David F.K. Mpanga is one of Uganda’s most respected lawyers.
He is severally ranked by top legal ranking firms ⏤ Chambers and Partners, IFLR1000 and the Financial and Corporate Guide⏤ as a Highly Regarded and Bank 1 lawyer for capital markets, energy and infrastructure, banking as well as mergers and acquisitions, amongst others.
A Barrister of the Honorable Society of the Middle Temple, David worked initially with the Chambers of Godfrey Carey QC and Jonathan Caplan QC at 5 Paper Buildings (now the Chambers of Miranda Moore KC and Julian Christopher KC) in the United Kingdom where he handled criminal litigation.
David then returned to Uganda in 1998 and worked with Mugerwa & Masembe, Advocates up to September 2003 when he founded AF Mpanga Advocates. AF Mpanga has established itself as a leading full-service corporate-commercial law firm in Uganda and the region. The law firm itself has been consistently ranked in Band 1 by Chambers and Partners, Tier 1 by IFLR1000 and as a Leading Firm by Legal 500.
Ugandan enterprises urged to explore regional oil and gas opportunitiesDavid has cultivated a specialization in handling and advising on complex disputes, corporate governance, regulatory compliance and investigation. David also advises on strategic aspects of commercial transactions.
David’s law firm has garnered extensive experience in the oil and gas sector having advised on some of the major oil and gas projects in Uganda including projects relating to petroleum legislation and regulations on behalf of the big players and government.
He has an LLB Hons from the University of Exeter and is a Barrister of the Honorable Society of the Middle Temple.
