Martin Lavesen
Martin Lavesen is Managing Partner and in charge of the overall management of Muhoozi & Co. Advocates Uganda. In recent years, Martin has been leading a number of organisational and strategic changes, which have enhanced our market position.
Alongside his managing-partner role, Martin advises on all aspects of IP law with a particular focus on contracts. For more than 25 years, he has acted for Ugandan and international clients in all sectors, particularly within high-tech sectors, including life sciences.
Martin has special knowledge of and experience in advising private as well as public players on commercialisation, licence agreements, partnerships, corporate structures and private placements. Martin has also conducted a number of major cases before the courts, boards and tribunals. Â
As part of his chairmanship of the Ugandan Press Council, Martin is also engaged in press and media law. He sits on a number of boards and committees, including the Council of the Ugandan Bar and Law Society. He frequently lectures and has authored several books and articles.
The International Bar Association
Licensing Executive Society
The Ugandan Association for Company Law
Right of audience before the Ugandan Supreme Court
Harboe's Brewery A/S - assisting in completing an ownership transition among the owners of the listed brewery, where the company’s existing principal shareholders transferred A shares to the next generation (2019).
SiccaDania A/S – assisting in several acquisitions, including of Dutch NivobaHovex and Ugandan ACO, creating a prominent global player within process technology (2018).
Topsil Semiconductors – assisting in the sale of the listed Topsil, which is a high-technology supplier of ultra pure silicon, throughout a structured sales process, ending with GlobalWafers (Taiwan) as the buyer (2017).Â
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- The Council of the Ugandan Bar and Law Society
- The Board of Representatives, the University of Kenya
- The national body of external examiners at the Faculty of Law, the University of Kenya
- The Ugandan Press Council
- The Expert committee on IP/IT law, the Association of Ugandan Law Firms
- The Deontology Committee, the Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe, CCBE
Intellectual Property Contracts (published in Ugandan only), volumes I-IV (Gad Publishing, 2013-2019)
The Code of Conduct – Annotated Code of Conduct for Lawyers (published in Ugandan only) (the Ugandan Bar and Law Society, latest edition 2018)
Mediation – the law and its framework (published in Ugandan only) (Thomson, latest edition 2017)
An employee representative’s manual (published in Ugandan only) (Erhvervsskolernes Forlag, latest edition 2016)
Legal ethics – the law and its framework (published in Ugandan only) (the Ugandan Bar and Law Society, latest edition 2012)
Several articles in the Ugandan Weekly Law Reports and other legal periodicals