Byarugaba Kusiima Brigitte Sendi

Overview

Professional Summary

A trained and qualified Advocate of the High Court and all Subordinate Courts thereto. An effective lawyer with experience in litigation and corporate practice.

Brigitte is an Associate Partner with Shonubi, Musoke & Co Advocates, and practices in all fields of corporate and commercial law which she heads with the Managing Partner.

Her expertise covers all matters of corporate and institutional governance, employment and immigration, banking and finance, diplomatic rights and privileges, taxation, risk advisory, local law advice, contracts and concession management, regulatory compliance and due diligence, as well as general litigation and alternative dispute resolution.

Brigitte serves as a Company Secretary to some noteworthy companies and provides guidance on corporate governance. She currently heads the labor practice department at the firm and has participated in various hall mark cases wherein she has been legal counsel for both employers and employees and continues to contribute to the growth of jurisprudence in this area. Some of the Clients represented in such cases have been multinational companies, foreign Non-Government Organizations, financial institutions but to mention a few.

Work Experience

Memberships

  1. East African Law Society
  2. Uganda Law Society

Professional qualifications

  1. Diploma in Legal Practice at Law Development Centre
  2. LLB (Honors) Second Class Upper Division at Makerere University

Countries of Work Experience

  1. UGANDA
  2. SOUTH AFRICA
  3. BELGIUM
  4. UNITED KINGDOM
  5. RWANDA
  6. BURUNDI

Work Experience Duration

2017 July to date, Associate Partner at Shonubi, Musoke & Co Advocates

2014 to July 2017, Senior Legal Associate at Shonubi, Musoke & Co Advocates

September 2015- December 2015, Secondee Associate- London, United Kingdom at Norton Rose Fulbright LLP, London

January 2014 February 2015 March 2016, Company Secretary- Newrest Uganda In-flight Services Limited- South Africa at Shonubi, Musoke & Co Advocates

October 2014 – 11 November 2014, Trainee- Backer & Mckenzie- Belgium at Shonubi, Musoke & Co Advocates

14th November 2014- 15th November 2014, Trainee- East African Law Society at Shonubi, Musoke & Co Advocates

March 2011- August 2011, Secondee Associate at East African Development Bank

January 2012 Secondee Associate- Burundi at Shonubi, Musoke, Gilbert & Partners

2008- 2013, Associate at Shonubi, Musoke & Co. Advocates

Contributions

Contributions to Publications and Other Literary Works

“A general review of the anti- money laundering bill 2009” the annual lawyerly report iflr1000-the guide to the world’s leading financial law firms On line available: http://www.iflr1000.com/Jurisdiction/120/Uganda.html

“New petroleum operations taxation regime – 2010”- on line available HTTP://WWW.IFLR1000.COM/LEGISLATIONGUIDE/633/THE-NEW-PETROLEUM-OPERATIONS-TAXATION-REGIME-2010.HTML

“A few aspects of the petroleum (exploration development and production) bill 2010- online available http://www.iflr1000.com/LegislationGuide/800/A-few-aspects-of-the-Petroleum-Exploration-Development-and-Production-Bill-2012.html

Other Contributions:

  1. Women, business and the law, the world bank- IFC 2012 removing barriers to economic inclusion, measuring gender parity in 141 economies.
  2. Doing Business in a more transparent world- World Bank IFC 2012-Comparing Regulation For Domestic Firms In 183 Economies.
  3. Doing Business 2013- World Bank IFC -smarter regulations for small and medium size enterprises
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