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PROFESSOR FREDERICK E. SSEMPEBWA (SC)
Senior PartnerLL.M. (Belfast), LL.B. (Hons) E.A., Advocate, Commissioner for Oaths, Notary Public.

PRACTICE
Professor Ssempebwa is the other founding partner of the Firm is the Supervising Partner of all legal work undertaken by the Firm. Seldom does one person combine success in both the academic and practice arenas but Professor Ssempebwa has done just that. Professor Ssempebwa has not only participated in groundbreaking litigation but has been

instrumental in the formulation of the numerous laws and Acts in Uganda. As a celebrated Professor of Law at Makerere University he has also reached the pinnacle in the academic field.

Professor Ssempebwa has practiced law both within and outside the courtrooms with distinction for over thirty years now and he is now a leading consultant in several areas of practice in Uganda. He has meritoriously earned the title of "Senior Counsel" in the Courts of Uganda and his outstanding scholarly record has made him a leading authority in Uganda on matters relating to Revenue Law and Taxation, Constitutional Law, Contracts, Conveyance and General Litigation. He is one of the most respected and most widely consulted lawyers in Uganda.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
Uganda Law Society (President 1982-85), East African Law Society (Council Member 1999-to date).

CAREER
Professor Ssempebwa received his LL.B with honours from the University of East Africa at Dar-es-salaam in 1969 where he was a John F. Kennedy Scholar. He then proceeded to Queen's University Belfast, Ireland where he received his LL.M in 1971. He is a celebrated Professor of Law at Makerere University in Uganda and the Universities of Dar-es-Salaam and Zambia. He has authored many learned articles and is widely published in many of the world's leading law journals.

Professor Ssempebwa has several times been the President of the Uganda Law Society, and he has also been a Minister in the Government of Uganda. He sits on the Boards of several major corporate bodies and Government Parastatals in Uganda. He is currently the Chairman of the Constitutional Review Commission which has been charged with reviewing the 1995 Constitution of the Republic of Uganda.

E-mail: efs@kats.co.ug

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