About

Provided by S&L Advocates (formerly Sebalu & Lule Advocates)

S&L Advocates is a full-service law practice with expertise in corporate and commercial law, capital markets, energy, projects and infrastructure, finance and banking, employment and pensions, commercial dispute resolution, real estate, insolvency and restructuring, tax and non-profit organisations.

Uniquely positioned as a pioneering commercial legal practice, S&L has had a varied and prestigious client base from the very beginning and continues to maintain its position as one of the leading firms in Uganda.

Recent key work highlights has included advising:

• MTN Uganda for its US$ 150 million initial public offer and listing;
• International Finance Corporation and African Development Bank, as mandated lead arrangers, for the US$ 403 million project refinancing of the 250 MW Bujagali dam;
• Stanbic Holdings / Stanbic Bank and Centenary Group / Centenary Bank on corporate re-organisations that saw the formation of holding company structures;
• NC Bank Uganda for its horizontal merger with Commercial Bank of Africa;
• Vivo Energy in a significant US$ 40 million dispute that determined the deductibility of lease rent and premium as deductible revenue expenditure;
• TotalEnergies E&P in a public law claim that challenges the company’s procurement and local content processes for the development of the US$ 5 billion Tilenga oil-field;
• Sinohydro Corporation on its procurement and construction of the US$ 2 billion 600MW Karuma dam; and
• dfcu Bank for its acquisition of the assets of Crane Bank.