Corporate & Tax

Each company has unique needs and goals as it approaches a particular transaction.

We zealously represent our clients in negotiating and drafting transaction documents that meet those needs. In each instance, our goal is to apply the breadth of the Firm’s experience to maximize the value of the transaction to our clients.

Our Banking and Finance practice have the essential drafting skills, experience, creativity and insight to handle even the most complex financial facilities including those that are multi-jurisdictional. The team has advised numerous clients on various financial instruments such as term loans, bilateral loans, syndicated loans, overdrafts, stock lending, repos to mention but a few.

Our banking and finance experience arises from the team’s diverse and considerable experience in handling complex financial transactions of financial institutions in Uganda. The team has advised on a multitude of financial matters such as the structuring of syndicated loans, project finance and the formation of various mutual, hedge and endowment funds.

We have advised both individuals, and companies, from the point of view of legally and fairly terminating employment relationships, to asserting the employment rights of individuals.

We have tailored our practice to provide a full range of services in the labour sector and have put in place measures to cope with the changing labour laws. We frequently advise our clients on various aspects of labour law, including advising on employment contracts, policies and obligations, employer-employee disputes, industrial disputes, pension funds, redundancies & restructuring, trade unions and workmen’s compensation.

We participate in all aspects of the private placement of securities and represent issuers, private placement agents, equity funds, institutional investors and venture capital firms.

Landwell has an active securities practice representing and counseling issuers, underwriters, investors, and financial institutions in all types of public and private transactions involving the offering and sale of securities. Our team represents companies in initial public offerings, as well as follow-on offerings, spin-offs, restructurings, preferred stock offerings, rights offerings and going private transactions

We assist our clients to develop and implement hiring policies, due diligence checklists when engaging top employees from competitors, conduct audits of existing trade secrets (if at all) in a company’s IP portfolio to recognise potential vulnerabilities or risks.

We advise on various intellectual property rights including copyrights, trademarks and patents. We advise on copyright law, franchising, licensing, confidence, internet law, trademarks law, trade secrets and transfer of technology. We also handle dealings in intellectual property rights such as transfers, assignments and renewals.

Landwell's TMT practice team has handled many significant sector-related transactions and product roll-outs in East Africa. Our clients include network operators, equipment manufacturers, publishers, content and technology service providers, innovative businesses, start-ups, investment funds.

Our team works closely with industry regulators, government bodies and opinion-makers, enabling us to bring in-depth understanding of the complexities of the commercial and regulatory environment to your transaction.

Landwell Consulting Group Limited is the firm’s business corporate advisory and company secretarial practice outfit.

We regularly advise boards and board committees, executive officers and other members of management, and shareholders regarding; the development of codes of conduct, governance guidelines and other policies and procedures, the composition, duties and procedures for boards of directors or board committees, and during change of control situations, internal investigations, and executive succession matters.

We also conduct legal “audits” to prevent or mitigate potential liabilities and to identify and correct legally hazardous business practices.

We provide a complete set of tax compliance and advisory services to assist our clients navigate through both routine and complex business transactions at all points of the business growth cycle.

We provide specialized advice including but not limited to; Tax Compliance Services, International Tax Structuring and Advisory, Transaction Advisory, Customs Compliance and Advisory, Exemptions and Incentives, Transfer Pricing, Tax Objections and Appeals.

We represent and advise our clients in numerous tax related litigation matters before Arbitration Tribunals, the Tax Appeal Tribunal, High Court and all other levels of appeal.