Areas of Practice
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Our Practice Areas
Conveyancing / Real Estate
We advise on and handles all aspects of both residential and commercial property-related transactions in Sri Lanka.
Conveyancing / Real Estate
We advise and handle all aspects of both residential and commercial property related transactions in Sri Lanka. Transactions handled by us range from sales and purchases of all types of property, mortgages, Leases, UP to the more complex corporate-related real estate transactions such as acquisitions, development agreements and joint ventures involving real estate, construction agreements, and more. High-rise developments and Condominium (Apartment) Complexes related practice is one of our more specialized areas. We also specialize in personal law (Thesawalamai) and other various laws of Sri Lanka, Thereby providing services in a wide range of Conveyancing requirements.
Company Secretarial Services
The Firm advises on security regulations, commercial agreements & negotiations, takeovers, mergers, ...
Company Secretarial Services
The Firm advises on security regulations, commercial agreements and negotiations, takeovers, mergers, restructuring, liquidation/winding up, as well as shareholder disputes, conflicts amongst directors, and other various corporate matters. We also advise on cross border transactions such as export sales, purchases and supply of goods and equipment from overseas suppliers as well as turn-key contracts in several areas of activities.
The Firm has been retained by foreign corporate clients to act for them in registering branch offices and representative offices in Sri Lanka. We also provide high quality corporate secretarial services to a large number of corporate clients through an affiliated Firms.
We facilitate to incorporate private limited liability companies, public companies, Non profitable organizations, Guarantee companies, societies, foreign companies and registration of liaison office. Also we draft Article of Associations, share holder agreements, appointments and removals of directors, change of address, Annual Returns, change of objectives, BOI registrations and more.
Intellectual Property
We provide our services on designs and patents, registering of trademarks and copyright matters.
Intellectual Property
We provide our services on designs, patents, registering of trademarks and copyright matters. We further handle enforcement of Intellectual Property rights, litigation involving infringement of trademarks, franchising, licensing, sale and purchase of intellectual property; investigations and carrying out searches at the National Intellectual Property Office. The Firm also acts as a correspondent for several form.
3.1.Trademarks
We aid both local and international clients with all aspects of trademark protection in Sri Lanka and Maldives. The services provided by Intellectual Property Chambers include:
- Availability search & registration related opinions
- Filing and prosecution of Trademark applications
- Oppositions
- Renewals
- Assignments
- changes of Name/Address
- License Agreements
- Amending a Registered Mark
- Amending the Specification of a Mark
- Renunciation of a Registered Mark
- Drafting and publication of Cautionary Notices
- Appeals from rejection of Trademarks
- Infringement, Unfair Competition, Non-Infringement and Nullity Actions
We further aid in Trademark risk evaluation and management with advice and opinions regarding non-infringement of third party Trademark rights. We further specialize in Trademark based business strategy formation and monetization for local clients and investment and transactional due diligence in prospective Trademark and Brand Acquisitions.
3.2.Patents
Intellectual Property Chambers boasts a highly competent team conversant with all aspects of Patent protection, and provides the following services:
- National stage filing of foreign applications
- Drafting, filing and prosecution of Patent applications
- Providing Infringement/Non-Infringement opinions
- Providing invalidity opinions
- Providing patentability opinions
- Payment of renewal fees and maintaining patents
- Patent Infringement, Non-Infringement and Nullity Actions
- Patent Assignments
- Changes of Name/Address
- License Agreements
- Pre-grant Amendment of Claims
- Surrendering of a Patent or Claims
- Patent risk evaluation and management
- Patent based business strategy formation
- Patent monetization
- Investment and transactional due diligence
3.3.Industrial Designs
Intellectual Property Chambers provides the following services in respect of Industrial Designs:
- National stage filing of foreign applications
- Filing and prosecution of Industrial Design applications
- Providing Infringement/Non-Infringement opinions
- Providing invalidity opinions
- Providing registry opinions
- Payment of renewal fees and maintaining Designs
- Design Infringement, Non-Infringement and Nullity Actions
- Design Assignments
- Changes of Name/Address
- License Agreements
- Renunciation of a Design
- Design risk evaluation and management
- Design based business strategy formation
- Design monetization
- Investment and transactional due diligence
3.4. Copyright
Copyrights cannot be legally registered in Sri Lanka and our Inyellectual Property Chambers team provides the following services in relation to Copyright protection:
- Providing opinions on Copyright, software protection under Copyright regime, Related Rights (Performers Rights, Rights of Producers of Sound Recordings, Rights of Broadcasting Organizations)
- Copyright Assignments
- Copyright License Agreements
- National Intellectual Property Office dispute resolution
- Copyright risk evaluation and management
- Copyright based business strategy formation
- Copyright monetization
- Investment and transactional due diligence
- Copyright infringement actions
Wills and Probate
We provide our services in preparing your will, joint last will, living will in Tamil and English languages as per the Sri Lankan and International Law. We file Testamentary cases, execute Executor’s conveyance, Administrator’s Conveyance. We also do re-sealing of foreign probate.
