Akusa Batwala

Akusa is a corporate and commercial law Partner based in Kuwait and has been with the firm since 2008. Prior to joining ASAR, Akusa worked as in-house legal counsel with an international telecommunications company operating in Uganda.

Akusa has extensive experience in corporate and commercial law matters including the representation of local and foreign clients in employment, insurance, construction as well as agency and distributorship related matters. Akusa has also been extensively involved in some of the most prominent and groundbreaking PPP projects in Kuwait, in which she has been involved in advising the government of the State of Kuwait, sponsor consortiums and lenders.

• PPP & PFI
• Data Protection & Privacy

• Government Procurement
• Healthcare & Life Sciences
• Media
• Communication & Technology
• Agency & Distributorship
• Employment
• Insurance
• Construction

• Bachelor of Laws (LLB) (with Honors) LLB, University of Leeds, United Kingdom, 2000
• Post Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice (Bar Vocational Course), Nottingham Law School, United Kingdom, 2001
• Post Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice, Law Development Centre Kampala, Uganda, 2002
• Master of Laws (LLM) in Information Technology and Telecommunications Law, University of Strathclyde, Scotland, 2006
• Member of the Honorable Society of the Lincolns Inn (United Kingdom), 2001
• Called to the Bar of England and Wales, 2001
• Called to the Bar in Uganda, 2003
• Member of the International Bar Association, 2009