The coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic is unfortunately now in Uganda. The raft of measures by the World Health Organization (WHO), and governments across the world (including our own) to contain the spread of the virus have resulted in an unprecedented disruption of business and day-to-day life.
Edith Komujuni is a banking and finance and real estate and conveyancing lawyer, and her core practice areas include financial, corporate and commercial law, real estate and conveyancing and legal and regulatory compliance. Edith advises financial institutions on domestic and international lending arrangements and several other forms of specialized finance. In real estate, she has acted for both financiers and developers on the full range of services.
Experience has included:
- Advising leading commercial banks for their retail, corporate and investment lending operations.
- Retained as real estate and conveyancing counsel for British American Tobacco Uganda, Vivo Energy Uganda, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, TotalEnergies Marketing Uganda Limited, Hima Cement, Cementers Limited and the British High Commission, for whom we act as Honorary Legal Counsel.
- Advising two downstream petroleum companies on the reorganization of their real estate holdings for retail service stations and depots.
- Advising the project sponsors and equity financiers for a USD40 million mixed-use development.
- Advising a leading multinational entity on the USD20 million disposal of its property portfolio.
- Advising BAT Uganda Limited on the US$ 20 million strategic disposal of three warehouses.
- Acting as legal advisor for an affordable housing property developer from acquisition of the property, sale off -plan and post construction including transfer of the condominium units.
- Acted as legal advisor for the acquisition of 60 hectares of land valued at over US$ 1 million for a real estate developer for the development of an exclusive housing estate.
- Advising East African Development Bank on a real-estate finance facility utilized to part-finance the development of a large one stop shopping complex in an upscale area
- Acting as legal and transaction advisor to Cementers Limited on the acquisition, development and title regularization for the US$ 10 million Lake Victoria Serena Hotel Phase II project including a 250-housing project, golf course and marina.
- Acting as legal advisor in connection with a proposed environmental assessment relating to plant and manufacturing operations.
Professional Qualifications
- Advocate admitted to the High Court of Uganda.
Education
- Makerere University: Bachelor of Laws.
- Law Development Centre: Post-Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice (bar qualification).
Memberships
- Member of the East African Law Society.
- Member of the Uganda Law Society.