S&L Advocates

S&L Advocates is a leading business law firm in Uganda and the Ugandan member of DLA Piper Africa, a Swiss Verein whose members are comprised of independent law firms in Africa working with DLA Piper, operating in 20 countries across the continent.

Founded in 1980, S&L Advocates is one of the oldest and largest law firms in Uganda, offering the services of a multidisciplinary team with in-depth knowledge of the Ugandan market and its legal, economic, cultural and social specificities. Uganda is a founding member of the East African Community with significant trading links with neighboring countries and beyond.

The firm provides full-service business law expertise in corporate and commercial law, banking and finance, employment, capital markets, commercial dispute resolution (including litigation and arbitration), projects and infrastructure, oil and gas, real estate, insolvency and restructuring and tax.

Recognised as a pioneering commercial legal practice, S&L Advocates has a varied and prestigious client base including local and multinational organisations across the financial services, energy, insurance, telecommunications, construction, private equity and manufacturing sectors. The firm also acts for industry regulators, international financiers, the Ugandan Government and governmental agencies.

The firm is led by James Mukasa Sebugenyi, SC (Managing Partner).