Mr Aruna Samarajewa > Nithya Partners > Colombo, Sri Lanka > Lawyer Profile
Nithya Partners Offices
NO 97A, GALLE ROAD
COLOMBO 03
Sri Lanka
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Mr Aruna Samarajewa
Work Department
Litigation and Dispute Resolution
Position
Partner
Career
Mr. Aruna Samarajewa is an expert in the fields of Dispute Resolution, Litigation, Arbitration, E-commerce, Intellectual Property, Consumer Affairs and Customs Law. With over 20 years of experience, he has developed a strong portfolio of local and international clientele. Having understood the nuances of the Sri Lankan legal system and its structures, he is a deal execution expert with a strong reputation for delivering practical, commercial solutions to otherwise complex legal issues.
Mr. Samarajewa has been instrumental in advising clients across a multitude of sectors including the retail sector, diversified conglomerates, import/export trade, hospitality, manufacturing, construction, banking and finance sectors, whilst also extending their parameters beyond the corporate segment to include non-governmental institutions and embassies.
He also specialises on issues relating to intellectual property, Consumer Protection Laws.
He has been at the forefront of a number of noteworthy transactions in the digital space, providing advisory services and end-to-end solutions during setting up of payment gateways and the migration of data into modern digital systems, in a constantly evolving legal landscape of E – commerce.
Mr. Samarajewa was admitted as an Attorney at Law in 1997. He obtained his LL.M from Monash University in 2003, where he specialised in Digital Economy Law.
Languages
English, Sinhala
Memberships
Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL)
Lawyer Rankings
Sri Lanka > Dispute resolution
(Leading individuals)Nithya Partners‘ team has a strong reputation for its capabilities across the range of contentious work. The group’s caseload includes handling IP disputes and litigation arising from the development of key national projects, such as representing VildulLanka PLC in a case contesting Sri Lanka’s renewable energy policies and energy sector laws. Chanaka de Silva
is noted for his ability to ‘assess matters from diverse angles and provide holistic solutions’; he heads up the practice alongside Aruna Samarajewa.