John has been a practicing Advocate of the High Court of Uganda for over 21 years. He is a member of the International Bar Association, East African Law Society and Uganda Law Society. In addition to his legal studies in Uganda, he received an LLM in Commercial and Corporate Law from the University of London.
Because of his wealth of experience and training, John plays a major role in the Corporate and Commercial practices of the firm. John is frequently engaged to provide legal opinions pertaining to legal compliance and regulatory issues to the firm’s clients especially to banking and financial institutions.
John is recognized as one of the leading legal practitioners in Uganda by Chambers Global and other reputable law publications.
Chambers Global writes…
"John Fisher Kanyemibwa is held in high regard by his peers and recognized for representing banks in dispute resolution proceedings. One market commentator described him as 'one of the best litigators in Uganda,’ while another source added: 'I would pick him to represent me.'"
Notable Roles and Accomplishments:
Lead consultant on the Stanbic Bank Note Issuance program on the Ugandan Stock Exchange.
Member of the Board of Directors, Capital Markets Authority.
John has been at the forefront of many corporate transactions and notable among these are the listing of Stanbic Bank Uganda Limited and Bank of Baroda Uganda Limited on the stock exchange for their Initial Public Offers.
Team Leader for the Stanbic Bank note issuance program of shares
Team Leader for the increment of share capital and issue of bonus shares for Bank of Baroda Uganda Limited.
Practice Areas
Corporate and M&A
Litigation & ADR
Commercial Law
Practice Areas
Corporate and M&A
Litigation & ADR
Commercial Law
Industries
Banking and Financial Institutions & Services
Industries
Banking and Financial Institutions & Services
Language Skills
English
Language Skills
English
Specialty Groups
Bio
John has been a practicing Advocate of the High Court of Uganda for over 21 years. He is a member of the International Bar Association, East African Law Society and Uganda Law Society. In addition to his legal studies in Uganda, he received an LLM in Commercial and Corporate Law from the University of London.
Because of his wealth of experience and training, John plays a major role in the Corporate and Commercial practices of the firm. John is frequently engaged to provide legal opinions pertaining to legal compliance and regulatory issues to the firm’s clients especially to banking and financial institutions.
John is recognized as one of the leading legal practitioners in Uganda by Chambers Global and other reputable law publications.
Chambers Global writes…
"John Fisher Kanyemibwa is held in high regard by his peers and recognized for representing banks in dispute resolution proceedings. One market commentator described him as 'one of the best litigators in Uganda,’ while another source added: 'I would pick him to represent me.'"
Notable Roles and Accomplishments:
Lead consultant on the Stanbic Bank Note Issuance program on the Ugandan Stock Exchange.
Member of the Board of Directors, Capital Markets Authority.
John has been at the forefront of many corporate transactions and notable among these are the listing of Stanbic Bank Uganda Limited and Bank of Baroda Uganda Limited on the stock exchange for their Initial Public Offers.
Team Leader for the Stanbic Bank note issuance program of shares
Team Leader for the increment of share capital and issue of bonus shares for Bank of Baroda Uganda Limited.
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