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Our Chambers Global ranking reflects the strength, expertise and consistent excellence of our legal practice.
Our WTR 1000 recognition reflects the strength, expertise and consistent excellence of our intellectual property practice.
Our Legal 500 ranking reflects the strength, expertise and consistent excellence of our legal practice.
Our IFLR1000 ranking reflects the strength, expertise and consistent excellence of our financial and corporate practice.
David is the founding partner of AF Mpanga and a Barrister of the Honorable Society of the Middle Temple. He has cultivated a specialization in handling and advising on complex disputes, corporate governance, regulatory compliance, and investigation, and advises on strategic aspects of commercial and acquisition transactions.
David F.K. Mpanga Senior Partner, Head of Dispute Resolution - LLB (Hons) Exeter
Ernest advises, acts for, and represents foreign missions, international and local NGOs, development agencies, and large corporates, including in litigation and arbitration, and on employment, retirement benefits, immigration, personal injury, product liability, tax and regulatory compliance. He teaches the law of evidence at Makerere University, is a former Vice President of the Uganda Law Society, and has been at the forefront of several ground-breaking public interest matters in the Constitutional Court.
Ernest K. Wiltshire Managing Partner, Head of Employment and Insurance - LLB (Hons), LLM Cambridge
William has over 20 years PQE in banking and finance law, advising on project finance, syndicated lending, mergers and corporate acquisitions, capital markets, and corporate advisory work, as well as lead counsel work in major banking litigation. He is a licensed insolvency practitioner and served as the firm's managing partner for nine years until 2019. He currently chairs the board of a regulated financial sector institution.
William Kasozi Partner, Head of Banking and Finance - LLB (Hons), LLM Leicester
Frederick heads the firm's Intellectual Property and Real Estate departments, specializing in IP law, real estate conveyancing, international trade and securitization, insurance, finance, and arbitration. He lectures in IP and International Trade at Makerere University Law School, advised Parliament on the Copyright and Neighboring Rights Act 2006 and the Trademarks Act 2010, and has built a sports law practice acting for the Uganda Olympic Committee, SuperSport Inc. and the Cricket Association of Uganda.
Frederick Joshua Mpanga Partner, Head of Intellectual Property - LLB (Hons), LLM Cambridge
Brian is part of the corporate department, covering M&A, general corporate law, banking and finance, TMT, intellectual property, and general commercial dispute resolution. He is a leading technology lawyer in Uganda, a Certified Information Privacy Professional/Europe (CIPP/E), and a member of the International Bar Association, the International Trademark Association, and the International Association of Privacy Professionals.
Brian Kalule Partner, Head of Technology, Media, and Telecoms - LLB (Hons)
Daniel advises complex corporate and commercial transactions across energy, oil and gas, mining, M&A and taxation, with particular emphasis on investments, project development, and cross-border transactions. Before joining AF Mpanga, he was a State Attorney in the Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs and trained with King & Wood Mallesons in London under the International Lawyers for Africa programme. IFLR1000 has ranked him a Rising Star for M&A (2018, 2019) and a Highly Regarded Lawyer in Uganda (2020 to 2022).
Daniel Gantungo Partner, Head of Oil, Gas, Energy, and Infrastructure - LLB (Hons), LLM Aberdeen
Ronald has twelve years of high-level tax advisory and litigation experience, having held senior positions at KPMG and Ernst & Young. He advises major Ugandan and multinational companies on tax dispute resolution, audit support, restructuring, customs planning, international tax, and transfer pricing, with extensive Tax Appeals Tribunal experience. He won the Uganda Law Society prize for academic excellence at the Law Development Centre and graduated in the top 5% of his class at Makerere.
Ronald Kalema Partner, Head of Tax Practice - LLB Makerere, LLM New York
His practice covers commercial advisory and transaction work in financing, syndicated lending, regulatory compliance, corporate M&A, energy, and cross-border corporate and commercial law. He is a member of the Uganda Law Society and the East African Law Society.
Derrick Kuteesa Partner, Banking and Finance- LLB (Hons) Nkumba University, Postgraduate Diploma in Legal Practice from the Law Development Centre.
AF Mpanga, a law firm consistently ranked in Band 1 by Chambers and Partners, Tier 1 by IFLR1000 and as a Leading Firm by Legal 500, the firm holds stellar credentials.
