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Staff Profile

Dr. Wilson Ngigi
Dr. Wilson Ngigi
Lecturer, School of Law and Chair, Department of Commercial Law
PhD (Law), University of Liverpool | LLM in Corporate Finance Law (Distinction), University of Westminster | LLB, University of Nairobi
Department: Commercial Law
School: School of Law
Area of Specialization: Comparative securities (regulation), Qui Tam and whistleblowing law
Email: ngigi.wilson@embuni.ac.ke
Contact Address: P.O. Box 6–60100, Embu, Kenya
ORCiD: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6729-7473
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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 with 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

Securities/Capital Markets Law Whistleblowing & Employment Law Economic Analysis of Law Tax Law Land Governance Corporate Insolvency Law Corporate Governance Money Laundering, Corruption & White Collar Crime Alternative Justice Systems

Selected Conference Presentations

  • Ngigi, W. “Whistleblowing Law in Kenya: Incentives and Disincentives.” ICPAK & Amnesty International Kenya Joint Whistleblower Programme (Professional Integrity & Human Rights), 21 Sept–21 Oct 2020.
  • Ngigi, W. “Rethinking the Development of Securities Whistleblowing: Lessons for Kenya from the US & Canada.” University of Manchester Private and Commercial Law Conference, 23–25 Jan 2018.
  • Ngigi, W. Panellist, Hillsborough Law Symposium (Liverpool) on the Proposed Hillsborough Law, 15 Feb 2017.
  • Ngigi, W. “Financial Incentives for Whistleblowing.” University of Liverpool Annual Conference, 14–15 June 2016.

Publications

  • Ngigi, W. Supplementing Kenya’s Capital Markets Act Securities Disclosure Law Enforcement Framework with a Court-Centric Securities Whistleblowing Law: Determining an Appropriate Incentive Matrix.