Construction
Commercial and domestic Construction related matters and High-rise developments of Condominium (Apartment) Complexes related practice are one of our more specialized areas. Joint Venture Agreements, Sale and Purchase Agreements, Investment Agreements, Memorandum of Understandings are few related areas.
Corporate Restructuring
When you are in difficulty, we engage our teams and re structure the business and activities to reach your goals and achieve profits. This is one of our specialized areas of practice. We engage, IT professionals, accountants, tax advisers, labour related experts and other related professionals and bring the institution to reach the highest standards in its field. Our goal is to grow together.
Civil Litigation
We undertake cases of our existing clients and provide our professional services as Instructing Attorneys. We work with the counsels appointed by clients or advise them to get the services of the best counsels and senior counsels in Sri Lanka as per the area of practice and clients affordability. We restrict our practice only in Western province and only on exceptional circumstances, we undertake cases in Northern Province and other areas of Sri Lanka.
Foreign Investment
All advices and professional services related foreign investment, brining foreign funds to Sri Lanka, repatriation of funds, Board of Investment (BOI) approvals and representations, BOI Agreement review and execution, company incorporations, foreign direct and indirect investments, trust agreements, shareholders agreements, Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), guidance for approvals/Licenses, etc.
Joint Ventures related to international trade, Condominium Development, investments, loan related matters will be handled by us.
Family / Marriage
Marriage, Foreigner marriage in Sri Lanka, Non-national marriages in Sri Lanka, divorce, re-sealing of divorce, assistance related to foreign divorce, custody, guardianship, adoption, marriage settlements, settlements of assets are the main areas of practice under this area of practice.
Arbitration / Dispute Resolution
We believe in negotiations and amicable settlements. We represent companies in Sri Lanka and abroad and engage into negotiations to reach amicable settlements to get the benefit to the client soon with less cost. We always willing to reach a WIN-WIN situation. All negotiation and dispute resolutions will be practiced before going for a court litigation. Our goal is to act towards the best satisfaction of our clients.
Debt Recovery
Letter of Demands, police (Fraud Bureau, Criminal Investigations Department (CID)) complaints, summary procedure litigations, Money recovery actions, sequestration actions.
Trusts / NGO
The Firm advises and provide its services on incorporation of trusts (Hindu Temple, Associations, Religious organizations, memorial trusts, sports clubs, Non profitable Organizations, service organizations, branch offices etc.), appointment of trustees, registration of trusts, holding properties on trust etc.
Labor
We provide services concerning commercial/employment advice and legal work in company/employment issues. We provide our services in relation to Contracts, Appointment letters, warning letters, Employee Handbooks, domestic inquiries, termination, compensation and all other labour related issues.
Taxation
We advise on corporate/ individual tax issues as well as transaction related taxes, both direct and indirect. Our tax lawyers and partners work on international tax matters, identification of tax efficient structuring of mergers and acquisitions, outsourcing and real estate. We provide advice on tax issues to local and foreign corporate clients...
IT
The Firm advises and provide services on Non Discloser Agreements, Service Contracts, Software development Agreements, Call center, out sourcing agreements, License Agreements. We provide our legal services on all related areas like web sites, email, trade mark, domain names, web contents, complaints related to violations of personal rights and business rights etc.
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Customs and Exchange Control
All custom related inquires, litigations can be handled with the help of experienced qualified persons. All exchange control related matters including foreign investments, repatriation of funds, money changer licenses can be attended.
Banking and Finance
The Firm advises on project financing- secured/unsecured, syndicated and non-syndicated lending activities, guarantees and security documents; Mortgage Bonds, letters of credit and performance bonds, regulatory and compliance matters; banker-customer issues; recoveries, enforcement in Sri Lanka of judgments obtained in foreign jurisdictions and other banking related matters.