About

Provided by DL & F De Saram

Specializations

Key work of the Department includes both domestic and crossborder corporate and commercial law matters (including M&A, capital market transactions, compliance and regulatory matters, restructuring), projects and infrastructure, tax and labour. The Department has acted as local counsel on several cross-border matters alongside several international law firms.


The Department contributes to several publications such as Practical Law Global Guides, Doing Business Guides – World Bank Group and Littler International Guide and also maintains Facebook OTT and Net Neutrality Trackers. Recently, the Department contributed to an online tool collating information relevant to clean energy projects in a number of international markets, including Sri Lanka, being developed by Simmons & Simmons LLP and formulated a compliance checklist for ENEOS Oil & Energy Asia Pte Ltd (subsidiary of ENEOS Corporation, Japan) on their sales and marketing activities of lubricant oil in Sri Lanka.


Clients

The recurrent client base includes Odakyu Group, HPL Properties (West Asia) Pte Ltd, China Machinery Engineering Corporation, Sugih Energy International Pte Ltd, China Harbour Engineering Company, SK E&S, ZTE Corporation, Seoyoung Engineering Co. Ltd, WindForce PLC and GE.


Recent Work Highlights

Recent work highlights include advising on the divestment of JF& I Packaging (Private) Limited and advising WindForce PLC on its offer for subscription amounting to LKR 3.2 Mn and listing on CSE.


Chambers Review

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Corporate/Commercial - Sri Lanka
2
Band 2
What the team is known for

DL & F De Saram routinely represents a wide variety of multinational businesses and law firms on Sri Lankan inbound investment issues, including acting as co-counsel alongside international law firms. The firm provides assistance with corporate restructuring in addition to joint ventures and M&A transactions. The team has a notable track record in working on commercial matters concerning the energy, infrastructure, construction, healthcare and insurance sectors, including project development work. The team also offers expertise in cross-border matters across a wide range of jurisdictions and is active in the private equity sphere. The firm counts GPV International, CG Capital Partners Global and Trelleborg among its clientele.

Work Highlights

Provided by DL & F De Saram
  • DL & F De Saram advised D P Logistics on the acquisition of Pulsar Shipping Agencies and Pulsar Marine Services, which were held by Expolanka Holdings.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Savantha De Saram
2
Savantha De Saram
Head of Corporate/Commercial
2
Band 2

Savantha De Saram is highly regarded in the Sri Lankan legal market for his skills in handling joint venture, M&A and project development mandates.

"Savantha is aware of the practical considerations and requirements for business transactions in the Sri Lankan context."

"He is great to work with and very responsive."

Aloka Nandasena
3
Aloka Nandasena
3
Band 3

Aloka Nandasena has a broad legal practice that encompasses corporate restructuring, M&A and project development.

"We have experienced a very high degree of finesse and sophistication in legal services offered by her. She has astute commercial awareness and provides extremely valuable inputs in relation to complex queries raised by clients."

"She pays a high degree of attention to detail and the solutions provided are very practical."

Hansi Abayaratne
U
Hansi Abayaratne
U
Up and Coming

Hansi Abayaratne has a busy corporate legal practice, regularly advising clients on domestic and cross-border transactions, including corporate restructuring, M&A and company incorporation.

"We feel very confident in Hansi's advice."

"Hansi provides great leadership skills and top-level services."

Ranked Lawyers at
DL & F De Saram

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Band

Sri Lanka

Corporate/Commercial

Savantha De Saram
2
Savantha De Saram
Head of Corporate/Commercial
2
Band 2
Aloka Nandasena
3
Aloka Nandasena
3
Band 3
Hansi Abayaratne
U
Hansi Abayaratne
U
Up and Coming

Members

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Aloka Nandasena

Head of Department

Dinithi Siriwardhana

Hansi Abayaratne

Inshira Hanifa

Savantha De Saram

Savantha De Saram

Head of Department

Ushara Ratnayake

Clients

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Akbar Brothers (Private) Limited

China Harbour Engineering Company Limited

China Machinery Engineering Corporation

China Petroleum Pipeline Engineering Company Limited

DirectFN Technology (Private) Limited

HOSPINORM Projects GmbH

ICICI Bank UK PLC

Sysco Corporation

WindForce PLC

ZTE Corporation

Industries

Provided by DL & F De Saram

Banking and Financial Services

Construction

Consumer Goods and Services

Industrial and Manufacturing

Insurance

Media and Entertainment

Pharmaceuticals

Power and Energy

Private Equity

Projects and Infrastructure

Shipping

Technology and Telecommunications