Address:
SM CHAMBERS,
PLOT 14 HANNINGTON ROAD
Kampala, 256
Uganda
3213
Senior Partner : Dr. Alan Shonubi
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Partner: Peters Musoke
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Managing Partner: Noah Edwin Mwesigwa
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Partner: Andrew Kibaya
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Partner: Innocent Kihika
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Number of lawyers: 31
Number of partners: 9
Network memberships: INTERNATIONAL BAR ASSOCIATION(IBA), EAST AFRICA LAW SOCIETY (EALS), UGANDA LAW SOCIETY(ULS)
Languages: English
Shonubi, Musoke & Company Advocates was registered as a law firm in 1987. The firm was started at a time when new attitudes and opportunities were emerging in Uganda, and has steadily grown into one of the largest firms in the country. In a jurisdiction where few firms have managed to specialise, we have succeeded in building a specialised practice with core capabilities in, all fields of corporate and commercial law, banking and finance, energy and infrastructure, litigation and dispute resolution practice ranging from non-contentious transactional work to highly contentious complex litigation.
Our expertise and business knowledge have consolidated our position as market leaders, exemplified by our lengthy and ever-increasing portfolio of impressive international and local clients. Our portfolio of clients includes both international and domestic institutions such as large corporate, airlines, banks, academic institutions, electricity generators and distributors, property developers, NGO’s, telecommunication companies, insurance companies, petroleum companies as well as government agencies and statutory bodies.
The firm has continuously been rated as a leading law firm in Uganda by IFLR 1000, Chambers and Partners and the Legal 500 directory of leading financial and energy law firms. The 31st Edition of IFLR1000 rankings accorded it the highest possible Tier 1 classification in the Financial and Corporate and Energy and Infrastructure categories; whilst Chambers and Partners has classified it as a Band 1 General Business Law Firm in their 2023 ranking and a Tier 1 Law firm by the Legal 500 and a leading Intellectual Property Law firm by WTR
The individual partners within the firm have also been recognised as leading lawyers in Uganda within their respective areas of expertise by IFLR 1000 and Chambers Global, these include:
a) Dr. Alan Shonubi, Corporate and Commercial law, Banking and Project Finance
b) Mr. Noah Mwesigwa, Corporate and Commercial law sector
c) Mr. Andrew Kibaya, Banking and Project Finance sectors
d) Mr. Innocent Kihika, Energy and Infrastructure and Project Development sectors.
e) Ms. Brigitte Kusiima, Corporate and Commercial law sector
f) Ms. Hellen Nakiryowa, Banking and Project Finance sectors
With thirty-one (31) professional staff members comprising of nine (9) partners, nineteen (19) associates, one (1) of counsel and two (2) consultants, the firm is among the largest law firms in the country.
Details of our competence with integrated descriptions of our experience can also be found on our website: www.shonubimusoke.co.ug.
BANKING & FINANCE LAW
REVENUE & TAX LAW
GENERAL AREAS OF PRACTICE
Key transactional practices
MERGERS & ACQUISITION
Noah Edwin Mwesigwa
nmwesigwa@shonubimusoke.co.ug
Alan Shonubi
ashonubi@shonbimusoke.co.ug
Andrew Kibaya
akibaya@shonubimusoke.co.ug
Innocent Kihika
ikihika@shonubimusoke.co.ug
Brigitte Kusiima
bkusiima@shonubimusoke.co.ug
REAL ESTATE
Noah Edwin Mwesigwa
nmwesigwa@shonubimusoke.co.ug
Agnes Nabbagala
anabbagala@shonubimusoke.co.ug
FINANCING & REFINANCING
Andrew Kibaya
akibaya@shonubimusoke.co.ug
Hellen Nakiryowa
hnakiryowa@shonubimusoke.co.ug
Natasha Ahimbisibwe
nahimbisibwe@shonubimusoke.co.ug
FINANCING AND PROJECT FINANCE
Andrew Kibaya
akibaya@shonubimusoke.co.ug
Hellen Nakiryowa
hnakiryowa@shonubimusoke.co.ug
Natasha Ahimbisibwe
nahimbisibwe@shonubimusoke.co.ug
FINANCIAL SERVICES REGULATORY
Andrew Kibaya
akibaya@shonubimusoke.co.ug
Natasha Ahimbisibwe
nahimbisibwe@shonubimusoke.co.ug
FINANCING
Andrew Kibaya
akibaya@shonubimusoke.co.ug
Hellen Nakiryowa
hnakiryowa@shonubimusoke.co.ug
Natasha Ahimbisibwe
nahimbisibwe@shonubimusoke.co.ug
ENERGY
Innocent Kihika
ikihika@shonubimusoke.co.ug
Allan Mark Lutaaya
alutaaya@shonubimusoke.co.ug
Ishmael Tumusiime
itumusiime@shonubimusoke.co.ug
OIL AND GAS
Innocent Kihika
ikihika@shonubimusoke.co.ug
Ishmael Tumusiime
itumusiime@shonubimusoke.co.ug
Joan Nakaliika
jnakaliika@shonubimusoke.co.ug
Affiliations
The firm is, in strategic alliance with the Norton Rose Fulbright Group. Norton Rose Fulbright has over 4000 (Four thousand) lawyers globally and is hailed as one of the largest and leading global law firms in the world.
The firm is part of an extensive network of leading law firms in key African jurisdictions which creates a wealth of experience and shared know how as well as enhanced expertise and advice for the clients’ benefit at reasonable rates.
In the East African region, our firm runs a fully-fledged branch office under its name Shonubi, Musoke & Gilbert and Partners in Bujumbura, the capital of the Republic of Burundi. The Burundi office also provides services into Kigali Rwanda. The firm also has a long-standing relationship with the Norton Rose Fulbright alliance Kenyan law firm; Walker Kontos. This has boosted the firm’s regional presence and given the law firm a firm foothold in the East African region providing seamless services in the East African Community.