Edwin Karugire

Edwin Karugire is a Founding Partner | Head of Transactions at K&K Advocates and leads the firm’s Transactions practice, focusing on Infrastructure Law. With over 25 years of experience at the forefront of Uganda’s commercial legal market, he is one of the country’s most trusted advisers on complex domestic and cross-border transactions, particularly in energy, infrastructure, and other regulated, capital-intensive sectors.

Edwin’s energy and infrastructure practice is among the most substantial in Uganda. He has advised on the development, financing, acquisition, and restructuring of major projects across upstream and downstream petroleum, power generation, large-scale construction, and PPPs. His mandates regularly involve state-owned entities, international sponsors, multilateral lenders, and development finance institutions, requiring sophisticated risk allocation, multi-jurisdictional structuring, and long-term regulatory navigation. He is a consistent first choice for international and regional investors entering Uganda, advising on project structuring, regulatory strategy, and the establishment of long-term operational platforms.

His broader transactional practice spans high-value mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, banking and finance, and telecommunications. He has played a defining role in some of Uganda’s most significant telecoms transactions, including major acquisitions and sector-shaping regulatory engagements, and has been retained as lead counsel by major operators and the industry regulator alike. His cross-border advisory work extends to strategic investments and joint ventures across technology, FMCG, pharmaceuticals, media, security printing, agriculture, and manufacturing sectors.

Edwin has also handled notable commercial disputes, bringing commercial pragmatism to contentious matters. As a Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and an experienced Advocate, he advises clients on litigation strategy in disputes arising out of the energy, infrastructure, and commercial sectors in which he most frequently operates. He holds an MSc in Construction Law and Dispute Resolution from King’s College London, an LL.M in Commercial and Corporate Law from the University of London, a Postgraduate Diploma in Legal Practice from the Law Development Centre, and an LL.B (Hons) from Makerere University. He is a member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, the International Bar Association, the East African Law Society and the Uganda Law Society.