Energy and Climate Finance
Counsel across the energy value chain and the financing that powers it.
Philosophy
Uganda's energy story is increasingly defined by solar, hydro, mini-grids and the blended finance structures mobilising capital for the transition — and TASLAF has built a practice around it. We advise clean energy developers, climate finance allocators, development finance institutions, and the government agencies shaping Uganda's power sector, bringing deep knowledge of the ERA and MEMD regulatory environment, power purchase agreement structuring, results-based and concessional finance, and carbon markets and ESG advisory. We pair that technical expertise with the corporate and tax advice that determines whether a project actually reaches financial close. Where our clients' mandates extend to conventional energy, we bring equal depth across upstream licensing, midstream infrastructure, downstream operations, and the sector-specific tax and local content requirements that apply across East Africa.
Services
- Upstream Licensing & PSAs
- Midstream Pipelines & Infrastructure
- Downstream Retail, DODO & Distribution
- Renewables, Solar, Hydro & Mini-grids
- Project, Blended & Climate Finance
- Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs)
- Environmental & Sector Regulatory Compliance
- Carbon Markets & ESG Advisory
Selected work highlights.
Acted as legal counsel to Africa EMS Mpanga on a project to construct a hydro power dam on River Mpanga in Western Uganda.
Advised Suez France, an international water and environmental company, on a proposed USD 12 million project to construct a water treatment plant in Uganda.
Advised Weatherford International Ltd on the local tax treatment arising from the provision of oil drilling services to Tullow Oil.
Advised Enviro Serve on the capital deduction treatment of a USD 13.6 million industrial and hazardous waste landfill in the Albertine Graben region for oil drilling operations.
Defended Nabors Drilling International against a tax assessment of over UGX 900 million arising from valuation of the drilling rig at importation and exportation.
Defended Electro-Maxx against a tax payment demand of over UGX 6 billion on customs duty on fuel, VAT on importation of furnace oil, and withholding tax and VAT on imported services.
Successfully advised Libya Oil Uganda Limited on an income tax objection for capital gains tax of over UGX 2 billion raised by URA on its share capital consolidation.
Uganda Local Content Development study — assessed Ugandan SME supplier capacity and constraints in supplying goods and services to the upstream oil and gas sector.
Algeria Economic Fiscal Modelling — built a flexible model of the Algerian Concession and Production Sharing fiscal regimes covering NPV, IRR and Payback Period.
Kenya Market & Entry Strategy Study — advised on the retail and wholesale fuels market and the Dealer-Owned Dealer-Operated (DODO) fuel retail model.
Power sector study across Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi and DRC for a Norwegian power developer assessing political, institutional and regulatory drivers.
Sub-Saharan Africa downstream country reports and comparative pump-price structure studies for multiple international oil clients.
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Stephen Tumwesigye
Corporate, M&A and Private Equity · Tax · Oil & Gas · Impact Finance
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Employment Law · Litigation, Arbitration & Dispute Resolution · Corporate & Regulatory Advisory · Governance & HR Policy
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Legal & Regulatory Compliance · Corporate Finance · M&A and Private Equity · Data Protection & Immigration Advisory
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