Title/Qualification: PhD (Law), University of Liverpool; LLM in Corporate Finance Law (Distinction), University of Westminster; LLB, University of Nairobi
Position: Lecturer, School of Law and Chair, Department of Commercial Law
Department: Commercial Law
School: School of Law
Area of Specialization: Comparative securities (regulation), Qui Tam and whistleblowing law
Contact Address: P.O. Box 6–60100, Embu, Kenya
Official E-Mail:
ORCiD Link: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6729-7473
Google Scholar Link: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=hfISuccAAAAJ&hl=en
Short Biography
Dr Wilson Ngigi is a scholar-practitioner in securities/capital markets regulation and whistleblowing law, serving in the Department of Commercial Law, School of Law, University of Embu. He holds a PhD in Law (University of Liverpool, Liverpool, England) and an LLM in Corporate Finance Law (Distinction) (University of Westminster, London, England), and is an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya from 2010 and professional experience in Kenya and England. He is a Registered Foreign Lawyer in England & Wales and a member of the Law Society of England, and is an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (Kenya); he is also part-qualified ACCA. Dr Ngigi serves as the NEGLA Node Representative at the University of Embu (academic networking and collaboration role).
Research Interests
a) Securities/Capital Markets Law
b) Whistleblowing & Employment Law
c) Economic Analysis of Law
d) Tax Law
e) Land Governance
f) Corporate Insolvency Law
g) Corporate Governance
h) Money Laundering, Corruption & White Collar Crime
i) Alternative Justice Systems