Edwin M. Mugumya

Edwin M. Mugumya is an Associate at the Firm with over 5 years' experience across a range of practice areas including Litigation & Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), Corporate & Commercial Transactions, Tax & Compliance, Insurance law, Property and Conveyancing, Technology, Media & Telecommunications (TMT), Aviation law, Entertainment, Media & Sports, Environment and Social Governance, and Construction & Infrastructure. His primary practice area is Dispute Resolution.

He holds a Bachelor's degree from Makerere University, where he served as the 43rd President of the Makerere Law Society and President of the Uganda Law Students' Society (2015/16). He was also Editor of the 2016 and 2017 editions of the Makerere Law Journal and participated in various moot court competitions, subsequently acting as a judge in several national and international moots, including the prestigious Jessup Moot Court competition in 2019.

While at the Law Development Centre in 2018, he was Editor-in-Chief of the inaugural Law Development Centre magazine, and was part of the team that edited a book by retired Supreme Court Justice Prof. George W. Kanyeihamba titled "Unmitigated Humor and Wise Cracks of All Seasons."

Over the years, he has participated in ground-breaking transactions and jurisprudence-setting cases in Uganda, representing some of the biggest multinational companies in telecommunications, banking & finance, insurance, energy, oil & gas, and trade.

His sample matters include being part of the team that represented over 900 former workers of National Enterprise Corporation (NEC) in a suit in the High Court of Uganda (Eli Masha Atwooki & 913 Others vs. Attorney General) to recover a sum of over UGX 49,000,000,000 from the Government of Uganda as terminal benefits; representing former workers of the East African Community in a suit in the High Court of Uganda and the Court of Appeal (Charles Akora & Others vs. Attorney General); and being part of the team that represented ex-service men and their families in a class action against the Government of Uganda (Eliab Kavuma & 15,000 Others vs. Attorney General).

At present, he serves as the Youth Councillor – Sheema District (2021–2026), where he sits on the Committee for Works, Water and Natural Resources, and also serves as a member on the Board of Governors for one of the government schools in the area.

He holds a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) with Honours from Makerere University (2017) and a Diploma in Legal Practice from the Law Development Centre (2018).