Kithsiri Liyanage

    Senior Associate

    Kithsiri Liyanage

    Notary Public | Company Secretary | Commissioner for Oaths

    Admitted 2012

    An Attorney-at-Law with fourteen years at the Bar, Kithsiri Liyanage practises in civil, criminal, and labour law, with substantial work in customs inquiries, conveyancing, and company secretarial practice.

    II · Biography

    In their own register.

    Kithsiri Liyanage has practised since 2012 across civil, criminal and labour law. His work also takes in customs inquiries, company secretarial practice and instructing briefs, with a consistent emphasis on regulatory compliance and corporate governance.

    An alumnus of Richmond College, Galle, he read for a Bachelor of Science in Agriculture (Hons) at the University of Ruhuna. He holds a Diploma in Psychological Counselling and later took a Postgraduate Diploma in Human Rights at the University of Colombo.

    As a Notary Public in Colombo he handles conveyancing and real estate transactions, and he advises on corporate structuring, compliance and trade regulation. He has represented both local and international clients in regulatory proceedings.

    Before he came to the law he worked with Save the Children in Sri Lanka, CARE International and Handicap International, on development, child rights and human rights. That earlier career gives his practice a wider frame than the pleadings alone.

    III · Expertise

    Disciplines held.

    01

    Civil Litigation

    02

    Criminal Law

    03

    Labour Law

    04

    Customs Inquiries and Trade Regulation

    05

    Conveyancing and Company Secretarial Practice

    IV · Qualifications

    Education & standing.

    Attorney-at-Law

    BSc Agriculture (Hons) (Ruhuna)

    Postgraduate Diploma in Human Rights (Colombo)

    Diploma in Psychological Counselling

    Notary Public

    Company Secretary

    Commissioner for Oaths

    V · Practice

    Where they appear.

    01

    District Courts

    02

    High Courts

    03

    Magistrate's Courts

    Principally a District Court practice.

    Working languages

    English · Sinhala

    VI · Instruction

    Through the chambers.

    Kithsiri is instructed through the chambers rather than directly. Name Kithsiri in your enquiry and it will reach them. Conversations with the chambers are confidential, and an enquiry is normally answered within one working day.

    Instruct through the chambers

    VII · The Chambers

    Other counsel.

    Asoka Weerasooriya

    Precedent Partner

    Asoka Weerasooriya

    Akarsha Weerasooriya

    Associate

    Akarsha Weerasooriya

    Pasan Karunarathna

    Associate

    Pasan Karunarathna

    Samantha J Peiris

    Consultant

    Samantha J Peiris

    Sanjaya Marambe

    Consultant

    Sanjaya Marambe

    Soraya Gunasekara

    Consultant

    Soraya Gunasekara

    Tirasha Fernando

    Consultant

    Tirasha Fernando

    Memberships & Standing

    Professional memberships and affiliations maintained by AW Chambers.

    Bar Association of Sri Lanka logo

    Bar Association of Sri Lanka

    CLS

    Colombo Law Society

    Chartered Institute of Arbitrators logo

    Chartered Institute of Arbitrators

    Commonwealth Lawyers Association logo

    Commonwealth Lawyers Association