• Provides legal support, advice, and counsel to the organization and internal clients.• Represents the Company in regulatory, and legislative matters.• Drafts, reviews, and manages a wide range of legal documents.• Manages and protects Company’s IP portfolio.• Regularly works with executive-level management and counsel from other organizations and serves as a primary point of contact for internal clients related to legal issues• Collaborates with business units and various staff departments, and facilitates compliance with federal and state regulations.• Performs legal research and remains abreast of proposed legislation and regulatory changes across a number of disciplines with might affect the organization.• Analyzes complex problems and offers creative solutions to fit specific situations.• Generates new ideas to enhance legal processes, with implementation and training of same.• Takes on substantial commitments/projects and works to achieve results.• Takes accountability for driving results with and through others.• Provides crossover legal support to affiliates and subsidiaries.• Manages the legal department, including compliance analysts, contract administrators, and outside counsel.

Corporate law practice, Research, Arbitration, Mediation and Litigation departments

• Provide research and writing services on an as-needed basis as directed by the firm• Client communication• Draft letters and memos as needed

Provide legal advice, research and drafting services on issues of contract and employment law. Represent the company at shareholder and contractual meetings. Supervise employees on company policies and procedures.

~Corporate Law: Desktop research, registered business entities & NGOs with the Uganda Registration of Services Bureau (URSB), drafted memorandums and articles of associations for registration of Limited Liability Companies, performed duties of a company secretary like drafting board and shareholder resolutions and minutes and filing corporate documents with URSB, drafted share purchase agreements, conducted legal research, formulated and drafted legal opinions for corporate firms.~Corporate Advisory: Counselled clients on asset and share purchase transactions; counselled companies on regularization and compliance with Ugandan laws.~Business Development: conducted counsel consultations and seminars with corporate clients on behalf of the firm.~Litigation: Participated and counselled clients on settlement of civil disputes, drafted court documents and settlement agreements, filed court applications or motions in courts of law.~Alternative dispute Resolution: Participated pre-trial mediations, negotiations, and arbitration on employment and other related disputes. ~Debt-collection: participated in debt collection on behalf of the firm's client banks.

o Interviewed clientso Drafted bills, legal opinions, petitions, advised the Speakero Attended court sessionso Attended Legislative Committee meetings