Thivanka Hettiarachchi

Thivanka is a Partner within the firm’s Dispute Resolution Department.

Background & expertise

As a key member of the Dispute Resolution Department, she focuses on handling intricate legal issues across various practice areas. Specifically, her expertise lies in commercial & corporate litigation, banking law, customs law inquiries and investigations, intellectual property litigation, administrative law and arbitration.

Notable matters

• Securing the trademark rights of the CHINT group of China in Sri Lanka
https://www.dailymirror.lk/business-news/SC-affirms-interim-injunction-against-Chint-Power-Solutions/273-269952
• Online money lenders sue web activists for spreading misinformation on online loans
https://www.dailymirror.lk/front-page/Defamation-cases-filed-targeting-social-media-misinformation-on-Online-Loans/238-280423
• Corporate oppression and mismanagement
https://www.sudathpereraassociates.com/commercial-hc-issues-interim-orders-conduct-audit-oppression-and-mismanagement-case
• Victoria’s Secret enforces its IP rights in SL
https://www.sudathpereraassociates.com/victoria%E2%80%99s-secret-enforces-its-ip-rights-sl

Academic & professional qualifications, memberships, associations and accreditations

She obtained her Bachelor of Law with Honors from the Faculty of Law of the University of Colombo, in 2015. She was called to the Bar of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka in January 2017 and she is a member of the Bar Association of Sri Lanka. She completed her Masters of Laws in Commercial Law from the Faculty of Law, University of Colombo in 2024.