Donald Nyakairu

Donald Nyakairu is a Partner at ENS in Uganda, specialising in corporate law, information technology and telecommunications, mergers and acquisitions, and regulatory compliance. He has extensive experience advising clients in the telecommunications sector, having served as Managing Director, Chief Legal Counsel and Company Secretary at one of the largest telecommunications solutions providers in Uganda for 10 years. He is a registered insolvency practitioner with experience in business rescue, provisional administration, and receivership, and advises clients operating in national and international payment systems.

He has been involved in telecom sector studies including rural community development funding, determination of interconnection rates, mobile money, and spectrum re‑farming, and has served as Chairman of the Finance and Commercial Group for the Eastern Africa Submarine Cable System and Chairman of the East African Backhaul System. He advises clients on M&A, financial evaluation, legal due diligence, and bid documentation, and assists companies in setting up local operations and ensuring regulatory compliance. He also advises banks on recovery, business restructuring, and securitisation. He is a former diplomat who served at the Uganda High Commission in London.

Donald holds an LL.B (Honours) from Makerere University, an LL.M from University College, University of London, and a Diploma in Legal Practice from the Law Development Centre, Kampala. He is admitted as an Advocate of the High Court of Uganda. He is a member of the Uganda Law Society, the East African Law Society, and the Commonwealth Partnership for Technology Management, and is a visiting lecturer on telecommunications law at the International Law Institute, Kampala. He is recognised by IFLR1000, Chambers Global, and The Legal 500 EMEA as a leading lawyer in Uganda.