Noah Edwin Mwesigwa

Noah Edwin Mwesigwa is the Managing Partner of the firm, focusing on Mergers and Acquisitions. He specialises in all fields of corporate and commercial law with an emphasis on mergers and acquisitions.

His expertise ranges from project finance and banking, capital markets and debt securities, property law, aviation law, energy, telecommunications, infrastructure projects, debt recovery, to general litigation, arbitration and mediation.

He has advised and participated as lead local counsel in two of the largest mergers and acquisitions in the financial sector and also in the telecommunications sector, in addition to other mergers and acquisitions in insurance, commodities, food processing and manufacturing in Uganda.

Noah is recognised by IFLR1000 as one of the country’s leading lawyers in mergers and acquisitions and as a leading lawyer by Legal 500. He has been described as “An expert deal maker” by Chambers Global, which also ranks him as a leading lawyer in General and Business Law in Uganda.

He has facilitated a number of trainings in his area of practice during National Bar Association trainings, and together with colleagues in the firm has authored articles on legal developments in Uganda, notably in IFLR1000, including on the revised Uganda Companies Act 2012, the Anti-Money Laundering Act, public private partnerships and oil and gas.

Noah serves as a Board Director and Company Secretary to a number of companies and provides guidance on good corporate governance practices. He has previously served as chairperson of a Government of Uganda appointed commission into a mining concession. He holds a Bachelor of Laws from Makerere University and a Diploma in Legal Practice from the Law Development Centre, and has received training from the Academy of American and International Law in Dallas, Texas. He is a Notary Public and a Commissioner for Oaths.