KAMPALA ASSOCIATED ADVOCATES - Key Persons
Barbara is currently a Senior Associate at Kampala Associated Advocates working with the Taxation and Litigation Department. He specialises in Taxation Litigation and Tax Advisory.
She has extensive experience in Taxation and has been part of a team that has successfully represented several Corporations in complex tax disputes involving large tax assessments.
Bruce is a partner at Kampala Associated Advocates ("KAA") and the
co-head of the taxation practice. He holds a master's degree in International Taxation from Georgetown University, Washington DC and comes with over 12 years' experience. He was recognised as a rising star by Global Chambers and Partners in 2020.
Bruce is an experienced tax litigator and has represented various clients in some of the country's biggest most complex tax matters. He was legal counsel to one of the leading oil companies in Uganda in a matter involving a dispute over capital gains tax worth over USD 400 million. He has expertise in tax planning, and understands the intricacies of internal tax related legal issues of businesses and has worked with numerous companies in this regard. He has an outstanding understanding of the tax regimes of several jurisdictions having worked as a legal associate with both Pwc (USA) and JP Morgan in the United States of America for 5 years.
In addition to the tax practice, Bruce works with the banking and finance practice and is a highly skilled commercial and civil litigator. He has success- fully represented several local and international clients in varied sectors including telecommunications, construction, banking, mining as well as public bodies and government agencies.
Bruce has been at the forefront of the banking and finance practice for over 9 years. He is part of the KAA Litigation team that successfully represented a client in one of Uganda's largest banking and finance litigation matter under the Financial Institutions Act. The case was about, among others, a cross section of banking laws and regulations, insolvency of financial institutions, credit and loan agreements and is worth over USD 120 million dollars.
Bruce is the engagement partner of 6 leading banks and financial institutions providing a wide range of services to the same. He has a keen understanding of the legal and practical processes involving recoveries and has successfully litigated several matters on behalf of his banking clients and has recovered over USD 20 million in the last 2 years. He is currently litigating 2 recovery matters worth over USD 18 million and was a core part of the team that advised and represented a leading financial institution in a matter worth over USD 100 million.
Charlotte is an Associate at Kampala Associated Advocates and part of the Commercial Transactions, Oil & Gas and Tax Departments. She is a graduate of Makerere University, where she served as Speaker of the Law Society and is currently an advocate of the High Court of Uganda and all courts subordinate. She is currently pursuing a post graduate diploma in Tax and Revenue Administration at the East African School of Taxation.
Elison works in the Litigation and Energy law department. The department has and continues to successfully represent several local and international clients in varied sectors including oil and gas companies, telecommunications, construction, banking, as well as public bodies and government agencies.
He is also a trained Oil and Gas lawyer having obtained an LLM (Oil and Gas Law) from the University of Aberdeen. He was a member of the Association of International Petroleum Negotiators (AIPN). Elison is a member of GOXI which is part of the World Bank Institutes' Governance for Extractive Industries Program which brings together practitioners from government, private sector, Ngo's and think tanks with the aim of strengthening governance in the extractive industries' sector. He is also a member of the Uganda Chamber of Mines and Petroleum.
Elison was recently asked by the Oxford Energy Institute to contribute to a paper comparing the legal regime in Uganda governing oil and gas law with the one in Brazil together with the Director of the Institute Dr. Eduardo Guedes Pereira.
He was elected by his peers at the University of Aberdeen as the student representative for the LLM (Oil and Gas) Law class 2010-2011. He was invited by Ugandan Women Lawyers under their umbrella organisation (FIDA) to do a presentation on "Oil and Gas Law in Uganda".
Elison has experience in the Banking sector and worked with a leading bank for over three years. He worked first as a banking officer and understands the general operations of the bank. He later worked as a legal officer in the bank's legal department and was responsible for the preparation and perfection of legal documentation, the recovery of non-performing assets and provision of legal advice. Elison together with others appeared before the Parliamentary Legal Committee on behalf of the Uganda Bankers Association to address issues to do with mortgage regulation.
