Fiona N Magona

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Fiona is a Partner in the MMAKS Corporate team with over 15 years’ experience in multi-jurisdictional commercial transactions cutting across corporate M&A, Private Equity, Energy, Mining and Natural Resources, Projects & Infrastructure, and general corporate commercial, regulatory and investment advisory. She is also the Acting Head of the MMAKS Banking and Finance team.

Fiona is consistently ranked by IFLR1000 as a highly regarded lawyer, described by Chambers as highly efficient, effective and customer oriented, and also recognised as a recommended lawyer by Legal 500.

Fiona provides legal and strategic commercial advice on cutting edge transactional work across sectors like telecom, broadcasting, insurance, education, banking, manufacturing, gaming, mining and energy.

She routinely handles legal due diligences, advises on corporate transactional structuring, negotiates local and cross border transactional agreements, commercial operational agreements. With impressive knowledge of the local regulatory framework, she is commended for her advice on compliance issues, licensing regimes, and issues affecting local and foreign investors. Fiona has advised on deals such as Bujagali Hydro Power Project, Kampala Jinja Expressway, including the acquisition of Orient Bank. Some of her clients include Scatec, Africa Rivers Fund and SN54. She holds a LLM in commercial law from the University of Birmingham, UK.