Charlotte Ahabwe
Senior Associate
Expertise
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Commercial Transactions
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Restructuring
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Intellectual Property
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Non-Governmental Organisations & Consular Services
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Oil and Gas
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Tax Practice
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Energy & Infrastructure
Contacts
cahabwe@kaa.co.ug
Direct line No. +256312244100
Professional Qualifications
Candidate, Post Graduate Diploma in Revenue and Tax Administration
Post Graduate Diploma in Law, Law Development Centre
LLB (Hons), Makerere University
Profile Summary
Charlotte is a Senior Associate at Kampala Associated Advocates and part of the Commercial Transactions, Oil & Gas and Tax Departments. She is a graduate of Makerere University, where she served as Speaker of the Law Society and is currently an advocate of the High Court of Uganda and all courts subordinate. She is currently pursuing a post graduate diploma in Tax and Revenue Administration at the East African School of Taxation.
Charlotte has extensive knowledge of insolvency practice, intellectual property, oil and gas laws collective investment schemes / Unit Trust Funds, private equity and corporate compliance, having worked on various instructions in the said fields. She has advised on numerous commercial, corporate and day-to-day oil and gas matters.
Additionally, she has experience in mergers and acquisitions as well as general administration of companies. She serves as company secretary to various companies and has vast experience in a wide range of company issues spanning across formation, corporate governance, compliance, mergers and acquisitions, trademarks, taxation, labour laws and insolvency.
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
- Member of the Uganda Law Society
- Member of the East African Law Society
- Member of the Uganda Law Society Tax & Revenue Cluster
Top Matters
- Advising Sinopec International Petroleum Co. (Uganda) Limited in their day-to-day commercial, oil & gas, corporate and employment matters.
- Currently advising on the liquidation of a telecommunications company.
- Sits on various boards of companies for whom KAA is Company Secretary. These include: the Uganda Chamber of Mines and Petroleum, Afriland First Bank Uganda Limited and aYo Uganda Limited.
- Advised on the legal framework governing Money Market, Umbrella and Securities Funds.
- Advised on the licensing requirements of various Unit Trust Funds.
- Prepared incorporation documents and obtained licenses for various Unit Trust Funds.
- Advised on the taxation regime of Collective Investment Schemes and obtained tax exemptions for various Collective Investment Schemes.
- Advised on the transfer of assets from a wealth management scheme to a collective investment scheme.
- Advised on the tax exemption and VAT deeming regime for oil & gas licensees and contractors.
- Undertaken various trademark registrations, instituted objections to trademark registrations and defended against various trademark objections.
- Conducting due diligence reviews on various entities for various banks.
- Involved in banking, mortgages and debt recovery matters on behalf of KAA clients.
- Advised several institutions on condominium laws, setting up condominiums, their sale and management.
- Involved in setting up various corporate entities as well as advising companies on issues of corporate governance.
- Advised and aided various companies in the rectification of their records at the companies’ registry and other matters of corporate compliance.
- Undertaken debt collections on behalf of various institutions.
- Undertaking the drafting, reviewing and negotiation of various commercial agreements and other documents, on behalf of KAA clients.
- Preparation of legal opinions and alerts for both local and foreign companies on legal regime changes in Uganda and their impact on the companies.
- Part of the team that is charged with providing day-to-day commercial advisory services to KAA clients.
- Part of the team that is charged with the institution and defending of various suits on behalf of KAA Clients.
- Part of the team that prepares various bid documents, commercial and technical proposals on behalf of KAA.
Charlotte is a Senior Associate at Kampala Associated Advocates and part of the Commercial Transactions, Oil & Gas and Tax Departments. She is a graduate of Makerere University, where she served as Speaker of the Law Society and is currently an advocate of the High Court of Uganda and all courts subordinate. She is currently pursuing a post graduate diploma in Tax and Revenue Administration at the East African School of Taxation.
Charlotte has extensive knowledge of insolvency practice, intellectual property, oil and gas laws collective investment schemes / Unit Trust Funds, private equity and corporate compliance, having worked on various instructions in the said fields. She has advised on numerous commercial, corporate and day-to-day oil and gas matters.
Additionally, she has experience in mergers and acquisitions as well as general administration of companies. She serves as company secretary to various companies and has vast experience in a wide range of company issues spanning across formation, corporate governance, compliance, mergers and acquisitions, trademarks, taxation, labour laws and insolvency.
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
- Member of the Uganda Law Society
- Member of the East African Law Society
- Member of the Uganda Law Society Tax & Revenue Cluster
Top Matters
- Advising Sinopec International Petroleum Co. (Uganda) Limited in their day-to-day commercial, oil & gas, corporate and employment matters.
- Currently advising on the liquidation of a telecommunications company.
- Sits on various boards of companies for whom KAA is Company Secretary. These include: the Uganda Chamber of Mines and Petroleum, Afriland First Bank Uganda Limited and aYo Uganda Limited.
- Advised on the legal framework governing Money Market, Umbrella and Securities Funds.
- Advised on the licensing requirements of various Unit Trust Funds.
- Prepared incorporation documents and obtained licenses for various Unit Trust Funds.
- Advised on the taxation regime of Collective Investment Schemes and obtained tax exemptions for various Collective Investment Schemes.
- Advised on the transfer of assets from a wealth management scheme to a collective investment scheme.
- Advised on the tax exemption and VAT deeming regime for oil & gas licensees and contractors.
- Undertaken various trademark registrations, instituted objections to trademark registrations and defended against various trademark objections.
- Conducting due diligence reviews on various entities for various banks.
- Involved in banking, mortgages and debt recovery matters on behalf of KAA clients.
- Advised several institutions on condominium laws, setting up condominiums, their sale and management.
- Involved in setting up various corporate entities as well as advising companies on issues of corporate governance.
- Advised and aided various companies in the rectification of their records at the companies’ registry and other matters of corporate compliance.
- Undertaken debt collections on behalf of various institutions.
- Undertaking the drafting, reviewing and negotiation of various commercial agreements and other documents, on behalf of KAA clients.
- Preparation of legal opinions and alerts for both local and foreign companies on legal regime changes in Uganda and their impact on the companies.
- Part of the team that is charged with providing day-to-day commercial advisory services to KAA clients.
- Part of the team that is charged with the institution and defending of various suits on behalf of KAA Clients.
- Part of the team that prepares various bid documents, commercial and technical proposals on behalf of KAA.
