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Miriam O. Atim is an Associate with the Corporate Advisory department at MMAKS Advocates.
Acting for Sanlam Limited, the holding company of the Sanlam group of companies, in connection with its proposed joint venture with the Allianz group of companies. Part of the legal team that advised Sanlam on the corporate and commercial aspects of its proposed joint venture.
Advised on the amalgamation of the SN Power entities in Uganda. This involved the preparation and registration of the requisite corporate documents at the Companies Registry and obtaining the relevant regulatory approvals for this amalgamation.
Advising Terra Payment Services (Netherlands) B.V., a global financial technology company, on obtaining a payments system operator license from the Bank of Uganda for its Ugandan subsidiary, Terrapay Uganda
Acted for Google Inc. on its investment in Go Ventures Limited, the holding company of SafeBoda Uganda. This was Google’s first investment through its Africa Investment Fund, where the investment was structured through a Simple Agreement for Future Equity. This advisory involved a review of the transaction documents for the financing and reviewing the privacy policies of SafeBoda and its third-party service providers.
Advised Asante Financial Services Limited, a company that provides money lending services on digital platforms, on a partnership with a Ugandan telecom service provider and Mastercard Foundation on providing an asset finance service facilitating access to and ownership of smart phones.
Advised the Walt Disney Company on the offering of its Disney+ platform to the Ugandan market. This instruction involved advising the client on the regulatory and commercial implications linked to the operation of the Disney+ service in Uganda ranging from broadcasting requirements, embedded payment options on the platform, gift cards, contractual obligations and data protection and privacy requirements, among others.
Advised WPP-Scangroup Limited, the largest marketing and communications group operating in sub-Saharan Africa on its Merchant, User and Website privacy policies for its Goby platform. This platform is dedicated to managing online businesses.
Advised Google Inc. on the regulation of its YouTube platform by the Uganda Communications Commission. This advisory involved a review of the legal framework on broadcasting in Uganda and its potential implications on content broadcast on the YouTube platform.
Advised Airbnb on the roll out of its online marketplace to Uganda. This instruction involved advisory on the regulatory compliance implications on the business including compliance with accommodation and liquor licenses, data protection and privacy as well as limitation on minors accessing Airbnb establishments.
Advising Instagram on the launch of its Reels product that enables users to create and share short videos using music, effects and even original audio. Our advice covered various aspects including data protection and privacy related aspects relating to the Reels product.
Advised Aceli Africa on the regulatory requirements for the roll out of its API platform under a partnership framework with a leading financial institution in the East African market. This brief involved a review of Aceli Africa’s API platform and assessing the regulatory implications applicable to all the models through which the platform could be deployed.
Advising Standard Chartered Bank Uganda Limited on the compliance of its employee and customer data privacy notices with the Uganda data protection and privacy legal regime.
Advising the Rath Health Foundation on the privacy aspects affecting the roll out of its community outreach activities. This involved the review of the organisation’s content and the programs to ensure compliance with the legal requirements.
Advising Mildmay Uganda on a range of corporate governance matters including advisory on convening Annual General Meetings and board meetings, company policy matters, etc. This brief also involves organising the company’s meetings as company secretary.
Advising the Rath Health Foundation on governance structures best applicable to the organisation and attending to a members’ dispute.
Advised on the reinstatement and registration of the American Bar Association as an NGO in Uganda with the NGO Bureau.
Advises on and facilitates Mildmay Uganda’s compliance with the NGO Bureau by preparing and attending to the relevant filings.
Advised the Office of the Auditor General on its audit of UMEME’s operations in Uganda. UMEME was the major electricity distributor in Uganda. This involved a review of the concession agreements and interpretation of the commercial arrangements of UMEME to establish the buy-out amount as provided for under the agreement to ensure a seamless end to the concession agreement.
Advised Beyond Capital Ventures on its first fintech company investment in Xeno Corporation. This instruction involved a review of the business of Xeno Corporation’s subsidiary in Uganda including advising on the company’s compliance with data protection and privacy requirements.
Advised the Uganda National Oil Company on the proposed construction of the Kampala Storage Terminal. This advisory involved a review of regulatory matters that would affect the construction of the terminal including but not limited to petroleum, procurement of contracts with the government, environment matters, finance, etc.
Attending to several insolvency processes for companies at the office of the Official Receiver including the deregistration of Oxford Pty Limited and Open Society Institute Uganda Limited and the winding up of Sundries Bargains Uganda Limited.
