Edna Achieng Rweya

Edna is a Partner at Meritad Law Africa LLP’s Litigation practice. Edna is predominantly a Litigation and Alternative Dispute Resolution practitioner with over Eleven (11) years of experience in legal practice. Edna is keen on exemplary service delivery geared towards unparalleled client satisfaction with a bias in favour of timely and expeditious resolution of matters. Edna presents a vast wealth of experience in Commercial, Criminal and Civil litigation, Commercial Arbitration, Banking and Finance law during which she has represented clients(Plaintiff’s and Defendant’s) in general and contentious suits, in her capacity as legal counsel. The wealth of experience is unmistakably evinced in the briefs under her individual purview, undertaken for an array of clientele ranging from private individuals, to nationwide corporates and even multinational entities.

She is a dedicated advocate, with insurmountable drive and motivation, and high regard for the importance and general integrity of the legal affairs under her purview. Her dedication is only rivalled by her expertise and individual efficacy in undertaking her duties as an advocate, and which is ultimately embodied in the elegance of legal services offered by Edna. Edna’s scope of legal practice also spans across numerous other areas of the law, including but not limited to the perfection of securities for financial institutions, corporate conveyancing for and on behalf of property-intensive corporations, notably telecommunication and real estate firms, Family Law, general statutory compliance and other legal briefs in criminal law. During her free time, Edna trades her suits and heels for a yoga mat. She is a disciplined, passionate and dedicated Hatha Yoga practitioner with a bias towards Bikram yoga.

Education

  • Master of Laws degree (LL.M) Law and Democracy – University of Nairobi
  • Post graduate Diploma in Law – Kenya School of Law
  • Bachelor of laws degree (LL.B) – University of Nairobi
  • Bachelor of Arts Degree in Political Science and Sociology– University of Nairobi

Membership In Professional Associations

  • Law Society of Kenya

Key Milestones

  • 2013 KCB Bank Kenya Limited Awardee for customer satisfaction in Securitization of Documents;
  • 2017 Novel Reported cases on Banking and Finance Law;
  • Elizabeth Wanjiku Kariungi v Equity Bank (Kenya) Limited [2017] eKLR -Just to Mention a few;
  • 2021 Lead Consultant in the clean-up of Lease Database for Safaricom PLC both Online Repository and Physical site clean-up;
  • 2021 Contract negotiation in the compensation settlement by Boeing following the Ethiopian Airline 737 Max crash;
  • 2022 Actively Defended Garnishee Applications for Safaricom PLC, KCB Bank Kenya Limited, Equity Bank(K) Limited;
  • Safaricom Limited v 1st Respondent & another (Civil Appeal E174 of 2021) [2022] KEHC 3141 (KLR) (5 May 2022) (Ruling) -Just to Mention a few;
  • 2023 Mediated in the Alternative Dispute Negotiation Settlement between the former CEO Chase Bank (now SBM Bank) with the current Management.