Social enterprises and Non Governmental Organisations (NGOs) are key actors in business and social and economic transformation playing a significant role in all sectors of the economy including agriculture, finance, natural resources, education, health, energy, governance and human rights, among others. The enactment of the Non Governmental Organisations Act, 2016 introduced a new and rather complex dispensation for regulation of NGOs and social enterprises including strict registration, licensing, supervisory and compliance requirements. The requirements for filing regular returns, periodic renewal of operational permits, signing of regular MoU with local government authorities in areas of operation, accompanied by hefty fines and the risk of revocation of the registration and operational permits mean organizational leaders cannot afford to let their guards down. Not only that, there are also stringent data protection, employment, immigration and anti-money laundering regulations which impact operations of social enterprises and NGOs. 

We have a team of specialist practitioners to handle all aspects of social enterprise and NGO regulation including: 

• Advisory on the most appropriate form of social enterprises organisation. 
• Registration, licensing and operational permit processing for NGOs and social enterprises
• All compliance issues including filing of annual returns, operational permit renewals, statutory MoUs with the relevant local government authorities.
• Public interest and strategic litigation 
• Governance structures and constitutional documents 
• Tax, social security and local service tax compliance 
• Data protection, financial intelligence and anti-money laundering regulation for social enterprises. 
• Impact investment advisory

1. Handling country entry and obtaining all the requite registrations, licenses and permits for an international relief organisation. 
2. Advising on operational permit renewal for Uganda Professional Midwives Association (UPMA). 
3. Handling renewal of a five year operational permit for a leading NGO
4. Retained by Makerere University Walter Reed Project a leading health services, education and research institution for legal advisory services. 
5. Advising client organisations on data protection, anti-money laundering and financial intelligence regulations. 
6. Handling several constitutional, strategic litigation and human rights cases in the High Court, Court of Appeal, the Supreme Court and the East African Court of Justice.