HAB Advocates

Founded in 2011, HAB Advocates is a full-service corporate and commercial practice providing integrated legal solutions to businesses and individuals.

[HAB Advocates @HABAdvocates]

#MeettheTeam
We are a full-service law firm in Kampala, built on 15+ years of practice.

We began in 2011 as Basemera Associates, became Baobab Advocates in 2019, and in 2026 grew into @HABAdvocates. Today our partnership covers corporate and commercial, property, banking and finance, litigation and ADR, technology, media and telecoms, tax, and advisory work.

What holds us together is EPIC²: Excellence, Proactive, Integrity, Innovation, Client-Centricity.

Read more about the team here https://t.co/9bZSQaqlEs @HamzaSsekamate, @bbbasemera Lillian Olupot Tukamureba , Moses Olico, @Simpolo_10 @JulietNabatanzi @AssimahGraceAgape, Hatim Raj, @lauramaya372 , Kirabo Pretty Franklin, and Nabuuma Edith.

#HABAdvocates #Kampala #Uganda #LawFirm #LegalServices

[HAB Advocates @HABAdvocates]

Meet Lauryn Mable Nabasiita, Legal Assistant at HAB Advocates, supporting our Corporate, Commercial and TMT teams.

Lauryn is completing the Bar Course at the @LDC_Uganda. In the meantime she contributes legal research, litigation support and contract drafting.

Her academic interests are Artificial Intelligence law and copyright, which she applies to questions of intellectual property protection and data governance. She previously served as Public Relations Director of the Rotaract Club at Kampala International University, where she earned her LLB.

Learn more about Lauryn Mable Nabasiita here https://t.co/QTlMFF9qM0

#HABAdvocates #AILaw #Copyright #LegalResearch #Uganda

[HAROLD👑 @HaroldTurijay]

Since 2020, I have earned my bread at @craa_advocates. It has been an amazing journey, one I will look back on with pride. I thank @UgLadyLawyer,clients & staff for the trust during this chapter. I wish the firm the best & I can't wait to embrace what the Lord has in store for me

[HAB Advocates @HABAdvocates]

Meet Grace Asiimah Agape ( @grace32346 ), Associate at HAB Advocates, working within our Tax and Dispute Resolution teams.

Grace advises on revenue, customs and taxation law, and brings courtroom experience to disputes. Early in her career she was selected for the inaugural Plea Bargain programme at Masindi Upper Prison and the Hoima Chief Magistrate's Court. She also works on intellectual property and corporate matters.

She is a certified para-counsellor and served as Vice President of the Para-counselors Association at Uganda Christian University, skills that help her in negotiation, mediation and client crisis management.

Before HAB Advocates she worked at Finans Limited. She holds an LLB (Hons) from @UCUniversity , Mukono, and a Postgraduate Diploma in Legal Practice from @LDC_Uganda .

Learn more about Grace here https://t.co/FiqhBnYqYk

#HABAdvocates #TaxLaw #CustomsLaw #Mediation #Uganda

[MissVEE💰 @VanessahKurora]

First in my bloodline to be Called to the Bar and my mother was there to witness history!

Admitted Advocate of the High Court of Uganda and all Courts subordinate.

May the Courts please me. 🫱🏾‍🫲🏽✨👩🏾‍⚖️

[HAB Advocates @HABAdvocates]

Meet Simon Nyakoojo ( @Simpolo_10 ), Associate at HAB Advocates, working across our TMT, Tax, Dispute Resolution and Corporate practices.

Nyakoojo advises fintech platforms and technology companies on digital financial services compliance, data protection and privacy, tax structuring and transfer pricing, and financing due diligence. He also works closely with dispute resolution teams, so his advice is informed by how disputes actually play out.

He received the @ug_lawsociety Digital Excellence Award in 2025 for innovation in legal technology, and is the co-founder of @Lexara_Africa ( Formerly Judicial Sound Exponent), a legal technology platform.

His practice was shaped by successful tenures at M/S @handg_advocates (est. 1903 as Hunter & Greig) and M/S @KMA_Attorneys .He holds an LLB (Hons) from Kampala International University, a Postgraduate Diploma in Legal Practice from @LDC_Uganda , and a Postgraduate Diploma in Revenue and Taxation from the East African School of Taxation.

