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Gladys Namata Kikule is an Associate in the Corporate Advisory team at MMAKS Advocates.
Acting as part of the company secretarial team of dfcu limited, a listed company with the Uganda Securities Exchange (USE) and ensuring that the company is compliant with corporate governance requirements for listed companies, the Capital Markets Authority, the Uganda Securities Exchange and the Uganda Registration Services Bureau.
Undertaking a field corporate governance audit for Uganda Development Bank which involved an in-house perusal of the bank’s board and committee meetings minute record spanning a period of five years to ascertain whether all minutes were duly prepared, executed and filed and whether all applicable resolutions were duly extracted and filed.
Acting as part of the company secretarial team of Old Mutual Life Assurance Uganda including board meeting planning and advisory, management of the shareholders register and ensuring that share certificates are issued to applicable shareholders
Acting as part of the company secretarial team of Uganda Energy Credit Capitalisation Company Limited which included board meeting planning and management, corporate governance advisory and compliance support.
Advising Yunus Social Business on the set-up, management and restructure the board of directors in different social enterprises under Yunus Social Business’ investment portfolio. This was part of an initiative by Yunus Social Business to assist its investees (primarily social enterprises) to fortify their governance structures for better management of investments.
Advising the Insurance Training College (formerly Insurance Institute of Uganda) on the transformation process of the Institute into the Insurance Training College following the commencement of the Insurance Act No. 6 of 2017. This involved corporate governance advisory and structuring and stakeholder engagements with the Insurance Regulatory Authority, National Council for Higher Education and Uganda Registration Services Bureau.
Advising the Electricity Regulatory Authority on establishment of a proposed regulators’ association including corporate governance advisory and structuring.
Advising Uganda Development Corporation (the investment arm of Uganda’s government) on two (2) running and prospective investments in the coffee and mining sectors each valued at over UGX 1 Billion.
Advising Private Sector Foundation Uganda on the establishment of a construction sector Special Purpose vehicle including undertaking a feasibility study.
Advising Tangerine Limited trading as Lycamobile on its contractual documents for the entity’s site leases in relation to telecommunication business as well as providing routine legal advisory on regulatory compliance requirements for the entity with local regulators.
Undertaking due diligences for potential recipients of funds from Abi Development Limited (formerly Abi Trust (now Abi Development Limited). This involved ascertainment of legal status of entities, confirmation of compliance with licenses, criminal record searches for directors, critical analysis of the main objects of the entities and alignment of the same with the aspirations of the client.
Advising Insurance Training College on the acquisition of a new home now located at Victoria Park, Old Kira Road, Kamwokya valued at over UGX 1 Billion. The transaction involved advising the board of the college on the legal intricacies of the transaction, conducting a due diligence on the seller, drafting of the sale agreement and following up on execution of the same. Also advised on the financing of the transaction and engaged with the financier on behalf of our client in order to ensure smooth perfection of the Facility.
