About
Akusa Batwala is a partner at ASAR - Al Ruwayeh & Partners in Kuwait, specializing in corporate and commercial law with extensive experience on PPP and infrastructure projects advising governments, sponsor consortia and lenders. She has been with the firm since 2008 and previously worked as in-house legal counsel for an international telecommunications company in Uganda.
Practice areas
Corporate / M&APublic-Private PartnershipsData Protection & PrivacyGovernment ProcurementHealthcare & Life SciencesTechnology, Media & TelecommunicationsEmploymentConstruction
Office
Expertise
Infrastructure & PPP projects (including IWPP and wastewater projects)Government advisory and procurementTelecommunications / TMTCorporate and commercial matters including agency/distributorship, employment and insuranceHealthcare & life sciences projects
Education
- Masters of Law in Information Technology and Telecommunications Law (LLM), University of Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom, 2006
- Post Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice, Law Development Centre Kampala, Uganda, 2002
- Post Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice (Bar Vocational Course), Nottingham Law School, England, United Kingdom, 2001
- Bachelor of Laws (with Honors) LLB, University of Leeds, England, United Kingdom, 2000
Admissions
- Member of the International Bar Association, 2009
- Called to the Bar in Uganda, 2003
- Called to the Bar of England and Wales, 2001
- Member of the Honorable Society of the Lincolns Inn, 2001
Languages
English