Denis Kusaasira holds a Master of Laws (with distinction) in Mineral Law & Policy from the Centre for Energy, Petroleum and Mineral Law and Policy (CEPMLP) at the University of Dundee (Scotland-UK), and has undertaken professional training courses on the International Federation of Consulting Engineers (FIDIC) Contracts.
His transaction experience has been mainly in mining, oil and gas and infrastructure sectors in Uganda, advising on procurement, negotiating, and drafting contract documentation.
He has acted as lead local counsel for a consortium led by a Russian state corporation on the procurement, negotiating and drafting of project agreements concerning a US$ 4 billion refinery development project in Uganda.
He has also advised on the acquisition of mining rights and negotiation of surface rights agreements and a Mineral Development Agreement for the development and construction of a USD 620 million Steel and Phosphates project in Eastern Uganda.
Kusaasira has significant experience in litigation, and dispute resolution, including international arbitration where he has advised an independent oil exploration and production company on Ugandan law aspects of a major United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) arbitration involving over US$ 430 million.
