Leadership
Julius M. Musoke
Partner
Julius M. Musoke is a Partner of the firm. He has previously worked at other law firms in Uganda and as Principal Counsel at the African Development Bank. He has worked on several challenging (first-of-a-kind) transactions including the first IPP and PPP projects in Uganda and elsewhere as well as the first pan-African satellite project and other technology & telecom, oil & gas, railway, mining, road construction, aviation, hotel, hospital, and real estate development projects.
He has extensively negotiated concession agreements, mining leases, supply and off-take contracts, tolling agreements, interface agreements and diverse construction contracts.
Julius is regularly called upon to advise clients on legal and regulatory aspects of their commercial activities as well as capital markets transactions in Uganda. He also regularly acts for clients in high-profile mergers and acquisition transactions in highly regulated sectors. He has among others acted for Bharti Airtel in its acquisition of Warid Telecom; 8 Miles LLP in its acquisition of Orient Bank; Guaranty Trust Bank in its acquisition of Fina Bank; and Cipla Limited and Cipla EU on the acquisition of Quality Chemicals Limited and on the listing of Cipla’s Ugandan subsidiary in Uganda.
Julius holds an LLB (Honours) degree from Makerere University, an LL.M degree from the London School of Economics and Political Science and a Diploma in Legal Practice from the Law Development Centre.
Diana Ninsima Kibuuka
Partner
Diana Ninsima Kibuuka is a Partner at the Firm. Her primary areas of practise include corporate & commercial law, mergers & acquisitions, restructuring, insolvency, tax, investment law and banking & finance. Diana has previously worked at other law firms in Uganda as associate and partner. Under the International Lawyers of Africa Program, Diana was seconded to the mergers and acquisitions department of Slaughter & May LLP and to the London offices of Diageo P.L.C. She has also previously worked under placement at Uganda Breweries Ltd, a subsidiary of Diageo P.L.C.
Diana’s experience includes advising ClassM France on its acquisition of Pure Grow Africa, EFC (U) Limited MDI on its establishment as a deposit taking microfinance institution, Kenya Commercial Bank on its establishment and licensing in Uganda, Turkish Airlines on its establishment in Uganda among others.
She has also advised several multinational corporations and non-governmental organisations on transactions and operations in Uganda including School For Life Foundation Australia, Global Health Corps, One Acre Fund, Uber Inc, Google Ireland, Renault Group and Flour Inc, a US oil & gas contractor.
Diana is also regularly involved in advising clients involved in the voluntary and involuntary winding up of operations Uganda. She has also acted in a number of high-profile insolvency law matters including in the winding up of Imperial Finance Bank Uganda Ltd as well and acting for Nedbank Limited as the secured creditor in the administration and insolvency of Afrimax Uganda Limited t/a Vodafone Uganda.
Diana holds an LLB (Honours) degree from Makerere University, an LL.M degree from the University of Cambridge (Wolfson College), a Diploma in Legal Practice from the Law Development Centre and a Post-Graduate Diploma in Taxation from the East African School of Taxation. She has served on boards of directors of several companies including one of the financial institutions in Uganda.
