Corporate Matters

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GEM Advocates has a team of professionals with substantial knowledge and experience to assist clients in all corporate matters.

Our services include:

  • Advising on all aspects relating to corporate legislation
  • Advising on, and implementing, corporate transactions such as the issue or transfer of shares, rights issues, share buybacks and similar transactions.
  • All other contractual arrangements relating to incorporated entities and its members
  • Regulatory filings with the Registrar of Companies to amend corporate details of all incorporated entities and to amend and update URSB records, as well as de-registrations
  • Assisting offshore companies in establishing a business presence in Uganda, including advice on the appropriate business structure, and the legal, tax and exchange control consequences thereof
  • Corporate restructuring
  • Drafting and reviewing of shareholders’ agreements and assisting in the negotiation thereof
  • The duties and responsibilities of directors and company officers
  • The selection of the most appropriate entity for a specific business.