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Band 5

General Business Law

Uganda

1 Years Ranked

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Provided by Ivan Engoru

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Work Highlights

(I) Retained by Uganda Law Society as part of the core team to review the Corporate Insolvency Regulations 2011 which operationalised the Insolvency Act, 2011.

(ii) Successfully representing Sino Hydro Corporation, in administrative review proceedings against the best-evaluated bidder for the Mubende Kakumiro Kagadi (107km) design and build road project contract valued at USD 130 Million Dollars.

(iii) Acting for China Chongqing International Construction Company, a company wholly owned by the Chinese Government, on a construction dispute amounting to USD 6.5 Million relating to the validity of a subcontract executed under a Civil works contract.

(iv) Successfully represented Geo Tech Uganda Limited, a leading Geotechnical Solutions company in the Great Lakes region covering Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Sudan and Congo on a contractual dispute with an O & M company on the largest dam project in Uganda.

(v) Successfully represented Opportunity Bank Uganda Limited in a labour dispute with a senior employee at the Industrial court.

(vi) Advising Schlumberger Oilfield Eastern Limited (“SOEL”), to determine an appropriate course of action against a Business Consulting Group, in connection to a payment in excess of USD 6OO,000 (United States Dollars Six Hundred Thousand).

(Vii) Retained by Uganda Law Society as its representative and advisor to the Government of Uganda on the EA Protocol on movement of goods and services covering the Northern Corridor of Uganda, Kenya, Rwanda, and Southern Sudan

Practice Areas

Disputes and Litigation

Domestic and International Arbitration

Investigations and Corporate Fraud

Employment Law

Construction Law

Insolvency and Restructuring

Professional Memberships

Uganda Law Society

East Africa Law Society

The South African Association of Pension Lawyers

Publications

A Critical Analysis of the Ugandan Companies Act, 2012, in the search for an appropriate legal framework for small and closely - held companies in light of the experiences of South Africa and the United Kingdom. (PhD Thesis, UCT)

• Principal Investigator on the Capacity of the State to Regulate Corporate Firms in Uganda: An Analyses of the regulatory and institutional framework in Uganda (2018) UCCA leading to a 250-page publication

Education

Makerere University

Bachelor of Laws

University of Warwick, United Kingdom

Master of Laws, International Development Law

University of Cape Town

Doctor of Philosophy- Commercial Law

Clients

Security Group Uganda Limited

Geotech Solutions Limited

Dyer Blair Investment Bank

Opportunity Bank

Financial Access and Trade Services Limited

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Chambers Global Guide

General Business Law - Uganda

5
Band 5
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Ivan Engoru has notable experience advising on a broad range of acquisitions, capital markets, and finance transactions, as well as project financings and other aspects of infrastructure projects.

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