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No. of offices | 1 |
No. of attorneys | 13 |
No. of employees | 40 |
Major practice areas | General Business Law [1] |
Key people | Yusufu Kagumire (Managing Partner) & John Fisher Kanyemibwa (Senior Partner) |
Revenue | Unknown |
Date founded | 1903 ( Kampala) |
Founder | The Britons Hunter and Greig |
Company type | LLP |
Website | kateeraandkagumire.com |
Kateera & Kagumire Advocates simply known as Kateera & Kagumire and formerly known as Hunter & Greig is a Ugandan law firm [2] headquartered in Kampala, the capital city of Uganda and with a history dating back to 1903. It is one of the oldest and leading law firms in the country.
Over the years, the firm has maintained its presence majorly in the legal practice areas of Intellectual Property Rights ( Patents, Trademarks & Copyrights).
The firm's clients include banks and financial institutions, insurance companies, third party administrators, manufacturing and service companies and entrepreneurs. [3] It handles regular work for clients such as Stanbic Bank. [4]
Kateera & Kagumire has practice relationships with a number of accredited International Law firms. Notably, the firm has developed a partnership with, Adams & Adams Attorneys in South Africa, Abelman Frayne & Schwab and Ladas & Parry LLP in the US, Gill Jennings & Every in the U.K and Hamilton Harrison & Mathews in Nairobi, Kenya. [3]
Kateera & Kagumire was founded in 1903 as Hunter & Greig by two British citizens, Hunter and Greig who are credited for setting up the first law practice in Uganda. [3]
The firm was later joined by other eminent legal Practitioners of their days like, O.J Keeble, Cohnhan, Gideon Akankwasa, Jonathan Kateera, Christopher Kasibayo and John Sengooba .
In 1984, the firm changed its name to Kateera and Kagumire Advocates. Currently the Firm has Five partners assisted by 8 lawyers. They are assisted by over 20 support staff. [3]
Kateera & Kagumire is notable for the following cases:
Kateera & Kagumire specialises in the following legal disciplines: