We are more than just a law firm: we are your trusted advisors and partners in the protection and growth of your business, and in ensuring that your rights are fully protected. The Firm has over 41 years' experience in providing world-class legal advisory services and has been consistently and internationally recognised year after year as the number one law firm in Uganda by: (1) Chambers and Partners: Global Guide to the World's Leading Lawyers, (2) IFLR 1000 – The Guide to the World's Leading Financial Law Firms and (3) PLC Which Lawyer, the benchmark league tables for lawyers around the world. 

Several of our Partners have received international recognition as leading lawyers Uganda in these publications and our two senior Partners are the only lawyers in East Africa to be elevated to the category of "Senior Statesmen" by Chambers and Partners Global Guide to the World's Leading Lawyers: 2008-11 editions in East Africa. 

Our Firm boasts of some of the most talented, highly qualified and experienced advocates in Uganda many of whom have received advanced legal training in the world's leading law schools and several are licensed to practice both in Uganda and in New York and the United Kingdom. Our lawyers therefore have the unique capability to handle matters in a manner that incorporates and balances legal considerations in various jurisdictions and this has cemented our strong reputation in the legal industry as the premier breeding ground for top quality legal practitioners in Uganda. 

Katende, Ssempebwa & Company has the size, the strength, and the resources to provide quality results and has been a leading advisor on many ground breaking transactions that raise new and complex questions of law that have not been addressed at all in this country. 

The Firm has consistently been the choice for clients with groundbreaking and unusually challenging transactions in the region and we are a major player in the facilitation of the nation's legal and economic development. 

We have over the years drawn our legal resources from the nation's leading law school and we are proud of the fact that we have for the past forty one years continued to attract some of the most talented lawyers of our time. Many of the outstanding lawyers and leaders in the profession in Uganda today have had quality experience with us and we have developed a strong reputation in the industry as a breeding ground for top quality practitioners in Uganda. 

Katende, Ssempebwa & Company alumni comprise a prominent network through law, finance, business and other professions. Former associates include Judges, Professors, Corporation Secretaries, Managing Directors and partners in smaller well-regarded law Firms founded by Katende, Ssempebwa & Company alumni. 

Our clients by extension are the direct beneficiaries of the priceless "technical know-who" that this Firm has cultivated over the years.