Birungyi, Barata & Associates At 20 Years: A Q&A with Cephas Birungyi and Enoch Barata on how they built Uganda’s leading tax law firm from scratch This month, on the 10th of November 2023, Birungyi, Barata & Associates, Uganda’s leading tax law firm celebrated 20 years of existence, and in their own words, “20 years of dedicated tax service and legal excellence”. From a chance meeting between the two founders, Cephas Birungyi and a much younger Enoch Barata in 1990 and then another meeting, this time at the Law Development Centre in 2001, a friendship was born and then later in 2003, a business partnership, that became Birungyi, Barata & Associates was cemented.

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Birungyi Cephas (left) and Enoch Barata, the co-founders of top tax law firm, Birungyi, Barata & Associates

20 years later, the firm has blossomed into one of Uganda’s most respected tax law firms, commanding more than 50% of all tax litigation in the country. The firm has also been recognised by rating agencies and peers⏤ domestically by the Uganda Law Society; regionally by the East Africa Law Society, and internationally by the IFLR1000, Chambers and Partners, the Global Law Experts and the ITR World Tax⏤ a comprehensive guide to the world’s leading tax firms. Birungyi, Barata & Associates was also named by CEO East Africa Magazine in its 2023 List of Top 25 Corporate and Commercial Law…

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