Corporate/Commercial
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Ortus Advocates
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Top figures
10
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35
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2019
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Overview
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Ortus Advocates is a full-service corporate and commercial law firm in Uganda with a wealth of experience and knowledge of over 20 practitioners in law, tax and business advisory services. Our key practice areas include corporate advisory, mergers & acquisitions, banking and finance, capital markets, project finance, project development, oil & gas, tax, and business rescue, restructuring & insolvency guiding both local and international clients across a range of industries.
Industry sectors (8)
- Financial Services
- Capital Markets
- Energy and Natural Resources
- Consumer Goods and Retail
- Infrastructure and Construction
- Technology, Media and Telecommunications
- Industrial Products
- Real Estate and Property
Capabilities (11)
- Corporate and Commercial
- Mergers and Acquisitions
- Private Equity
- Tax
- Intellectual Property and Technology
- Project Finance
- Employment
- Insolvency, Business Rescue and Restructuring
- Litigation, Mediation and Arbitration
- Regulatory Compliance
- Financial Advisory
Clients (2)
- Group Videndi Africa
- Exro Oilfield Services
Key people
Provided by Ortus Advocates
Bernard M. Katureebe
Managing Partner
Birungi Kaburara-Mugisha
Partner & Chief Operating Officer
Notable work
Provided by Ortus Advocates
RCC Arbitration
2025Completed £12.2M Uganda
Defended the Government of Uganda in an arbitration with RCC over delays and defects in theMbarara-Katuna road project.
Project Optim
2025Ongoing £3.8B Uganda
Advised KCBBank Uganda, in its financing of up to $10,000,000 for the East African Crude Oil Pipeline Project (EACOP).
Project Turaco
2025Ongoing £2.6M Uganda
Advising a Scandinavian investment fund on its acquisition of a majority stake in a Ugandan Microfinance Institution.
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Uganda
Birungi Kaburara-Mugisha
Corporate/Commercial
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Top figures
10
Partners
35
Company Size
2019
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