Practice Areas
Five decades of combined expertise across the disciplines that matter most to complex commercial enterprises.
Corporate Law
Governance, compliance, and strategic counsel for corporations of every scale.
Our corporate law group is the cornerstone of our practice. We advise boards of directors, senior management, and shareholders on the full spectrum of corporate governance, entity structuring, and regulatory compliance. Whether guiding a founder through incorporation or advising a publicly listed conglomerate on board committee restructuring, our counsel is grounded in commercial reality and shaped by decades of boardroom experience.
Key Services
- — Entity formation and structuring
- — Corporate governance frameworks
- — Board and committee advisory
- — Regulatory compliance programmes
- — Securities law and capital markets
- — Shareholder agreements and disputes
- — Joint ventures and strategic alliances
- — Corporate restructuring
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Mergers & Acquisitions
End-to-end transaction advisory for the region's most consequential deals.
Our M&A practice is among the most active in the region. We have advised on acquisitions, divestments, mergers, and private equity transactions totalling billions of dollars in aggregate enterprise value. We provide integrated counsel across all stages of a transaction — from initial structuring and due diligence through negotiation, regulatory clearance, and post-completion integration. Our team works seamlessly with our corporate, litigation, and employment practices to deliver a single-firm solution.
Key Services
- — Buy-side and sell-side advisory
- — Leveraged buyout transactions
- — Mergers and schemes of arrangement
- — Cross-border acquisition structuring
- — Due diligence management
- — Regulatory and competition clearance
- — Post-merger integration legal support
- — Management buyouts and carve-outs
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Commercial Litigation
Strategic, high-stakes advocacy before the courts and tribunals that matter.
When commercial disputes reach litigation, the quality of your legal representation determines everything. Our litigation team has appeared before Sri Lanka's Supreme Court, Court of Appeal, High Court (Commercial), and a range of specialised tribunals and arbitral panels. We are known for our thorough preparation, forensic attention to evidence, and the quality of our written and oral advocacy. We represent claimants and defendants in high-value commercial disputes without equivocation.
Key Services
- — High Court commercial litigation
- — Supreme Court and Court of Appeal proceedings
- — International and domestic arbitration
- — Injunctions and emergency relief
- — Enforcement of judgments and awards
- — Class action and multi-party litigation
- — Regulatory investigations and enforcement
- — Alternative dispute resolution
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Intellectual Property
Protecting and monetising the ideas that define competitive advantage.
In knowledge-intensive industries, intellectual property is often a company's most valuable asset. Our IP practice offers full-service counsel — from initial prosecution through to enforcement, licensing, and strategic portfolio management. We act for innovators, technology companies, consumer brands, and entertainment groups in protecting and leveraging their creative and technological assets across domestic and international markets.
Key Services
- — Patent prosecution and defence
- — Trademark registration and enforcement
- — Copyright advisory and enforcement
- — Trade secret and know-how protection
- — Technology licensing and transfer
- — IP due diligence for transactions
- — Domain name disputes
- — IP portfolio strategy and management
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Employment Law
Workforce structuring, executive matters, and employment dispute resolution.
Employment law sits at the intersection of commercial strategy and human relations. Our employment team advises employers — from startups to multinationals — on the full employee lifecycle: hiring structures, executive compensation, restrictive covenants, disciplinary processes, redundancy programmes, and employment tribunal proceedings. We draft, review, and enforce employment contracts and advise boards on sensitive executive separation matters with the confidentiality they demand.
Key Services
- — Employment contract drafting and review
- — Executive compensation and incentives
- — Non-compete and confidentiality agreements
- — Workforce restructuring and redundancy
- — Disciplinary and grievance processes
- — Employment tribunal representation
- — Discrimination and harassment claims
- — Trade union relations and collective bargaining
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Each of our practice areas is led by a senior partner with decades of front-line experience. We welcome initial conversations with no obligation.
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