Guidance
List of English-speaking lawyers in Sri Lanka
Updated 27 January 2022
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| Name | Law firm | Telephone | Address | Regions served | Legal practice areas | Languages | Legal aid | Pro bono service |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # Julius & Creasy | Julius & Creasy | +94 11 2422601-5; Fax: +94 11 2435451; Email: juliusc@lankacom.net | Renuka Building, Janathipathi Mawatha, Colombo 1 | Colombo and by correspondence they can cover other parts of the country | All areas of law | English, Sinhala and Tamil | - | - |
| # Ms Ajithaa Edirimanne | Attorney-at-Law, Notary Public & Commissioner of Oaths | +94 11 2289487;Mob: +94 777 716776; Email: ajithaa2001@yahoo.com | N3 Nivasipura Kotugoda, Ja-Ela | Sri Lanka | Commercial & corporate law; real estate with specialist knowledge in condominium property law; intellectual property law and all types of notarial work as a Notary Public | English, Sinhala and Tamil | - | - |
| # CMathew & Company (partner of Palitha Mathew & Company) | C Mathew & Company | +94 11 3135440; Fax: +94112471255; Email: contact@cmathew.com | 172 Hulftsdorp Street, Colombo 12 | Sri Lanka | Commercial disputes; money recovery; family law; shipping; land disputes; deeds & commercial agents | English, Sinhala and Tamil | - | - |
| De Livera Associates | De Livera Associates | +94 11 2584622; 2592873;Fax: +94112592872; Email: dlassociates@eureka.lk; dlacourts2@gmail.com | 33 ½ Shrubbery Gardens, Colombo 04 | Office in Colombo, advice can be sought by email from any part of the country. | Civil matters; advising and drafting of agreements relating to purchase or lease of immovable properties; preparation of affidavits; certifying of documents; execution of powers of attorney & preparation of last wills; execution of any agreement with or without notarial attestation; making application for resealing of probates obtained in the UK, money recoveries commencing from letters of demand leading to institution of legal proceedings; conduct of arbitration proceedings and formation of companies and related matters | English, Sinhala and Tamil | - | - |
| # John Wilson Partners | John Wilson Partners | +94 11 2324579; 2448931; 2321652 ;Fax: +94112446954; Email: john@srilankalaw.com | 365 Dam Street, Colombo 12 | Sri Lanka & Maldives | Admiralty; adoptions; civil aspects of international child abductions and Hague Convention applications; banking; civil litigation; company and commercial law; contentious intellectual property; conveyancing and real estate; debt recovery; due diligence; family law; foreign investment; joint ventures; labour law; taxation; testamentary; trademark; patent and industrial design registrations, visas and work permits | English, Sinhala,Tamil, German and Dutch | - | - |
| Mrs Nalin Thilaka Herath (JPUM) – Attorney-at-Law & Notary Public | Mrs Nalin Thilaka Herath (JPUM) | +94 52 2222438; Fax:+94 52 2222866;Mobile: +94 773179140; Email: cudahherath90@gmail.com | 90 Queen Elizabeth Drive, Nuwara Eliya | They practice in High Courts, District Courts (for civil matters), Magistrates Court (for criminal matters) and Labour Tribunal | Criminal Law and Labour Tribunal | English, Sinhala and Tamil | - | - |
| Upali Guneratne – President’s Counsel | Upali Guneratne | +94 11 2862233 ; Fax: +94112883282; Mobile:+94 777771888; Email: Upaliag6@gmail.com ; Skype: upali.gooneratne | 55/31 1st Gemunu Lane;Subuthipura;Battaramulla | Sri Lanka | Criminal Law | English | - | - |