Richard Bibangambah

Richard Bibangambah is a Senior Associate | Dispute Resolution & Tax at K&K Advocates and a leading member of the firm’s Litigation Team and Commercial and Tax Law practice, focusing on Tax Advisory Law. He holds a Master’s degree in International Tax from King’s College London.

Richard advises clients on complex commercial disputes, tax and regulatory matters, bringing a rigorous and analytically precise approach to a practice that spans tax advisory, commercial litigation and international arbitration.

He is an established tax practitioner with significant experience appearing before the Tax Appeals Tribunal, successfully representing multinational corporations and private clients in high-value tax disputes. He advises foreign clients on tax issues arising from the establishment of operations in Uganda, particularly in major infrastructure and energy projects, drawing on deep familiarity with Uganda’s fiscal framework to support stable, workable tax structures.

Richard also has substantial experience before specialist public tribunals, including the Electricity Disputes Tribunal and the Public Procurement and Disposal of Public Assets Appeals Tribunal. He complements this with international arbitration experience, having represented the railway statutory corporation in arbitration under the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA) and at the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA).

His areas of expertise include tax advisory and dispute resolution, commercial litigation, commercial arbitration, energy and infrastructure projects, public law and regulatory, and mergers & acquisitions. He holds an LL.M in International Tax from King’s College London, a Postgraduate Diploma in Legal Practice from the Law Development Centre, and an LL.B (Hons) from Uganda Christian University. He is a member of the Uganda Law Society and the East African Law Society.