Anne Ruth Nakiwala

Anne Ruth Nakiwala is an Associate and a commercial lawyer at AF Mpanga Advocates. Her primary practice area is Bankruptcy and Insolvency Law, specialising in insolvency, recoveries and strategic corporate advisory.

Her practice spans commercial disputes as well as corporate and commercial advisory work, where she handles mandates in banking and financial services, commercial contracts, and regulatory affairs. She acts for corporate entities on a broad range of legal and transactional matters, including compliance and risk, legal due diligence, and providing preventative legal training to senior management teams.

Within the banking and finance practice, she manages key institutional accounts, oversees large-scale recovery portfolios and supports the perfection of high-value security documentation. In litigation, she represents clients in commercial and banking disputes before the High Court of Uganda and specialised tribunals. She also regularly advises global brands on corporate governance and insolvency.

She is an Advocate of the High Court of Uganda, a Licensed Insolvency Practitioner and a Registered Trademark Agent. She holds a Bachelor of Laws from Makerere University and a Postgraduate Diploma in Legal Practice from the Law Development Centre. She is a member of the Uganda Law Society and the East African Law Society.