Corporate & Commercial Transactions

Muliko & Co. Advocates offers clients a complete range of legal advice and services, from day-to-day business decisions to pivotal matters like acquiring, disposing of, and merging assets and ownership. Our corporate attorneys minimize risks while maintaining focus on business objectives.

• Business Formation and restructuring
• Commercial contracts
• Corporate Governance
• Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestments
• Shareholder Agreements and Stock Options
• Service Level Agreements
• Licensing and Royalty Agreements
• Non-competes and Non-disclosures
• Business Succession Plans
• Estates and Wills
• Mediation and Arbitration
• Distribution arrangements
• Employment and labour relations
• Joint venture agreements
• Not-for-profit organisations
• Taxation
• Franchise & Agency

Litigation

Muliko & Co. Advocates approaches each legal challenge seeking to resolve the legal problem in a practical, cost-effective manner. We aim to position our clients to move forward with their commercial activities.

• Land
• Contracts
• Employment
• Restrictive Covenants, including Injunction Matters
• Shareholder Disputes and Business Divorces
• Insurance
• Intellectual Property
• Real estate
• Trademark & Copyrights
• Logistics
• Construction
• Unfair Trade Practices

Real Estate

Muliko & Co. Advocates advises on real estate structures and completes transactions for purchasers, vendors, lenders, landlords, and tenants of various properties and infrastructure projects. Our real estate litigation team has expertise in commercial landlord and tenant disputes and complex bankruptcy and insolvency proceedings.

• Purchase and sale agreements
• Commercial leases
• Conveyancing
• Co-ownership agreements
• Due diligence support
• Joint-venture agreements
• Property management agreements
• Real estate litigation
• Secured lending and financings
• Condominium property acquisition and Management

Immigration & Work Permits

The attorneys in our Immigration Team help companies, organizations, and individuals navigate complex immigration laws and policies when transferring talented foreign national executives, managers, and professionals to the Eastern Africa Region. We also represent individuals with unique skills or substantial investments in Uganda and Eastern Africa.

• Work permits / licences
• Treaty investor visas
• Intra - company transferee status
• Non - immigrant and permanent residence strategies
• Acquisition of certificate of non residence
• Retention or relinquishment of permanent residence status
• Naturalization and loss of nationality matters
• Employment verification audits
• Special or Students pass

Intellectual Property

Muliko & Co. Advocates understands the importance of protecting intellectual property for investment, growth, and maintaining a competitive edge. Our team works with clients to navigate options and develop strategies to achieve their goals.

• Trademark searches and trademark registration
• Copyright registration
• Prior art searches for White Space Analyses of inventive concepts
• Drafting and filing of Patent Applications in the U.S. and foreign countries
• Pursuing infringers
• Drafting non-disclosure and licensing agreements
• Trade secrets
• Infringement analysis
• Providing analysis and advice in litigation matters that involve Intellectual Property

Oil & Gas

Members of the Oil and Gas Team are full-service business lawyers with an emphasis on oil and gas. We assist oil and gas exploration and development companies active in Uganda and represent well services companies, ancillary service companies, and investors.

• Drafting and reviewing of contracts and agreements
• Drafting drilling title opinions
• Drafting division order title opinions
• Joint ventures for both drillers and landowners
• Oil and gas lease preparation and negotiation
• Oil and gas litigation
• Regulatory requirements and drilling permits
• Sale, acquisition and lease of tangible assets
• Sale, acquisition and disposition of oil, gas and mineral rights
• Corporate governance matters
• Employment and labour
• Project financing
• Intellectual property
• Mergers and acquisitions
• Private Placement Memoranda fund raising
• Sale and acquisition of real estate
• Sale and acquisition of businesses and equity interests
• Securities and related issues
• Zoning and land use issues

Employment & Labour Disputes

All businesses, whatever the size, have human resource needs. As business lawyers, we understand that your employees can be your most valuable asset, as well as the most challenging aspect of your business. At Muliko & Co. Advocates, we act as trusted advisors to our clients, counselling them on effective personnel management practices, best human resource policies, and guiding them through a variety of employment issues, including drafting and negotiation of confidentiality and non-compete agreements, separation and severance agreements, providing training and policy drafting and due diligence in corporate and business transactions. Our lawyers have broad experience coordinating and strategizing in workforce disputes, workforce reductions, and hiring. We strive always to help our clients minimize the risk of employment litigation through planning, preparation, and attention to human resource management. However, when it’s time to go to court, our lawyers bring more than 7 years of experience defending clients against charges of discrimination, wages and payment claims, terminal benefits in courts and administrative fora in Eastern Africa and neighbouring states.