Shonubi, Musoke & Co

Firm Details:
Senior Partner: Dr Alan Shonubi
Number of partners: 9
Number of lawyers (Head office): 20
Consultants: 4
Languages: English, French, Kiswahili

Strategic Alliance:
South Africa, Sandton:
Norton Rose Fulbright, 15 Alice Lane, 2196
Tel: +27 116 858 500
Fax: +27 116 858 944
Email: [email protected] [email protected]

Firm Overview:
Shonubi, Musoke & Co. Advocates is one of the largest law firms in Uganda, with a core emphasis on corporate and commercial law practice. The firms has been in existence for 35 years. The firm has maintained an impressive East African footprint encompassing a branch in Bujumbura, Burundi, and transaction specific partnerships with law firms in Rwanda and Kenya. This regional outreach has perfected the firm’s expertise in providing innovative legal products enhanced by local knowledge across East Africa, in an era where globalisation and regional integration demand for corresponding cost effective legal solutions that transcend national frontiers. The firm’s strategic alliance with the global law firm; Norton Rose Fulbright South Africa has added an Africa wide pool of legal expertise to the firm’s resources; rendering the firm a one stop legal centre for complex continental investments across the greater African landscape (including those with English law competencies). The firm has close working relationships with several other global legal firms/brands. The firm continues to earn international recognition for mastery and leadership in business and corporate law. The firm remains a formidable force in the fields of energy and mining, public private partnerships , in the oil and gas sector and in its traditional strongholds in corporate and commercial law, M&A, project finance, banking and finance (including Islamic banking), telecommunications, insolvency, real estate, litigation and alternative dispute resolution. SM Registrars Limited, the firm’s company secretarial subsidiary, provides impressive services including dedicated company secretarial services, regulation and compliance assessments, as well as corporate governance trainings and support in line with international best practice.

Main Areas of Practice:
Corporate/ M&A:
■ Advised Global-Woods AG/ Capricon Forest Fund on acquisition of all the assets and transfer of the entire business of Global-Woods AG, a German company registered and operating in Uganda.Noah Edwin Mwesigwa,Brigitte Kusiima and Agnes Nabbagala

■ Advised Bank of Africa Kenya on its sale of its entire shareholding in Bank of Africa Uganda to BMCE Bank Morocco Representation: Noah Edwin Mwesigwa, Brigitte Kusiima

■ Advising Umeme Limited on the extension of its Concession by the Government of Uganda Representation: Dr. Alan Shonubi, Noah Edwin Mwesigwa

Key Clients: Newrest Group, Hollard International, Bank of Africa Kenya, Agha Khan Development Network, Unimoni, Google, Emirates, Jubilee Insurance, Chemonics/ USAID, MTN Uganda, UMEME

Contact: Noah Edwin Mwesigwa
Email: [email protected]

Banking & Finance:
■ Advising the European Investment Bank in respect of a facility to Fenix International Uganda Limited. Andrew Kibaya and Natasha Ahimbisibwe.

■ Advised cfc Stanbic Bank, SBSA, CDC Group PLC, FMO and Norfund together with other Ugandan facility lenders). Hellen Nakiryowa

■ Advised the Eastern and Southern African Trade and Development Bank (TDB) (formerly trading as PTA Bank) in respect of a syndicated term loan facility to the Government of the Republic Uganda Andrew Kibaya and Hellen Nakiryowa

Key Clients: African Development Bank, Standard Bank of South Africa, European Investment Bank, China Export & Import Bank, Orient Bank, Diamond Trust Bank, Standard Chartered Bank Dubai, Standard Bank, OPIC, IFC ,Agence francaise de developpement, Oikocredit Ecumenical Development Cooperative Society U.A and Skybound Corporate Services Proprietary Limited

Contact: Andrew Kibaya
Email: [email protected]

Energy, Mining, Oil & Gas:
■ Advised Dott Services Limited, Gridworks and Elecnor with the negotiaiton and drafting of the Memorandum of Understanding between the parties and drafting the Project Development Agreement. Innocent Kihika,Ishamel Tumusiime, Allan Mark Lutaaya

