Apollo N Makubuya

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Apollo is one of the founding partners of MMAKS Advocates. He heads the Commercial Transactions team. With 26 years in legal practice, he specialises in corporate and commercial transactions including company incorporation, governance and restructuring, mergers and acquisitions in various fields such as banking and finance, oil and gas and projects and infrastructure.

He has handled several high-profile commercial transactions in the energy, oil, petroleum, infrastructure and mining sectors. These include deals with the National Oil Company on the National Oil Refinery and the Kampala Storage Terminal, and with an Oil and Gas local content and incubator programme. Other assignments include the Kilembe Mines, Bujagali Hydro Power Project, Kampala Flyover Project and the Namanve industrial park. He routinely advises on commercial and regulatory aspects in the banking, telecommunications and insurance sectors.

Apollo is the current chair of Prudential Assurance Uganda Ltd. and he has been consistently ranked as a leading lawyer by Chambers Global and IFLR. He is a graduate of Cambridge University, UK and holds a first-class honours Bachelor’s law degree from Makerere University and a Diploma in Legal Practice.