Profile
Paul Mutamba is a Partner at Hove & Quill. He advises clients on corporate and commercial law, financial services regulation, construction contracts and claims, and civil society governance, contributing to the firm's Corporate and Commercial, Banking and Finance, Regulatory, and Infrastructure practice groups. Paul's commercial practice focuses on transactions and regulatory matters that cross jurisdictional lines: he has structured cross-border company incorporations and migrations spanning Africa, Europe, and North America; advised on treasury and payments arrangements with leading regional banks; and developed compliance frameworks covering anti-money laundering, consumer protection, and information security for fintech operators in more than a dozen African markets. His regulatory engagement extends to central bank licensing, virtual asset service provider obligations, and data protection. In construction and infrastructure, Paul advises on contract development, structuring, administration and claims under the principal standard forms, with particular depth in FIDIC JCT, NEC, PPDA, MDB, and bespoke conditions, including extension-of-time and quantum claims on multilateral-funded water and transport projects, subcontracting and procurement advisory, and integrated consultancy mandates combining construction law, dispute resolution, and tax advisory where he has advised on Uganda’s biggest water (EUR 144M+), railway projects (EUR 44M+) and road prjects and has successfully handled claims securing Clients over EUR 55M in the last 4 years. Concurrently with his partnership, Paul serves as Head of Legal and Compliance and Head of Strategic Partnerships at Eversend, a pan-African fintech operating across more than twelve countries together with the United Kingdom, the United States, and Canada, having been the company's founding head of legal. He also previously undertook specialist contracts work for Contract Masters Kenya where he has advised on project. Paul maintains an active civil society practice as Head of Legal and Corporate Affairs and Company Secretary of Uganda Key Populations Consortium and as Board Liaison Officer at Pan Africa ILGA. He holds a BSc in Computer Science (Information Systems) from the University of Kent, an LLB from Uganda Christian University, a Postgraduate Diploma in Legal Practice from the Law Development Centre, and an MA in Financial Services from Makerere University. Paul is an Advocate of the High Court of Uganda, a member of the Risk Management Institute and the Uganda Institute of Banking, and writes regularly on commercial law, financial regulation, and constitutional questions affecting Uganda and the wider region.