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Our Chambers are at ESAMI House, Ground Floor, Plot 40, Bombo Road

P.O Box 35344 Kampala Uganda,
Telephone +256-414-530389, Mobile +256-772-516151

Fax +256-414-530396,

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INTRODUCTION

This firm profile is intended to provide our esteemed clients with information regarding developments, improvements and innovation of the firm. Be it recognized that ours is a service industry whose obligation is to help our clients solve their problems by way of advice, representation or dispute resolution.

We know our clients are the reason of our existence and success and we work with each client through an arrangement to ensure that our staffing, strategy and possible procedures are aimed to yield the best result the client wants at a reasonable cost and on a timely basis.

We are therefore conscious of the fact that we need to constantly reinvent our practice and rapidly expand to meet our growing clientele as well as increasing professional challenges and requirements of our clients, today. We strive for long –term relationships that is built on trust and confidence that comes from a thorough understanding of our clients’ business and form our unwavering single –minded dedication to service.

OVERVIEW OF SERVICES OFFERED

Provision of legal Opinions on any matter arising
We offer legal opinions on all legal matters that our clients may wish to consult. These are usually at a client’s request or at our own investigation after analyzing a problem. They range from compliance advice on transactions or private arrangements, review of standard forms of agreement, advice on legal and regulatory compliance and identifying legal hitches and loopholes and how to circumvent them. This is done after detailed research by our legal assistants who discuss their opinions with the senior Advocates and a common opinion of the law is formed and put down in writing.

Attendance of Meetings and Negotiations to resolve Legal Matters
For the many companies that have retained us as their company secretary, we attend periodic board meetings where we advise on legal issues arising. We act for both small, medium companies and big ones for the private sector. We also negotiate contracts on behalf of our clients some of whom do not have a local presence. We regularly negotiate for excluding of loans and mortgage repayments.

Drafting of Legal Correspondence and Documents
This is done to all clients who have engaged our services. Both corporate and private individuals. Most are based in Uganda but some are broad and have no local correspondence. We frequently make legal briefs on each and every legal matter that arises, which we explain to our clients if they are ongoing matters, we make correspondences on any development with the client or relevant person involved. We are well furnished with Internet and fax services for correspondence with those outside our jurisdiction. In Uganda the efficient communication’s system guides us to correspond with our clients nationally through, telephone, Emails and postal services. In addition to the media we have a law clerk who effects court documents and an office messenger for regular correspondences.

Court Presentation
The partners boast of great experience in this field and have been involved in several ground breaking, law making and landmark litigation cases that have shaped that law of Uganda and many of which are compulsory reading at all East African Law schools. The firm’s reputation in this field is such that clients with major litigation matters who may routinely use other firms turn to this firm whenever the stakes are really high or where it requires original and unusually complex input.

Our Litigation practice falls into several categories, including but not limited to general and complex commercial and civil Litigation, Bankruptcy, banking, class, actions, consumer protection, constitutional and human right matters, contract, criminal law debtor-creditor relationships, debt recovery, employee benefits, energy, environmental law, Insurance, labour and Employment, leases, tax, constitutional and election petition.

FIRM TECHNOLOGICAL RESOURCES

Deus K. Byamugisha and Co believes that the intelligent use of technology allows it to provide better services to its clients and can significantly reduce their legal expenses. Outlined below are some highlights of Deus K. Byamugisha's technology services:

- Desktop or notebook computers for all attorneys.
- Internet access for all attorneys via office computer
- E-mail communications via office wireless satellite server
- Access to mail for all attorneys via ISP
- Local Area Network, supports access to all work product from any point in Deus K. Byamugisha & Co's office
- Imaging technology Trial technology involving the use of video and image presentations
- Use of CD-ROM material for cost effective research
- Electronic library cataloging legislation from our local jurisdiction with links to sources of foreign and international law.

FIRM INNOVATIONS

We also believe that the intelligent use of technology allows us to provide better service to our clients. To this end, we have further upgraded to more sophisticated automation and communication technology to support our clients in cost-effective ways. This includes more user friendly server based networking of all our computers, twenty four hour unlimited electronic mail and internet access for all staff members via our satellite server, imagining technology, video production capabilities and optical scanners. Our communication capabilities are designed to enable our lawyers to quickly and efficiently exchange information with clients, thereby improving our response time to our client’s needs. To maintain this new technology and expansion, the firm has a large fleet of technical, clerical and other support staff to ensure that we can meet the full expectations of our clients in the most efficient way.

Our library is rapidly being transformed into an electronic library, cataloging local legislation with links to legal resources from foreign jurisdictions via the worldwide web. This facility keeps us up to date with regular changes in our laws and greatly simplifies the process of doing legal research. This is especially critical to our global commercial clients and has enabled us to effectively advise them on all relevant changes in the law, as they occur.

MAJOR AREAS OF PRACTICE

We practice in the area of commercial law, corporate law, banking and finance, revenue law and taxation, environmental law, employment law, telecommunications law, energy, intellectual property law, information technology law, international economic law, multilateral and regional trade law and civil litigation, among many other areas. The firm also provides company secretarial services and consultancy and registration services to Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs)

Our philosophy is to guarantee the best available service in everything we choose do. Below are the links to our practice areas.

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