uganda with a US$ 19 million project financing by Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund for the development of a 20MW solar power plant.
- Advised Standard Bank and Stanbic Bank on an asset-backed warehouse loan to JUMO, a micro-lender and mobile financial services platform for mobile network operators and banks.
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Practice head
Barnabas Tumusingize; James Mukasa Sebugenyi; Paul Mbuga; Nicholas Ecimu; Moses Segawa