Julius & Creasy

Julius & Creasy offers an extensive range of full legal services in the fields of Corporate, Commercial, Banking, Insurance, Tax, Property and Construction, Intellectual Property, IT, Telecommunications, Infrastructure, Shipping, Maritime and Admiralty, Commercial Litigation, Arbitration and Employment Law.

The Firm has consistently provided sustainable legal solutions in corporate and commercial work, mainly restructuring, capital markets, delisting and capital reductions of corporate entities and due diligence work. Several Mergers and Acquisitions have been handled by the Firm which also has a leading Banking and Finance practice facilitating several prominent foreign loans and international syndicated loan transactions. The Firm has considerable practice in the field of aviation and has acted as local counsel in many aircraft transactions.

The Firm has acted on many occasions as the local legal counsel for the Issuers and the Lead Managers in Bond issues of local financial institutions which are marketed internationally, and advised on the local regulatory aspects in connection therewith and issued Legal Opinions thereon.

Intellectual Property work undertaken by the Firm include traditional IP, such as Trademarks, Patents, Designs, Copyright and domain names, as well as contemporary areas such as data protection and privacy, cloud computing, artificial intelligence etc. In Shipping, the Firm acts as the correspondent and legal representative for several P and I Clubs in Sri Lanka. It is also known for commercial and residential property matters and is regularly involved in the transfer of land, commercial and residential lease agreements, preparation of title reports and condominium property declarations.

In Infrastructure work, the Firm has acted in many loan transactions between the Government of Sri Lanka and major international donors and other parties in various infrastructure projects covering water and power supply, petroleum, mining. In the telecommunications sector, the Firm has acted as local counsel to the largest IPO in Sri Lanka to date.

FThe Firm has a large litigation practice and provides clients, both local and international with comprehensive dispute resolution expertise including litigation, arbitration and negotiated settlements.

Practice Areas	No. of Attorneys
Corporate	4
Finance	4
Finance - Banking	1
Insurance Coverage	5
IP	8
Litigation	11
Trusts and Estates	3