Kampala Associated Advocates

Litigation and Arbitration, Taxation, Banking, Finance and Agriculture

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Prior to joining PWC, Bruce worked for JPMorgan in the USA. While at JPMorgan, he offered corporate advisory and secretarial services to the Bank. He advised on the Banks Mutual and Hedge Funds in relation to international transactions.

Since joining KAA, Bruce has been involved in litigation with a preference for tax matters. He is particularly adept at finding solutions to complex tax and other legal disputes. Bruce successfully represented Standard Chartered Bank Uganda Limited in a UGX 13 billion tax dispute regarding income tax. Bruce also successfully represented the leading mobile telecommunications company, MTN in a UGX 320 billion dispute against the Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) arising from corporation tax, Value Added Tax and excise duty assessments.

He was involved in representing Tullow Uganda Ltd in its capital gains dispute; he was also involved in representing Tullow Uganda Ltd in its USD 490 million dollar tax dispute against URA. He has also worked with Total E&P and Total Uganda and was involved in their UGX 2 billion shilling dispute with URA.I was part of the team that handled Orange Uganda Limited’s UGX 100 billion shilling tax dispute against URA.

Bruce offers tax advisory services to companies including CNOOC, Total Uganda Ltd, Tullow Oil, UMEME, Bujagali Energy Limited, Standard Chartered(U) Limited, Multichoice (U) Ltd, among others. Bruce has also represented Uganda National Roads Authority in several infrastructure project disputes.

English , Luganda , Runyankore, Kiswahili

Member, Uganda Law Society Member, East African Law Society

LLM in International Tax, Georgetown University Post Graduate Diploma in Law, Law Development Centre LLB from Makerere University