John is a Partner at Dentons in Uganda. He leads the Litigation and Dispute Resolution practice group.

With over 15 years of experience, John is one of the most gifted and tenacious litigators in Uganda. His areas of expertise include complex commercial disputes, enforcement and collection matters for commercial banks, and strategic judicial review litigation. Clients rely on John as the point man for their high-value and sensitive disputes.

Throughout his career he has represented a number of commercial banks and financial institutions in complex and high-value disputes (domestic and cross-border), and has a particular focus on security sharing matters, as well as in successfully setting aside arbitral awards.

His practice includes “litigation-proofing” commercial transactions, as well as representing clients in the Court of Appeal. He has particular expertise in “first of its kind” strategic litigation. He also assists clients with matrimonial, data protection, intellectual property, real estate disputes and foreign probate matters.

John is passionate about understanding his client’s problem and achieving the best results. The Dentons litigation team registers an over 75% success rate in all disputes handled.

His performance was awarded in 2022 by the Uganda Law Society.  He won the “Excellence from the Bar” award in recognition of his distinction and the Dentons litigation team was also recognised as the “Litigation Team of the Year” for 2022 at the same Uganda Law Society awards.

He has authored a number of publications including “A commentary on Justice Stephen Mubiru’s landmark decision in Barbara Namayega vs. Etot Denis & others; commercial division high court civil suit 939/2019” and “Judicial Review, a used or abused tool” (presented at the Uganda Law Society Litigation Practice Training, 2021).  He regularly features on television and other media panels, given his extensive knowledge and experience of the judicial system in Uganda.