You have often heard, and it is true, that only two things in life are certain- death and taxes. While it is obvious that government is a silent shareholder in every business and an unseen signatory to every transaction and therefore will want a portion of it; almost every time, how much of it or when it is due is often not as direct, which is why you need a good tax lawyer. In fact with a good tax lawyer and proper tax planning, sometimes the certainty of taxes can be properly sized, deferred, reduced or gotten rid of all…
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Law firm, Kyagaba & Otatiina Advocates (KOA) is barely one year old, but it is already making market-shaking moves in Uganda legal services industry. A brainchild of 5 lawyers- David Mpanga, Dennis Otatiina, Isaac Kyagaba, John Musiime and Pearl Nyakabwa; all of them, ex-Kampala Associated Advocates (KAA), the law firm came into life mid-2019. In between the five lawyers, lies over 50 years of combined banking and finance; construction; corporate; energy; litigation & dispute resolution; intellectual property; labour and employment law; restructuring and securitization and tax experience. Within months of hitting the streets, in November 2019, KOA partnered with Dentons,…
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Doris Akol, the former Uganda Revenue Authority Commissioner-General has joined international law firm, Dentons Uganda office as a Partner, CEO East Africa can exclusively reveal. A source has confirmed to CEO East Africa that details of her joining the law firm are being finalized and shall be announced anytime soon. With over 15,000 lawyers, Dentons is the largest law firm in the world. Dentons was the first international law firm in Africa with the establishment of Dentons Cairo in 1964. The firm has over 200 lawyers in 13 locations across Africa, including Uganda. In Uganda, Dentons is registered as Kyagaba…
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The Baganda people of Central Uganda have a saying that” Akezimbira, tekaba kato, to mean, one with property/home is a child no more. With just a few months to clock 19 years old since they were first incorporated in Uganda, this week, K&K Advocates (formerly Kiwanuka & Karugire Advocates) one of Uganda’s leading full-service law firm came of age, re-entering their purpose-built upmarket chambers on Plot 5A2, Acacia Home. Just about a year ago, the law firm demolished its former offices and in its place have erected a befitting office structure. “Change of Locations brings new beginnings and new…
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With most of Uganda’s largest and oldest law firms looking to the west for partnerships and affiliations with major global legal brands such as DLA Piper, Dentons and Norton Rose Fulbright and to the south- mainly South Africa, one Ugandan law firm is daring to look to the east- the Far East for a partner. Ortus Advocates, one of Uganda’s youngest legal, tax and business advisory law firms, has partnered with Yingke Law Firm,China’s largest indigenous law firm and one of the top 5 law firms in China by revenue and presence. Under a cooperation agreement signed in December 2019,…
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Founded in 2019, by 12 partners with over 180 years of combined experience, Ortus Advocates’ current offering is classified under 3 categories namely: law, tax & business advisory across 15 practices, namely: banking and finance; projects and infrastructure; energy, oil & gas and mining; insolvency & business rescue; energy & natural resources; mergers & acquisitions and tax. Other practices are: technology media & telecommunications; real estate and conveyancing; commercial dispute resolution; corporate & commercial law, registrar services, non-profit organisations, employment and intellectual property.
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