Firm overview


Shonubi, Musoke, Gilbert & Partners services international, regional and domestic clients in Burundi. We advise our clients across corporate, banking, dispute resolution, employment and IP and have particular expertise in the financial institutions, mining and transport sectors.

We have a thorough knowledge of the legal and regulatory framework in Burundi, and we provide our services in English, French, Kirundi and Swahili. We also offer our clients tax and accounting services and financial engineering and investment advisory services through our in house specialists.

Shonubi, Musoke, Gilbert & Partners is an association between Shonubi, Musoke & Co. Advocates and Gilbert & Partners. Shonubi is one of the oldest and largest corporate and commercial law firms in Uganda and is ranked a top tier firm by all leading legal directories. Gilbert & Partners is one of the leading law firms in Burundi and was established in 2010.

We are also in a strategic alliance with global legal practice, Norton Rose Fulbright. Norton Rose Fulbright has more than 3800 lawyers based in over 50 cities around the world. They have one of the largest legal footprints in Africa and operate in more than 40 common law- and civil law-based African jurisdictions.