Commercial Transactions
Our commercial transactions team comprises a corporate advisory team and banking and finance team which cover a cross section of practice areas including and not limited to mergers and acquisitions, private equity, investment advisory, projects and infrastructure, energy and mining, insurance, finance, banking, employment, real estate, immigration and general corporate and commercial advisory.
The team has two partners: Apollo N. Makubuya and Fiona N. Magona both of whom have previously been recognized by independent law firm ranking institutions like ILFR1000.
The team members have received excellent legal training and hold stellar academic and professional qualifications from leading universities such as Cambridge University, Birmingham University, Harvard University, University of Liverpool, Cornell University and University of Pretoria. This training is continually supplemented by exposure to international law firms’ practices under secondments.
This is supplemented by on the job practical training at top firms such as Stephenson Harwood - London, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer - London, Slaughter & May - London and Anjarwalla & Khanna - Nairobi.
The team regularly conducts in house trainings on commercial law topics as a way of continuous legal improvement.
The firm is also on the panel of International Finance Corporation (IFC) lawyers for the region.
Highlights
Advised UNOC on the establishment of an Oil storage terminal.
Advised Sanlam Limited in its merger with Allianz, one of the world’s largest insurers and asset managers.
Advised Mantra Technologies Limited on its acquisition of Seven Hills Impex Limited, a leading power solutions provider in Uganda.
Advised The East Africa Venture Capital Association (EAVCA) on proposed amendments to Uganda’s legal and fiscal framework for structuring locally domiciled private equity and venture capital funds under the limited liability partnership vehicle.
Advising PROPARCO on a financing of USD 23 million for a sugar plant and on a financing to a commercial bank.
Advising on the cross-border introduction of Kenya Commercial Bank on the Uganda Securities Exchange.
Advising Overseas Private Investment Corporation on the financing in the sum of USD 72 million for a project in the television-broadcasting sector.
Acting for Essar Communications Holdings, the telecoms subsidiary of Essar Global, on its acquisition of a strategic interest in Kanyan Telecommunications (U) Limited, the fourth GSM provider in Uganda.
Advising on Aircraft financing through Air Serv International Incorporated to its local subsidiary Air Serv Limited.
Advising a railway company in respect of its borrowing from International Finance Corporation, African Development Bank, KFW, Belgian Investment Company for Developing Countries NV/SA, Equity Bank Limited and FMO in the sum of USD 181 million.
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