Strategic growth · 2026
Representing what will define Africa.
Bytelex helps founders, investors, governments and institutions build, finance and scale transformative ventures across Africa.
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Our vision
Representing the future, today.
The legal infrastructure for the companies redefining Africa.
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Full-lifecycle counsel for companies with regional and global ambition — and legal tools built to scale beyond the billable hour.
All expertiseStartups & Emerging Companies
Corporate structuring, governance, venture financing and the investment-readiness — via our Series Shield and LegalKit frameworks — that turns ideas into fundable businesses.
Finance, Fintech & Capital Markets
Equity, quasi-equity and debt structuring, payment-systems licensing and investor due diligence — bridging clients to continental and global capital.
Technology Transactions
Patents and cross-licensing, data-sharing and cybersecurity, IP portfolio valuation and platform terms for the region's fastest-growing tech.
Energy & Infrastructure
Solar PV sale-and-leaseback, tariff and licence-exemption advisory, public-private partnerships and clean-mobility transaction structuring.
Policy & Regulatory Affairs
Engaging regulators and the African Union's digital agenda to shape startup legislation, data-protection and fintech-licensing reform.
Disputes & Arbitration
Commercial arbitration, land, employment and IP disputes — from the High Court of Uganda to the Kigali International Arbitration Centre.
Legal Innovation
Productised legal tools — Series Shield, LegalKit, the Capital Advisory Desk and the Ambassador Attorney network — built to scale beyond the billable hour.
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A close-knit team pairing deep technical skill with a real understanding of how modern businesses — and the capital behind them — actually grow.
Raymond Asiimwe
Managing Partner
Finance, Startups & Technology. A pioneer of venture law in Uganda & East Africa; UC Berkeley Law.
rasiimwe@bytelexhq.com
Irene Eyogyiire
Partner
Energy & Infrastructure, Finance and Tax. Advocate of the High Court of Uganda.
eyos@bytelexhq.com
Martin Rugambya Asingwire
Partner
Litigation & ADR, Startups and Intellectual Property. Founding partner.
mato@bytelexhq.com
George Kiwanuka
Associate
Employment, Corporate Governance and IP. IFLR1000 Rising Star nominee.
george@bytelexhq.com
Global coverage
Where you build, we are
A home base in Uganda and Rwanda, backed by transactional experience across the continent and a growing network — the Bytelex Africa Network — that lets us execute wherever founders build and capital moves.
Uganda Kampala HQ
Rwanda Kigali
Kenya & Tanzania
Nigeria & Ghana
South Africa, Egypt, Senegal & Ethiopia Network
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No ordinary practice
We're building the bench that will power continental growth — Ambassador Attorneys anchoring eight markets across Africa, mentored by our partners and working the cross-border mandates most lawyers never see.
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