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Law firm in Uganda | Katende Ssempebwa & Company

Overview:

Founded in 1969,Ā Katende, Ssempebwa & Company Advocates (KATS) has grown to be Uganda’s largest and leading law firm with over sixty (60) full time legal and support staff. We are more than a law firm; we are your trusted advisors and partners in the protection and the growth of your business and in ensuring your rights are fully protected.

KATS hasĀ forty sevenĀ (47) years experience providing world class legal and advisory services and has been consistently internationally ranked as the number one law firm in Uganda year after year byĀ Chambers and Partners: Global Guide to the World’s Leading Lawyers For Business,Ā IFLR 1000: Guide to the World’s Leading Financial Law FirmsĀ and the Legal 500; the premier benchmark league tables for lawyers worldwide.

KATS is a full service law firm providing all manner of legal and advisory services including Transactional & Advisory services, Litigation & Alternative Dispute Resolution, Intellectual Property and Business Support.

KATS boasts of some of the most talented, highly qualified and experienced lawyers in Uganda some of whom, uniquely in this market:

 

Practice Areas:

  • general and complex commercial and civil litigation
  • bankruptcy
  • banking class actions
  • consumer protection
  • constitutional and human rights matters
  • contracts
  • criminal law
  • debtor-creditor issues
  • debt recovery
  • employee benefits
  • energy
  • environmental matters
  • insurance
  • labour and employment
  • leases and mortgages
  • professional liability
  • tax
  • trusts
  • arbitration and dispute resolution
  • aviation law
  • banking law
  • bankruptcy law
  • business law
  • capital markets
  • civil rights law
  • commercial law
  • company secretarial work
  • constitutional law
  • copyright law
  • construction law
  • contracts
  • conveyancing
  • corporate law
  • corporate restructurings
  • criminal law
  • debt recovery
  • environmental law
  • equipment finance and leasing
  • family law/domestic relations
  • finance law
  • foreign missions
  • human rights law
  • immigration law
  • personal injury
  • immigration law
  • intellectual property
  • international law
  • investments
  • labour and employment
  • land transactions
  • landlords and tenants
  • liquidation
  • medial/entertainment
  • mergers and acquisitions
  • mortgages
  • non-profit and charitable organisations
  • patents/trademarks
  • privatisation and divestiture
  • products liability
  • receivership
  • securities
  • tax
  • telecommunications
  • utilities
  • trusts and estates

 

Highlights:

Ā ā€œIt has high calibre, dedicated and skilled staff..they also have a good rapport with local regulators, the Bank of Uganda and the Capital Markets Authority,ā€

Ā  ā€œYou are also sure that their reputation will not be undermined, there are no skeletons in the closet.ā€

Ā  Katende, Ssempebwa ā€˜is a very prominent Firm in the country.’ The Firm is part of the LexAfrica network, which allows it relationships with foreign firms such as Werksmans in South Africa

Ā  ā€œKatende Ssempebwa has one of the best reputations. ā€˜It is the oldest Firm in the market and heavily respected for longevity and the calibre of lawyers at the senior level.ā€

Ā  ā€œKatende, Ssempebwa & Co. is firmly in the premier league of corporate and financial firms.ā€

Ā  ā€œThe Firm boasts expertise in banking and corporate mandates and draws on the skills of some of the most highly trained lawyers in Uganda.ā€œ

Downloads on Uganda:

Guide to doing business in Uganda
Insolvency and Debt Restructuring in Uganda
Guide to Mining in Uganda
Guide to Foreign Money Judgments and Arbitral Awards in Uganda

Firm Details

KATS Law
+ 256 41 233 770
Radiant House, Plot 20 Kampala Road Kampala Uganda
+ 256 41 257 544
English and Swahili
Sim-KAtende

Sim Katende

+256 414 233 908
Alice Blazevic

Alice Namuli Blazevic

+256 414 233 908

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