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Ezekiel Tuma

Managing Partner · ASAR - Al Ruwayeh & Partners

KuwaitCorporate / M&A, Banking & FinanceEnglish

About

Ezekiel Tuma is Managing Partner at ASAR - Al Ruwayeh & Partners in Kuwait, specializing in corporate and finance law with extensive experience in public and private mergers and acquisitions, private equity and venture capital. He advises borrowers and lenders on acquisition, project and syndicated financing, leads major restructurings and insolvency matters, and represents aircraft manufacturers, lessors and operators in sale, leasing and financing transactions; he is consistently ranked by Chambers and Partners and the IFLR 1000.

Practice areas

Corporate / M&ABanking & FinanceCapital Markets & SecuritiesPrivate EquityRestructuring & InsolvencyVenture CapitalAviation

Office

Expertise

Cross-border and local M&APrivate Equity and Venture CapitalAcquisition FinancingProject FinanceSyndicated LendingRestructurings & InsolvencyAviation Finance and transactionsStart-up and founder/investor advisory

Education

  • LLM in Commercial Law, University of Cambridge (First Class), 2000
  • Post Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice, Law Development Centre, Uganda, 1998
  • LLB, Makerere University, Uganda, 1997

Admissions

  • Admitted to the Ugandan Bar, 1999
  • Member, Uganda Law Society, 1999
  • Member, East Africa Law Society, 1999
  • Member, International Bar Association, 2002

Languages

English