Soogi K. Katende

Soogi K. Katende is a Partner at the firm, in charge of the firm's solicitor work as well as serving as its Finance Controller. He has practised law for almost 30 years and his practice focuses on Corporate Law.

He is extensively involved in transactions with capital markets, mergers and acquisitions (particularly cross-border M&A), corporate restructurings and joint ventures. He also advises on various aspects of employment, real estate, intellectual property, telecommunications law, commercial and trade agreements and general regulatory compliance.

Soogi's clients consist primarily of local and multinational corporate clients in finance, telecommunications, investment sectors and private equity funds.

He is currently admitted to practise law as an Advocate of the High Court of Uganda and as an Attorney and Counsellor-at-Law in New York in the United States of America. He was the Chairperson of the Uganda Soccer League Disciplinary Committee.

He holds a Master of Laws (LLM) with Distinction from Harvard Law School (1997), a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) (Hons) from Makerere University (1994), where he was Best Student and Dean's List Scholar for each of his three years culminating in his award of the Chief Justice Republic of Uganda's prize for Academic Excellence, and a Post Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice from the Law Development Centre (1995), where he was awarded the Chairman, Board of Governors of the Law Development Centre Prize for Overall Best Student.

He has headed many complex transactions and his standing has received international recognition. He has been ranked as a "highly regarded" lawyer by IFLR 1000 – Guide to the World's Leading Financial Law Firms in its 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019 and 2018 editions, and was ranked a leading transactional lawyer in the publication's 2017, 2016, 2015, 2013, 2012, 2011 and 2010 editions.