Joel Roy Mucunguzi

Background

Joel is an Associate with the Litigation and Arbitration team.

He advises and represents clients in a broad range of matters, both domestic and cross-border— in areas such as banking and finance, asset recovery, public procurement, estates and succession matters, appellate practice, asset recovery, Alternative Dispute Resolution and general civil liability.

Joel holds a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B) degree from Makerere University, Uganda; and a Postgraduate Diploma in Legal Practice from the Law Development Centre, Uganda.

Membership in Professional Societies

• Advocate, High Court of Uganda
• Uganda Law Society
• East African Law Society

Professional Qualifications

• 2024: Certificate in Trial Advocacy, Justice Advocacy Uganda, Uganda
• 2021: Post Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice, Law Development Centre, Uganda
• 2021: Certificate in Introduction to Corporate Finance, Corporate Finance Institute
• 2021: Certificate in the Fundamentals of Credit, Corporate Finance Institute
• 2020: LL. B (Hons), Makerere University, Uganda

Career Summary

July 2024 – Date                   Associate, MMAKS Advocates, Kampala

August 2022 to-date:         Tutor, International University of East Africa (IUEA) Faculty of Law 

January 2022 to July 2024    Associate, Signum Advocates

January 2021 to January 2022   Legal Assistant, Signum Advocates

2019 to 2020       Legal Trainee, Signum Advocates

Areas of Expertise

• Civil litigation
• Commercial Arbitration
• Investment Arbitration
• Conflict of Laws

Language

• English
• Luganda
• Runyankore-Rukiga
• Runyoro-Rutooro

Top Matters

• Acting for Diamond Trust Bank (U) Ltd and Diamond Trust Bank (K) Limited in a US$ 6.6m and UGX. 9.8b debt recovery from a local businessman.
• Acting for Mehta Electricals Limited in a US$ 1.3m breach of contract claim against Roko Construction Limited.
• Acting for the United Nations Federal Credit Union (UNFCU) in a US$ 1.85m asset recovery through equitable tracing.
• Acted for Sanlam General Insurance Uganda Limited in a UGX. 5.7b procurement dispute at the Public Procurement and Disposal of Public Assets (PPDA) Appeals Tribunal
• Acting for Access Financial Services Limited (a subsidiary of Africa Alliance) in a class action law suit with over 71 plaintiffs/counter-defendants.
• Acting for Absa Bank, Diamond Trust Bank (U) Limited, and Stanbic Bank, KCB Bank Uganda in a number of corporate recovery matters.
• Acting for various entities in Africa in the recovery of both secured and unsecured debts.
• Acted for the SPV in charge of the  USD 400m International Specialized Hospital of Uganda in several disputes before the High Court of Uganda.
• Acted for several insurance companies in matters before the Insurance Appeals Tribunal.