He has invaluable experience in insolvency, securitization and document registration not limited to the registration of trademarks, patents and copyrights.
He has also worked in the Ministry of Justice for over five years as a state attorney and have an excellent appreciation of public and regulatory law and rendered legal advice on diverse subjects to the government of Uganda. I have extensive litigation experience and have appeared before all the courts of record in Uganda as well as the East African Court of Justice. He is an adept litigator and is effective, efficient and expeditious in court.
He has provided resourceful representation to a wide range of clients and following his resignation from the Ministry of Justice he was retained to represent the government in a major lawsuit. During his tenure under the Ministry of Justice he handled matters on behalf of the State House of Uganda, Ministry of Defense, The Uganda Peoples' Defense Forces, the Uganda Police Force, The Ministry of Local Government, The Ministry of Lands, The Registrar of Titles of Uganda, the Ministry of Finance, Parliament of Uganda and the Ministry of Water and Environment to mention but a few.
Hannat undertook her clerkship at KAA as a pre-requisite for the award of the Post-Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice from the Law Development Centre.
Following the completion of her Post Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice, she returned to KAA as a Legal Intern. In July, 2021, she was formally hired by KAA as a Legal Assistant in the Corporate and Finance Advisory Department.
Her experience spans across corporate and land transactions, preparation of security documents and perfection of securities, conducting due diligence investigations, advisory on legal compliance over commercial and land transactions, insolvency and litigation.
Qualifications
Post Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice, Law Development Centre
Bachelor of Laws Degree(Hons), Makerere university (Valedictorian)
Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education-Nabisunsa Girls' Secondary School
Uganda Certificate of Education-Nabisunsa Girls' Secondary School
Job Titles:
- Senior Partner
- Founder President and Chairman
Hon. Elly Karuhanga is the Founder President and Chairman, Governing Council, Uganda Centre for Arbitration and Alternative Dispute Resolution (CADER) formed in 1998. He was appointed its Chairman and has been reappointed every three years to date.
He is the Chairman of Uganda Chamber of Mines & Petroleum, an organisation that seeks to promote and develop Uganda's mining and petroleum operations and services since 2008 to date. The Chamber has a membership of 200 leading companies in the business and Industry sectors.
Hon. Elly has worked in a diplomatic capacity as Honorary Consul General of the Republic of Seychelles to Uganda since 2005.
He has also served and still serves on the boards of many companies, such as:
British American Tobacco-2013 to date. (Chairman).
SAB Millers Uganda (Nile Breweries) 2013 to February 2017, Director 2006 to February 2017. (Chairman).
Chairman of DFCU Limited- 2014 to date, Director DFCU Bank Limited May 2005- 2014.
Chairman AON Uganda, now Minet Uganda, July 2014 to date.
Director Private Sector Foundation Uganda, December 2016- To date.
Chairman National Social Security Fund, 1989-1993.
Chairman Rwenzori Mineral water. 2013-2017
Director and Board member of Mweya Safari Lodge, Paraa Safari Lodge, Silverback lodge and Chobe Safari Lodge under Marasa Holdings part of the Mahdvani Group of Companies.
Jet John is a partner at Kampala Associated Advocates ("KAA") and he is a member the litigation department. He is also a partner in the employment, property and land conveyancing practices.
Jet is a graduate of Makerere University and has been a practicing advocate for over 15 years. As a law student at Makerere University, Jet famously sought redress from the High court of Uganda seeking a judicial review to quash the decision of the university tribunal regarding the results of an election. This case is now locus classicus on judicial reviews under the laws of Uganda.
Jet joined KAA as a law student and has since established himself as a formidable litigator and skilled negotiator. For many years he led the debt collection team at the firm that was responsible for Umeme's enormous debt. The team reduced the said debt by 75% and Jet then followed up on the uncollected debt, representing Umeme in over 900 cases to recover the debt. He also negotiated scheduled payment agreements with over 500 of the defaulters on the client's behalf. The team eventually recovered over UGX 50 billion.
