Hefin Rees KC Chairman and Founder, Spotlight on Africa Investments Ltd Senior Barrister, 3 Verulam Buildings, London

Hefin Rees KC is Chairman and Founder of Spotlight on Africa Investments Ltd, a platform focused on identifying, structuring and advancing investment opportunities across Africa. At the UK–Africa Investment Summit 2026, his primary focus will be on Spotlight on Africa Investments Ltd and its work in connecting strategic capital, legal expertise and commercial partnerships to investment opportunities across African markets.

Hefin is also a senior barrister at 3 Verulam Buildings (3VB) in London. Called to the Bar in 1992 and appointed King’s Counsel in 2013, he brings more than 30 years of experience in international commercial disputes, civil fraud, company law, professional negligence, banking and financial services.

His clients have included governments, multinational companies, royal families, high-profile business figures and entrepreneurs. He has been called to the Bar in five jurisdictions and has represented clients across London, the Caribbean, Ireland, Dubai, Hong Kong and Singapore.

Hefin is recognised as a leading silk at the Commercial Bar and is consistently ranked as a Tier 1 Leading Silk in Offshore Litigation. His practice covers complex litigation and arbitration, asset recovery, shareholder disputes, breach of fiduciary duty claims, professional negligence, banking disputes, fraud investigations, worldwide freezing injunctions, construction disputes, infrastructure matters and cross-border commercial cases.

He is also a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and has received appointments under major arbitration rules, including LCIA, ICC, UNCITRAL, HKIAC, LMAA and SIAC.

Alongside his legal practice, Hefin is connected to Uganda and wider African investment activity through Spotlight on Africa Investments Ltd. His work is particularly relevant to strategic opportunities in mining, energy, infrastructure, project development, investment structuring and cross-border partnerships.

At the Uganda–UK Mining Week 2026, aligned with the UK–Africa Investment Summit 2026, Hefin brings a valuable combination of legal authority, commercial judgement and Africa-facing investment engagement. His contribution will focus on how credible legal structures, investor protection, due diligence, governance, dispute prevention, arbitration frameworks and risk allocation can support bankable mining, energy and infrastructure projects.

His perspective aligns strongly with the Summit theme, Trade Corridors and Industrial Platforms: From Access to Production, and with UKAIS 2026’s focus on connecting capital, legal certainty and project execution across Africa.