Global Standards.
Local Experience.
Who are we?
We Are African Innovation Solutions
TASLAF Advocates provides blended legal and tax services to the most impactful entities operating in Uganda & East Africa. We are driven by a desire to create social impact and harness the interconnectedness of the African eco-system in our provision of blended legal & tax services. Our clients include leading private equity/impact funds, construction and oil & gas companies, tech companies, leading non-profits/NGO’s and social enterprises looking to set up or expand in Uganda and East Africa.
Our team combines a breadth of experience, education, and training in the best institutions in the world. We are always on the lookout for the most talented and ambitious professionals to join the team. With a mix of lawyers and accountants across the board, our service offerings are unequaled in both tax & legal assignments.
Our pro-bono arm provides free legal services to leading SME’s and social enterprises in Uganda helping them to save legal fees and create impact in their areas of operation.
Services
Our Practice Areas
For our clients, we represent a single point of contact for solutions in our practice areas of tax, Legal and advisory services. We achieve this through a strong culture of teamwork and collaboration which ensures that skills are deployed to match the unique requirements of each client.
Corporate, M&A and Impact Finance Practice
Tax Practice
Energy, Oil & Gas Practice
Litigation, Arbitration & Dispute Resolution Practice
Employment and Immigration Practice
NGO, Social Enterprise and Impact Finance practice
What we offer
TASLAF seamlessly combines international standards of ethics and legal practice while harnessing our knowledge, contacts and experience of the local market, to provide the best solutions for our clients. Our clients include both Ugandan and international impact/private equity funds, oil and gas companies, financing institutions, construction companies, and the leading multinational social enterprises & non-profits/NGO’s operating/looking to set up and expand in East Africa.
Whether we are providing legal opinions for corporate formation, restructuring, governance and internal controls, financial and tax planning, employment and human resource contracts or for immigration requirements for expatriates, volunteers or their dependents, we ensure that our advice is legally wholesome and takes into account various practical and commercially viable business objectives, which are important for our clients to achieve their goals.
The TASLAF Team
Meet our team of experts
We seamlessly combine international standards of ethics, knowledge and legal practice while harnessing our knowledge, contacts and experience of the local market, to provide the best solutions for our clients.
Stephen Tumwesigye
Managing Partner
Lynne Wells
Special Counsel
Harriet Okwi
Consultant - Oil & Gas
Kevin Ayebare
Senior Legal Associate
Juliet Namirembe
Senior Tax Associate
Shadiya Uzama
Legal Associate
Rushongoza Begumya
Legal Associate
Faith Oluka
Legal Associate
Benjamen Ayongyera
Legal Associate
Priscilla Busulwa
SENIOR LEGAL ASSOCIATE
Elizabeth Akoth
TAX ASSOCIATE
Jemimah Atukunda
Legal Associate
Sheila Magezi
Practice Manager
Some of our clients
Contact Us
- 9th Floor - Trust Towers, Plot 4 Kyadondo Road, Nakasero P.O.Box 75577, Kampala, Uganda
Insights
For our clients, we represent a single point of contact for solutions in our practice areas of tax, legal and advisory services. We achieve this through a strong culture of teamwork and collaboration which ensures that skills are deployed to match the unique requirements of each client.
THE REQUIREMENT TO SUBMIT BENEFICIAL OWNER’S INFORMATION
International beneficial ownership standards from the
Financial Action Task Force (FATF) and the Eastern and
Southern Africa Anti-Money Laundering Group (ES-
AAMLG) have fed into national efforts to strengthen
beneficial ownership transparency.
FILING THE FIA COMPLIANCE REPORT
Anti -Money laundering is governed by the Anti-money laundering Act of 2013 as amended together with its regulations. The act lays down strategies that must
RENEWAL OF AN NGO PERMIT OF OPERATION
In order for an NGO to legally operate in Uganda, it needs a valid permit of operation, obtained from the National Bureau of Non-Governmental Organizations.
