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John Wilson Partners

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Sri Lanka

Banking & Finance

Corporate/M&A

John Wilson Partners has nearly a century of experience in the Sri Lankan legal market. The firm manages to provide “excellent and nuanced advice of quality”, says one client, despite its relatively modest size. John Wilson Partners works closely with ... [more]

Dispute Resolution

Intellectual Property

“IP matters are the specialty of John Wilson Partners,” says one partner at a rival firm. “The firm is up there with the very best in the country.” Managing partner John Wilson is a celebrated practitioner, with clients and peers in agreement that “he’s ... [more]


John Wilson Partners

365, Dam Street, Colombo 12, Sri Lanka

Tel:
(94 11) 232 4579, 232 1652 and 244 8931
Fax: (94 11) 244 6954
Email: ip@srilankalaw.com
Website: www.srilankalaw.com
Contact: Mr. John Wilson

Total number of partners: 1
Total number of lawyers:  4
Year established: 1920
Languages spoken:  English, Sinhala, French, German and Spanish
Key areas of practice:  Admiralty; Adoptions, civil law aspects of international child abductions and Hague Convention applications, divorce and family law; Advisory and legal opinions; Agency, distribution, licensing, franchise and representative agreements; Banking law and regulation; Citizenship/ dual nationality; Civil litigation and arbitration; Company and commercial; Contentious intellectual property; Conveyancing, Debt recovery; Foreign investment; ICT law; Joint ventures; Labour law; Legal due diligence; Litigation and arbitration; Private client; Project and infrastructure; Regulation and privatization; Service of foreign court process and summons, and enforcement of foreign judgments; Taxation; Testamentary, resealing of probate, trusts and wills; Tortious claims; Trademark, patent and industrial design applications, registrations and non contentious intellectual property advice, copyright and unfair competition; Visas and work permits.