K&K Advocates acted as Ugandan counsel to Uganda Railways Corporation alongside the Attorney General's Chambers and international co-counsel Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLP. The London tribunal dismissed all claims and awarded Uganda costs in excess of USD 3.6 million and GBP 200,000.
K&K Advocates acted as counsel for Diamond Trust Bank Uganda and Diamond Trust Bank Kenya throughout all three levels of court, securing dismissal of a claim seeking UGX 34 billion and USD 23 Million, and the unconditional release of all security.
K&K Advocates successfully represented Absa Bank Uganda Limited before the Constitutional Court, defending the validity of Regulation 13 of the Mortgage Regulations in a challenge brought by a defaulting borrower seeking to frustrate security enforcement.
K&K Advocates acted as counsel for National Medical Stores in landmark FIDIC Yellow Book adjudication proceedings before the Uganda Institution of Professional Engineers, securing an award of delay damages in excess of UGX 6.9 billion against a construction contractor.
K&K Advocates successfully represented Uganda Breweries Limited in a customs classification and valuation dispute involving capital machinery imports, securing an amicable resolution of a UGX 23 billion Uganda Revenue Authority assessment.
K&K Advocates acted as lead counsel to Uganda Communications Commission, leading two years of negotiations that secured a 12-year Second National Operator Licence for MTN Uganda at a record fee of USD 100,000,000, and then successfully defended that determination in court after a judicial review challenge.
K&K Advocates acts as Ugandan local counsel to Alpha MBM Investments LLC in the negotiation, structuring, and implementation of a USD 4.5 billion agreement with the Government of Uganda to construct and operate Uganda's first oil refinery at Kabaale, Hoima District.
K&K Advocates acts as legal counsel to Sarrai Group Limited and Nile Fibreboard Limited on Uganda's inaugural MPSA under the Mining and Minerals Act — a landmark transaction that ends four decades of dormancy at Uganda's largest copper mine and sets the template for all future state-participation mining agreements.
K&K Advocates acted as lead transaction counsel to Sarrai Group Limited in its USD 120 million acquisition of 100% of Hima Cement Limited, one of Uganda's most significant industrial assets.
K&K Advocates advises the Sharjah Chamber of Commerce and Industry on Uganda's legal and regulatory framework as it deploys a USD 150 million investment to develop an international airport and 15 hotels in the Karamoja region of Northern Uganda.
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