Sri Lanka

Firm overview

Neelakandan & Neelakandan (formerly Murugesu & Neelakandan) is one of the leading law firms in Sri Lanka and has been in practice for over 55 years. The Firm has built a reputation for meeting its clients' needs without compromising ethics, integrity and professionalism.

Firm overview

Advice and documents
Our lawyers have broad experience in documenting commercial relationships. They use the practical skills and legal disciplines required to negotiate, draft and explain the documents which commercial clients routinely need. Typical work of this kind includes:

• agency, distribution and supply agreements
• partnership terms
• conditions of trading
• computer and IT contracts
• sponsorship and franchising agreements
• technology-sharing arrangements
• Corporate transactions

Solicitors here advise commercial concerns of all sizes on their corporate or partnership structure, on start-ups and re-organizations, on acquisitions, disposals and closure. The firm handles:

• company law and director compliance
• shareholder arrangements and agreements
• new ventures and joint ventures
• buy-ins and buy-outs
• share and asset sales and purchases
• finance documents

Firm overview

Nithya Partners was established to deliver a modern and responsive service in corporate and financial law. The firm provides a full service, with its partners contributing a unique blend of multi-disciplinary experience and knowledge gathered in the public and private sectors. This has enabled the firm to deliver innovative, timely and commercial solutions and thereby position itself as one of the leading law firms in Sri Lanka.

Firm overview

Founded in 1920 by the late Senator John Wilson, the firm is an established legal practice in Sri Lanka, providing legal advice and service in the areas of corporate/commercial law, M&A, restructuring and insolvency, banking, finance and trade, project funding and private equity, FDI, securities legislation and regulation, PPP and procurement, civil litigation, and notarial practice to corporations, financial institutions and individuals. Further details can be obtained from our website: www.srilankalaw.com.