UGANDA Law and Practice Contributed by: Moses J. Adriko SC, Ernest Sembatya Kaggwa, Derrick Kizito Kunyiga and Philip E. Nsaja, MMAKS Advocates
MMAKS Advocates is a leading full-service Ugandan law firm and the Ugandan member of ALN, an alliance of pre-eminent law firms with coverage across more than 15 African jurisdictions and an office in Dubai. From its Kampala office, the firm’s dispute resolution team of 16 lawyers acts in domestic and interna - tional arbitrations under the ICC, LCIA, UNCITRAL, SCC and ICAMEK rules, as well as in investor-state proceedings, with particular strength in construction, energy, banking and finance, telecommunications
and insolvency-related disputes. The team regularly appears before the Courts of Judicature in Uganda in arbitration-related applications such as setting aside, interim relief, and recognition and enforcement of domestic and foreign awards. The firm’s recent work includes acting for the International Development Corporation in the recognition and enforcement of a USD150 million arbitral award in Uganda and en - forcement of a USD1.3 billion ICSID award against a sovereign state and its central bank in Uganda.
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Moses J. Adriko SC is co-managing partner of MMAKS Advocates and co-heads the firm’s dispute resolution practice. He is an Advocate of the High Court of Uganda, a solicitor of the Supreme Court of England and
Derrick Kizito Kunyiga is an associate in the Dispute Resolution department of MMAKS Advocates. He holds an LL.M. from New York University School of Law and is an Advocate of the High Court of
Wales and a senior counsel with over 30 years of experience. He appears as lead counsel in complex commercial litigation and in domestic and international arbitrations, and sits as arbitrator in institutional and ad hoc references. His practice spans construction, energy, banking, telecommunications and investor-state disputes. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, a member of the ICAMEK panel of arbitrators and a past President of the Uganda Law Society.
Uganda. His practice covers international commercial and investor-state arbitration under the ICC, UNCITRAL, LCIA, ICSID and SCC rules and frameworks, with a focus on construction, energy and finance disputes, alongside arbitration-related litigation before the Ugandan courts. He is a member of the ICAMEK panel of arbitrators, has published on Ugandan arbitration law, and is an active member of CIArb, Young ICCA and Young LCIA.
Ernest Sembatya Kaggwa is a partner in the Litigation team at MMAKS Advocates with over 20 years of experience in advising on employment matters as well as handling employment disputes. He
Philip E. Nsaja is an associate in the Dispute Resolution and Litigation department of MMAKS Advocates. He represents clients in contentious and non-contentious matters in banking and financial services,
also specialises in corporate debt recovery including handling the related litigation, and in this regard he has handled matters for several banks and corporate entities. Ernest also handles general commercial litigation and arbitration. Ernest has recently acted in an arbitration involving an association of three Italian road construction supervision companies and a UK-registered recruiter, and successfully in an LCIA arbitration involving a concessionaire and the Government of Uganda.
insolvency and receivership, insurance and regulatory disputes, construction, tax disputes, employment and medical negligence. His arbitration work includes enforcement in Uganda of a USD1.3 billion ICSID award against a sovereign state and its central bank, FIDIC construction arbitration and a jurisdictional objection on a unilateral election to arbitrate clause. He is a member of the Uganda Law Society and the East African Law Society.
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