Real Estate and Conveyancing

Comprehensive legal solutions for real estate acquisitions, developments, and property management.

• Acquisition, disposal, and restructure

  Advice on acquiring, disposing and restructuring the ownership of commercial and residential properties, condominiums, government permit properties, and the drafting of relevant legal instruments such as deeds of transfer.

• Asset securitisation

  Advising and assisting on asset securitisation exercises.

• Asset transfers

  Drafting and attesting last wills and codicils, creating express trusts and handling legal instruments relating to intestate and testate succession.

• Caveats and priority notices

  Drafting and registering caveats and priority notices in the land registries.

• Development deals

  Assisting on the legal aspects of converting land parcels to condominiums.

• Due Diligence

  Carrying out title searches and other due diligence on land parcels, other real estate interests, and preparing title reports for greenfield residential, mixed developments and commercial condominium developments.

• Leasing, renting, and licensing arrangements

  Advising, drafting, and attesting instruments relating to leasing, renting or licensing of residential or commercial properties.

• Licensing and permits

  Advise and assistance to procure licenses, consents, permits and approvals from a multitude of governmental and regulatory authorities in Sri Lanka including the Urban Development Authority (UDA), the Condominium Management Authority, the Board of Investment (BOI), and others.

• Powers of Attorney

  Drafting, attesting, and registration of special and general powers of attorney for foreign and local individuals and institutions, and assisting in the documentation to register foreign powers of attorney.