Finance Power & Infrastructure

Joshua heads Ligomarc’s Finance, Power and Infrastructure practice under which he oversees the Firm’s advisory on infrastructure transactions. Joshua is a leading financial lawyer in Uganda of seventeen years standing. He has significant experience in providing financial and infrastructure law advisory, including advisory on development and restructuring of electricity projects, advice on compliance and regulatory issues, and project finance.

Prior to joining Ligomarc, Joshua worked within Uganda’s Financial Services Industry as an in-house counsel. He led teams at Dfcu Group (DFCU), a financial services group in Uganda, where he rose to the position of Head of Legal and Corporation Secretary. He also worked with the East African Development Bank (EADB) as Principal Legal Officer where he advised on several financing transactions in Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania and Rwanda. During his employment in the financial sector, Joshua participated in several complex financial and commercial transactions, including: Syndicated loan transactions, Corporate and Project Finance transactions, Public Private Partnerships, Equity finance transactions and derivative transactions. He has also had significant Company law and Corporate Governance experience, having advised both the Boards of DFCU and EADB.

Joshua holds a Masters of Science (MSc.) degree in Finance and Financial Law from the University of London (Centre for Financial and Management Studies) and is an Advocate of the High Court of Uganda

Email: jogwal@ligomarc.com
Mobile:+256 772 744 309

Racheal is an Associate Partner with Ligomarc Advocates. Her area of expertise is Corporate Law and Banking. She is otherwise also accountable for Client Relations, Personal Development of her team members, Strategic and Commercial awareness, Leadership and Management and to a good extent Marketing and Business Development.

Racheal serves as a Company Secretary for two companies and routinely engages with different corporate and financial institutions whom she advises on the structuring of different transactions. She has been engaged in; The demerger of one of the leading insurance Companies in compliance with the Insurance Amendment Act, The review of the credit documentation of the one of the leading Financial Institutions in Uganda; Conducting due diligence for the majority of the leading financial institutions in the country as well as financiers and advised on the credibility of the prospective borrowers and Preparation and registration of security documentation for various financiers and corporate entities.

Racheal is an Advocate of the High Court of Uganda, a Member of the Uganda Law Society and the East African Law Society.

Email: rarinaitwe@ligomarc.com
Mobile: +256 776 744 320

Gladys is a senior Associate at the firm. She works with the Banking, Finance and Advisory team of the firm. She holds a Bachelor of Laws degree from Uganda Christian University where she emerged as the best student in the September class of 2010. She was also awarded a Diploma in Legal Practice from the Law Development.

Gladys is an Advocate of the High Court and all Courts subordinate hereto. She is a member of Uganda Law Society and East African Law Society.

While at Ligomarc Advocates, she provides corporate advisory services to various clients in respect of Security perfections, transactions structuring, corporate compliance, Employment laws, real estate transactions as well as offering astute Company Secretarial services.

Gladys is enthusiastic about her work. She focuses on offering feasible solutions to her clients for complex corporate and commercial legal issues.

Email: gkikule@ligomarc.com
Mobile: +256 794 061 588

Joseph Kaggwa is a Transactions legal clerk at the firm. Before joining Ligomarc Advocates, he worked with Divine Financial Services Limited, a money lending institution based in Masaka as a Loans Administrator, where he was responsible for drawing marketing strategies, selling company products including loans to ordinary and corporate organizations.

Joseph handles the securities review and registration of the firm from various Registries, especially the lands Registry. He is a team player with adequate analytical and problem solving skills.

Email: joseph@ligomarc.com
Mobile: +256 772 744 318