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Ligomarc Advocates

Kabiito Karamagi, Managing Partner at Ligomarc Advocates—and the lawyer banks and CEOs often call when companies reach the brink—shares deep insights on business rescue, governance, and avoiding insolvency.

How to Prevent Insolvency—or Survive It and Rebuild: Lessons from Uganda’s Leading Restructuring Lawyer

Insolvency is one of the most misunderstood phases of the business cycle. In Uganda—where entrepreneurs are celebrated for their resilience and ingenuity—it is also one of the most stigmatised. But few people
November 19, 2025
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Portrait of Kabiito Karamagi, Managing Partner at Ligomarc Advocates, photographed for a CEO East Africa Magazine feature on legal leadership, integrity, judicial reform, insolvency practice, mentorship, and the future of legal practice in Uganda.
Across a career shaped by resilience, ethical courage, and an unshakeable belief in the power of strong institutions, Kabiito Karamagi has become one of the defining voices of Uganda’s modern legal practice. From advocating for a judiciary that earns public trust, to fighting on the right side of justice in landmark restructurings, to pioneering insolvency and business-rescue solutions long before the field was fully understood, his philosophy is clear: the law must protect, transform, and create opportunity. He urges young lawyers to embrace humility and mentorship; he challenges firms to specialise, innovate, and think continentally; and he warns that technology, governance failures, and a weakening professional culture demand urgent reinvention. In his world, success is measured not in titles, but in the systems you strengthen, the businesses you save, and the people you help rise.

Inside the Mind of Probably Uganda’s Leading Insolvency Lawyer: A Q&A with Ligomarc’s Kabiito Karamagi

What sets him apart is not just pedigree—but impact. Over a career spanning two decades, Kabiito has led and advised on high-stakes commercial disputes and restructurings worth well over USD 15 billion,
November 19, 2025
The PPDA Tribunal has cancelled UETCL’s UGX 13 billion legal services award for the Umeme arbitration, citing flawed evaluation and illegal price changes, and ordering a full re-evaluation of all bids.
The PPDA Tribunal has cancelled UETCL’s UGX 13 billion legal services award for the Umeme arbitration, citing flawed evaluation and illegal price changes, and ordering a full re-evaluation of all bids.

Ligomarc-Umeme Arbitration Legal Services Award Set Aside as Tribunal Faults UETCL on Staff Verification and Pricing in UGX 13 Billion Dispute  

The Public Procurement and Disposal of Public Assets (PPDA) Appeals Tribunal has overturned a multi-billion-shilling contract award issued by Uganda Electricity Transmission Company Limited (UETCL). It did so after finding major flaws
November 15, 2025
Joshua Ogwal, Partner at Ligomarc Advocates and Joint Managing Director at Rekindle Capital, photographed in Kampala, Uganda. Experienced financial lawyer and corporate governance advisor with expertise in banking, project finance, infrastructure, and natural resources law.
Joshua Ogwal, Partner at Ligomarc Advocates and Joint Managing Director at Rekindle Capital, has built a distinguished career at the intersection of law, finance, and corporate governance.

Passion with Precision: Ligomarc’s Joshua Ogwal on Law, Finance, and Leadership

Can you tell us about your early years? Your childhood, where you were born and raised, earliest memories, that sort of thing? I was born in Mulago Hospital, Kampala. I am the
September 16, 2025
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Ruth Sebatindira of Ligomarc Advocates speaks while Japheth Katto (L) of Japheth Katto Consult and Grace Kavuma of NCBA Bank listen in during the Boardroom masterclass last week

Ligomarc Advocates, Japheth Katto Consult partner to build better boards in Boardroom Masterclass

The Boardroom Masterclass that aims to build better boards took place last week. The inaugural webinar, the first of many series to come, was organized by Japheth Katto Consult (JCK) in partnership
May 13, 2022
LEFT-RIGHT: Patricia Ojangole, the Managing Director of Uganda Development Bank (UDB) and receivers/managers, Kabiito Karamagi and Joshua Ogwal. UDB, together with the two lawyers have been ordered to compensate Mubende Parents Schools for negligently and unlawfully disposing of the school and misusing money attached in foreclosure and a receivership terribly gone wrong.

Court Faults UDB and Receivers Over Mubende Parents School Sale

Justice Richard Wejuli Wabwire, of the Commercial Court, has found that Uganda Development Bank (UDB), unlawfully sold the property of their client, Mubende Parents School; illegally appointed Kabiito Karamagi and Joshua Ogwal
April 27, 2022
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