IAN MUTIBWA

Ian is the Managing Partner at Signum Advocates and heads the Tax, Banking and Finance (including Islamic Finance), and Corporate Governance Teams.

He is both Ugandan and UK trained and has over ten (10) years practice and experience.

In 2016, Ian was seconded to the global law firm of Latham and Watkins LLP in the UK in the International Tax and Project Finance Departments with a special emphasis to the African Market. This was under the International Lawyers for Africa (ILFA) Programme.

He has twice been nominated for the award of “Partner of the year” at the Africa Legal Awards, 2020 and 2021. He was recently recognised amongst the 75 highly regarded business lawyers in Uganda. He is a member of the East African Law Society and the Uganda Law Society. He is a licensed Insolvency Practitioner in Uganda.

Ian is a market Leader on Islamic Finance and has been instrumental in the fallowing to foster Islamic Finance in Uganda.

He has;

1. Advised on the tax treatment of Islamic Finance in Uganda.
2. Advised on diminishing Musharaka and Ijara cross boarder financing of projects in Uganda.
3. Carried out various trainings for financial institutions on Islamic Finance.
4. Advised on the tax structuring for Islamic Finance financing products for a power project in Uganda.