Managing Partner
Robert Mitchell
25 years in practice
LL.B (Hons), University of Colombo · LL.M (Corporate Law), King's College London
English, Sinhala
“Good counsel tells you what you need to hear before what you want to hear.”
Robert leads the firm's corporate and disputes practices and has advised on some of the most significant private M&A and shareholder matters in the country over the past two decades.
He is regularly retained by boards for sensitive governance questions and appears as lead counsel in high-value commercial arbitration.
Practice areas
Admissions
- Attorney-at-Law, Supreme Court of Sri Lanka (2001)
- Chartered Arbitrator, CIArb (2015)
Client words
From matters in this practice
“Ranil and Tharushi restructured our shareholder agreement ahead of an investment round. Every draft came with a plain-English note explaining what changed and why. The investors' lawyers had almost nothing to push back on.”
“Straightforward about our chances from day one, including the weak points of our own case. The award came in near the top of the range they predicted. Litigation is never pleasant, but it was never opaque.”