Further to this, Jet represented Tullow in the acquisition of land in the Albertine Graben and participated in the 3D seismic oil exploration exercise. He led the negotiations with the project affected persons during the resettlement exercise and thereafter represented Tullow in the claims that led to lawsuits.
Jet is well versed with property and land conveyance laws in Uganda and has advised numerous clients on the acquisition of land in PPPs. He represented the Uganda National Roads Authority in land disputes relating to land acquired in the construction the Kampala-Masaka, Masaka-Mbarara and Mbarara-Kabale roads.
He has extensive experience in the banking and finance sector, particularly with regard to mortgage perfection and bank recoveries, He has represented such leading banks as Standard Chartered Bank Uganda Limited and Centenary Bank in a multitude of matters. He is part of the team representing a client in Uganda's largest banking and finance matter to ever be litigated under the Financial Institutions Act. The case pertains to among others, a cross section of banking laws and regulations, insolvency of financial institutions, credit and loan agreements and is worth over USD 120 million dollars.
Jet is a dedicated farmer and carries out various farming activities in his spare time. He has a particular interest in the preservation of traditional herds commonly known as the Ankole long-horned cows.
Joseph is currently Managing Partner at Kampala Associated Advocates, KAA, one of the leading law firms in Uganda, where he also jointly heads the Litigation Department. The Department has and continues to successfully represent several local and international clients in varied sectors including civil, commercial and contractual claims, telecommunications, oil and gas. His clients include some of the leading businesses in financial services, telecommunications, as well as public bodies and government agencies.
He joined Kampala Associated Advocates in July 2007 having worked as the Director of Civil Litigation at the Attorney General's Chambers, Uganda Government, for 4 years. Joseph possesses vast experience in civil and commercial litigation, mediation and International commercial arbitration.
Joseph is recognized as one of the best litigation, arbitration and disputes lawyers in Uganda, and is acclaimed in the legal industry for his excellent litigation skills. He has a distinguished practice in civil and commercial litigation, as well as participated in International arbitration at the London Court of International Arbitration, and the ICC Arbitration Chamber. He has successfully handled some of the highest profile constitutional litigation and high value commercial disputes.
Joseph has a vast experience in international litigation including participation in successful litigation in South Africa and France in Commercial and Construction law matters.
Mr. Kambona, is a senior partner at Kampala Associated Advocates and a renowned tax lawyer. Until last year, he was a Principal Lecturer in Revenue Law and Taxation at the Law Development Centre Kampala. He has developed expertise in interpreting and drafting tax legislation, and has greatly been involved in the initial formulation of Taxation bills in Uganda.
Additionally, Mr. Kambona, has lectured Fiscal Law, which basically entails Taxation Principles at the National University of Rwanda, where he is still an external examiner. He also served as project supervisor under the Danida/National University of Rwanda Legal Education Project.
He served as legal advisor to the Commissioner General URA 2002-2003). He was also a Consultant at the Tax Appeals Tribunal from July 1998-December 1998.
Patricia is an Advocate of the High Court of Uganda and all Courts subordinate thereto.
She is currently a Senior Associate in the firm's Commercial Transactions and Corporate Advisory department offering legal services to a range of its clients.
Employment History
April 2022 to date - Senior Associate, Kampala Associated Advocates
Job Titles:
- Senior Partner
- Formerly Director of Public Posecutions
Rayner is an Advocate of the High Court of Uganda and all courts subordinate and a fellow of the Young Emerging Leaders Project, of the Leo Africa Institute (Class of 2018- 2019).
He participates in numerous charity activities centered on education and child welfare.
Rayner possesses over 5 years experience in the Legal Profession. He has participated in a number of corporate transactions, civil and commercial disputes, Succession disputes, Family disputes and land conveyances.
He has conducted trainings on Money Laundering, Cybercrime, Information Technology, Privacy and Data protection and Intellectual property Law.