Learn more about Simon Nyakoojo here https://t.co/LvX9GP3paC

#HABAdvocates #Fintech #DataProtection #LegalTech #Uganda

[Silver Kayondo @SilverKayondo]

Industrial Court of #Uganda has ruled that determining whether an #employment relationship exists between a boda rider & a ride hailing platform provider requires full trial and can't be resolved at preliminary stage

Turinawe Enock vs Guinness Transporters Limited t/a Safe Boda

[Asaph Elly Munyigwa @AsaphElly1]

Today, the Admin cooked 🤝🙏

[HAB Advocates @HABAdvocates]

@andrewcollinsk @bbbasemera @MTWAUganda @Simpolo_10 And still grinding. 🤭

[HAB Advocates @HABAdvocates]

Meet Basemera Beatrice Butime( @bbbasemera ), Partner at HAB Advocates and Head of our Consultancy and Advisory practice.

Enrolled as an Advocate in 2006, Beatrice has spent two decades advising businesses, institutions and government bodies. Her work covers policy design, regulatory reform, legislative drafting, and risk advisory on public-private partnerships. She also advises families on estate planning and succession.

She is part of the story of this firm. Beatrice led Basemera & Associates Advocates as Managing Partner from 2011, the practice from which HAB Advocates traces its origins, and later served at Baobab Advocates before the 2026 rebrand.

She holds an LLB from @MakerereLaw and a Postgraduate Diploma in Legal Practice from @LDC_Uganda , and is a member of the Uganda Law Society - LAP and the East Africa Law Society (Official)

Read more about Beatrice here https://t.co/JA5uM4xpeD

#HABAdvocates #LegalAdvisory #PublicPolicy #FamilyLaw #Uganda

[HAB Advocates @HABAdvocates]

@andrewcollinsk @JNabatanzi22721 Thanks for the flowers. 🌹

Juliet is one of the leaders in condominium and real restate advisory among her peers.

HABAdvocatesSimon

[HAB Advocates @HABAdvocates]

Meet @JNabatanzi22721 , Associate at HAB Advocates, working across our Property Law, Real Estate and Dispute Resolution practices.

Juliet knows the property sector from the inside.

Before joining the firm she was in-house legal advisor at Edifice Properties Ltd, where she dealt with construction law, project compliance and zoning. She also trained at @ArcadiaLaw and began her career at the Kasangati Chief Magistrate's Court.

Her focus is on property acquisitions, joint ventures, commercial workouts, and using arbitration and ADR to settle property, construction and IP disputes without disrupting the business.

She holds an LLB (Hons) from @UCUniversity , Mukono, and a Postgraduate Diploma in Legal Practice from @LDC_Uganda

Learn more about Juliet here https://t.co/mea2NmZAXA

#HABAdvocates #RealEstateLaw #ConstructionLaw #Arbitration #Uganda

[HAB Advocates @HABAdvocates]

@Hmugashof1 @MoJCAUG @Simpolo_10 Thanks for the compliments.

HABAdvocatesSimon

[HAB Advocates @HABAdvocates]

#MeetTheTeam
Meet Aloysius Onyait, Partner at HAB Advocates and Head of our Litigation and Alternative Dispute Resolution practice.

Aloysius appears before the High Court, the Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court of Uganda, handling corporate disputes, shareholder disagreements, employment and electoral matters, and regulatory enforcement. He pairs sharp litigation with arbitration and mediation where a faster, quieter resolution serves the client better.

His path is unusual. He served 18 years with the Uganda Police, then worked as a legal officer at Uganda Broadcasting Corporation (UBC) and led security and investigations at Umeme, Stanbic Bank Uganda and Uganda Breweries Limited before going into private practice. He was also central to the 2017 pilot Plea Bargain project across the Magistrates' Courts of Mukono, Lugazi and Kayunga.
He holds an LLB from @MakerereLaw and a Diploma in Legal Practice from @LDC_Uganda

Learn more about Aloysius here https://t.co/jsuAsjP3Uv

#HABAdvocates #Litigation #ArbitrationUganda #DisputeResolution #Uganda

[HAB Advocates @HABAdvocates]

#MeetTheTeam
Meet Aloysius Onyait, Partner at HAB Advocates and Head of our Litigation and Alternative Dispute Resolution practice.

Aloysius appears before the High Court, the Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court of Uganda, handling corporate disputes, shareholder disagreements, employment and electoral matters, and regulatory enforcement. He pairs sharp litigation with arbitration and mediation where a faster, quieter resolution serves the client better.

