Chatura Randeniya

Admitted to the partnership at Afridi & Angell in 2018, Chatura's practice focuses primarily on dispute resolution. His practice spreads across on-shore litigation, DIFC Court litigation, and international and domestic arbitration. Chatura also sits as an arbitrator.

Chatura regularly acts for clients in high-value commercial disputes, and his advice is regularly sought by clients, particularly in relation to complex and cross-border disputes. He also advises on construction, maritime and shipping, banking, and employment disputes, and has been involved in several first-in-kind cases both in the DIFC Courts and the onshore courts. He is a regular speaker at workshops and conferences on dispute resolution in the UAE and internationally and has contributed to the UAE chapter on dispute resolution for several global publications. He is also known for his pro bono work involving young families and children.

Prior to joining Afridi & Angell in 2008, Chatura was in practice in one of the leading commercial law chambers in Sri Lanka and was a visiting lecturer in law at the Faculties of Law and Management at the University of Colombo.

Chatura is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb). He is ranked in Chambers Global and Legal 500 EMEA identifies him as a ‘Next Generation Partner’. Asian Legal Business (a Thompson Reuters company) lists him among the MENA region’s 50 most outstanding lawyers, based on client surveys. He is also recognised in the Legal 500 Arbitration Powerlist – Middle East since the inception of the publication.

Prior to joining Afridi & Angell in 2008, Chatura was in the private bar of Sri Lanka practicing in the Law Chambers of Dr Harsha Cabral, President’s Counsel. He was also a visiting lecturer in law at the Faculties of Law and Management at the University of Colombo.

Attorney-at-Law of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka, called to the Bar in 2006.

Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb).

Arbitration in the UAE, Lexology Getting The Deal Through

UAE chapter of Arrest of Vessels, Maritime Law Handbook, Kluwer Law International

LL.M., Harvard Law School (William H. Fulbright Scholar), 2007

LL.B. (Honours), University of Colombo, Sri Lanka, 2004