Thursday 23rd February 2012

Nicholas Ecimu | Sebalu & Lule Advocates

Nicholas Ecimu

Nicholas Ecimu heads Sebalu & Lule’s practice in project and infrastructure finance and power (energy, oil & gas). He has participated in noteworthy energy & infrastructure briefs on the mandate of the World Bank, the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and a number of leading development financial institutions (DFIs).

 

In a notable brief, Nicholas led a team of legal advisors from Sebalu & Lule in acting as local counsel to the lenders for the US$ 700 million syndicated financing of the Bujagali II hydro-power project in 2008, Uganda’s biggest ever infrastructure project. He also acted as legal advisor for the additional financing of the same project in 2011 and lent similar expertise to the financing and additional financing of the Buseruka hydro-power project.

Nicholas is also an established practitioner in the power and mining sectors in Uganda and is currently retained as legal counsel by a successor company mandated to manage electricity generation in Uganda and a cement-manufacturing subsidiary of Lafarge.

He previously served with the Privatisation & Utility Sector Reform Project (PUSRP) in Uganda's Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development for two years and was attached to Edward Nathans Sonnenbergs, one of South Africa's premier law firms, as Visiting Attorney between October and November 2006 where he advised on the financing of a major power project in Angola.

Nicholas holds a Bachelor's degree in Law from Makerere University, a Post-Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice from the Law Development Centre and has attended a number of specialized courses administered by Euro-money Training Solutions, London in international financial law, loan documentation & securitization and oil & gas law. He is also a Graduate Member of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators (ICSA), London.  

He is a member of the Uganda Law Society and the East African Law Society.

E-Mail: necimu@sebalulule.co.ug

A detailed CV is available upon request