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About Our Firm

Obed Mwebesa & Associated Advocates is a Kampala-based, full-service law firm serving corporate and individual clients across Uganda. Our practice spans traditional and emerging areas of law — from land, banking and tax to employment, intellectual property and family law — built on the courtroom experience of advocates who appear before Uganda's Courts of Judicature.

Our Mission

To prioritise the needs of our clients while promoting justice.

Our Vision

To be the leading legal service provider within the region and beyond.

Our Values

Teamwork. Professionalism. Results.

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Teamwork

We draw on the combined experience of our advocates, legal officers and support staff on every matter.

02

Professionalism

Every client is treated with the diligence and confidentiality the law demands.

03

Result-Oriented

We measure our work by the outcomes it delivers for the people and businesses we represent.

Obed Mwebesa
Senior Advocate & Managing Partner

Obed Mwebesa

Obed Mwebesa is a Senior Advocate and Managing Partner at Obed Mwebesa & Associated Advocates, with over 30 years’ experience. He leads the firm’s Commercial Litigation and Dispute Resolution Practice, advising institutional clients on complex, high-value matters. He represents banks, corporations and government entities before Uganda’s High Court, Court of Appeal and Supreme Court. CORE EXPERTISE: Commercial Litigation & Debt Recovery: Contract claims, loan recovery, and enforcement of securities and judgments. Appellate Advocacy & Dispute Resolution: Litigation, negotiation and mediation of complex disputes. Regulatory & Corporate Advisory: Compliance, governance and transactional risk for banks, corporations and public bodies. LANGUAGES: English, Luganda, Runyankole, Runyoro, Rutooro, Lusoga and Swahili.

  • LLB (Hons), Makerere University.
  • Postgraduate Diploma in Legal Practice, Law Development Centre, Kampala.
  • Advocate of all Courts of Judicature of Uganda.
  • Member of: Uganda Law Society (ULS), East African Law Society (EALS)