His path is unusual. He served 18 years with the Uganda Police, then worked as a legal officer at Uganda Broadcasting Corporation (UBC) and led security and investigations at Umeme, Stanbic Bank Uganda and Uganda Breweries Limited before going into private practice. He was also central to the 2017 pilot Plea Bargain project across the Magistrates' Courts of Mukono, Lugazi and Kayunga.
He holds an LLB from @MakerereLaw and a Diploma in Legal Practice from @LDC_Uganda

Learn more about Aloysius here https://t.co/jsuAsjP3Uv

#HABAdvocates #Litigation #ArbitrationUganda #DisputeResolution #Uganda

[HAB Advocates @HABAdvocates]

@andrewcollinsk @MoJCAUG @Simpolo_10 @MakerereLaw * to the bar

[HAB Advocates @HABAdvocates]

@andrewcollinsk @MoJCAUG @Simpolo_10 Dear Andrew, Mr Aloysious Onyait finished his LLB from @MakerereLaw in 2005 and was called to the in 2006. He is one of the most senior Advocates at the firm.

Learn more about him here -https://t.co/8mjgBeElfB

HABAdvocatesSimon

[Uganda Law Society @ug_lawsociety]

110 ADVOCATES ENROLLED: WELCOME TO THE BAR!

We warmly congratulate 110 newly enrolled Advocates of the High Court of Uganda following their successful enrollment ceremony held today, 6 November 2026, at the Supreme Court Building, @JudiciaryUG Headquarters in Kampala.

The ceremony was attended by our Ag. Secretary, Hon. @BabuSsali, who represented our President, @IsaacSsemakadde, SC and the entire Governing Council.

In his remarks, Hon. Babu reminded the newly enrolled advocates that the legal profession is more than a career; it is a calling and a public trust, their responsibility extends beyond serving individual clients to upholding the rule of law, defending human rights, promoting justice and serving the public with courage, integrity and independence.

He also challenged them to embrace and advance the 4Ds of the #RadicalNewBar: Decolonization, Demilitarization, Democratization and Digital Transformation.

Welcome to the noble fraternity of legal practitioners. The Bar awaits your courage, commitment and service!"

#ULSAt70 #ResistLawlessness #BangTheTable #BackOnTrack #RNBVision2060

[HAB Advocates @HABAdvocates]

Meet Lillian Olupot Tukamureba, Senior Associate at HAB Advocates and Head of our Corporate and Commercial practice.

Lillian advises multinationals, regional businesses and fast-moving tech companies on contract drafting and negotiation, mergers and acquisitions, and private equity. Her time in telecoms at Sure Telecom Uganda (SMART Telecom) gave her hands-on experience with software licences, vendor contracts and UCC compliance, while her work in the Directorate of Legal Affairs at @Makerere University sharpened her skills in governance and public sector compliance.

She began her career at the Chief Magistrate's Court in Tororo, which informs the way she drafts: every contract is written with the possible dispute in mind.

Lillian holds an LLB (Hons) from @UCUniversity , A Centre of Excellence in the Heart of Africa and a Postgraduate Diploma in Legal Practice from @LDC_Uganda

Learn more about Lillian Olupot Tukamureba here https://t.co/gLe5DtuUfE
#HABAdvocates #CorporateLaw #MergersAndAcquisitions #CommercialContracts #Uganda

[HAB Advocates @HABAdvocates]

Meet Moses Olico, Chief Executive Officer at HAB Advocates and Head of our Banking and Finance and Technology, Media and Telecoms practices.

Moses came to law from the other side of the table. He spent nearly a decade at @stanbicug , rising from corporate and investment banking to Head of Business Loans and Recoveries, then served as Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer of regional financial firms, including Finans Ltd.

That background shapes how he advises lenders, fintech companies and financial institutions on debt restructuring, portfolio management, telecom regulation and digital infrastructure agreements.

His qualifications span an LLB from @MakerereLaw University School of Law , a Postgraduate Diploma in Legal Practice from @LDC_Uganda Centre, an MBA from @ESAMI_INSTITUTE Business School and a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from @Makerere University

Learn more about Moses here https://t.co/69g6sJFMtQ

#HABAdvocates #BankingAndFinance #Fintech #TMT #Uganda

[Law Development Centre @LDC_Uganda]

NEW RELEASE!
The Advocates Act Cap. 295 (Revised Version - As at 1st July, 2024) Available NOW at all LDC Bookshop points INSIDE the LDC Campuses in Kampala, Mbale & Mbarara.UGX 10,000 ONLY

📞 0782547570 / 0752547570 / 0772384224