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Sim Katende

Sim Katende

Global 2026

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Provided by Katende, Ssempebwa & Co

Global

Practice Areas

Head of KATS’ Banking & Finance, Corporate & Commercial, Energy, Oil & Gas, M&A, Capital Markets and TMT practices

Career

Sim is widely acknowledged and internationally recognised as one of the leading transactional lawyers in East Africa. He boasts of over 20 years’ multi-jurisdictional practice experience having worked in New York, South Africa and Uganda

Sim has worked closely with most of the leading commercial law firms in East Africa, South Africa and the United Kingdom including most of the magic circle firms and has developed an excellent working relationship with many of the key transactional lawyers in these firms. He is known for strengthening bargaining positions and moving deals forward by understanding interests of all parties and all moving parts of complex transactions.

Sim has structured, negotiated, and executed landmark multimillion-dollar deals and financial transactions in Uganda and East and sub-saharan Africa in the fields of: Capital Markets, Banking & Finance, Technology, Media & Telecommunication, Insurance, Private Equity, PPPs & Project Finance, Energy, Oil & Gas and Mergers & Acquisitions.

Licensed to practice law as an Attorney and Counsellor-at-law in the State of New York as well as an Advocate, Commissioner For Oaths and a Notary Public in Uganda.

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Chambers Global Guide

Corporate/Commercial - Uganda

Band 1
Band 1

Individual Editorial

Sim Katende is a distinguished lawyer based in Kampala, with particularly extensive experience in M&A and capital markets. He has further expertise spanning the energy, oil and gas and TMT sectors. He heads the firm's corporate and commercial department.

Dispute Resolution - Uganda

Band 3
Band 3

Individual Editorial

Partner Sim Katende is well placed to advise on contentious matters. In addition to his client-facing work he is also a certified commercial arbitrator and mediator.

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Uganda

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