■ Advising Totalenergies Uganda in respect of acquistion of hudreds parcels of land from Project Affected Persons as part of the Ressetlment Action Plan of the Tilenga upstream oil and gas.: Innocent Kihika, Ishmael Tumusiime

■ Advised East African Crude Oil Pipeline Limited (EACOP) in respect of the acquisition and titling of a portion of the right of way in Uganda for the construction of the underground hydrocarbon transport pipeline: Ishmael Tumusiime, Joan Nakaliika, Angello Walyema

Key Clients: East African Crude Oil Pipeline Limited, Totalenergies Uganda, Uganda National Oil Company Limited,Dott Services Umeme Ltd, Eskom Ltd, Mustard Seed Foundation, Unergy Limited, General Electric (Global) Grid Solutions. Kalangala Infrastructure Services Limited, Tororo Cement Ltd

Contact: Innocent Kihika
Email: [email protected]

Telecommunications:
■ Representation of MTN Uganda in respect of several local law matters Representation: Dr Alan Shonubi, Noah Edwin Mwesigwa, Andrew Kibaya

■ Representation of Google/ C Squared in respect of its local operations Representation: Dr Alan Shonubi, Brigitte Kusiima

■ Representation of Nokia Systems in respect of several local law matters Representation: Noah Edwin Mwesigwa, Brigitte Kusiima

Key Clients: MTN Uganda, Nokia Systems, Google, Intelsat, Tower Resources

Contact: Dr Alan Shonubi
Email: [email protected]

Tax & Securities:
■ Represented Kasese Cobalt Company Limited against a decision of URA to charge an amount as withholding tax not charged by the Company. Andrew Kibaya

■ Representing Sheraton Hotel Uganda before the tax appeals tribunal (TAT) Representation: Andrew Kibaya, Deus Mugabe

■ Represented AAR Health Services in appealing against a tax assessment by Uganda Revenue Authority Representation: Noah Edwin Mwesigwa

■ Successfully advised Kobil Petroleum and ten other fuel Companies on Tax refund claims and disputes Representation: Andrew Kibaya

Key Clients: Sheraton Hotel Uganda, AAR Health Services, Chemonics International, Kasese Cobalt Limited, Uganda Baati

Contact: Andrew Kibaya
Email: [email protected]

General Conveyancing & Real Property:
■ Advising on the multi billion shillings development of a two block multi storey mixed use residential and commercial development in Kampala Representation: Dr Alan Shonubi

■ Representation of Golf Course Holdings Group in respect of several commercial developments in Kampala Representation: Dr Alan Shonubi

■ Management of several commercial properties, warehouses and go-downs on behalf of diverse clients Representation: Peters Musoke, Noah Edwin Mwesigwa

Key Clients: Golf Course Holdings, Uganda Baati, Equatorial Real Estate
Contact: Noah Edwin Mwesigwa
Email: [email protected]

Litigation & Arbitration:
■ Representation of the land Board in several case; Peters Musoke, Nicholas Mwasame

■ Representation of a client at arbitration of an Architectural firm in a multi storey multi million commercial development project in Kampala Representation: Peters Musoke

Key Clients: KDLB, UMEME, ESKOM, I&M Bank (Uganda) Limited

Contact: Peters Musoke
Email: [email protected]

Company Secretarial:
■ Provision of company secretarial and governance support to over 110 local and International companies

Key Clients: Kalangala Infrastructure Services, Umeme Limited, Lake Victoria Hotel, Kyagalanyi Coffee Limited, Agribusiness Development Centre
Contact: Elizabeth Karamura
Email: [email protected]

International Work:
Representation of Standard Bank Dubai, Standard Bank of South Africa, cfc Stanbic Bank, China Export and Import Bank, China Development Bank Corporation in respect of several multi- million finance facilities to Ugandan companies and government. Andrew Kibaya, Noah Edwin Mwesigwa, Innocent Kihika, Dr. Alan Shonubi.