
Clementi
Legal
Clementi Legal is a specialist corporate law consultancy based in Sri Lanka. We are a results-oriented law firm, able to provide practical and sustainable legal solutions to our clients.
Our services
Contracts and Agreements
Corporate due diligence
We carry out comprehensive legal due diligences on target entities in a merger or acquisition and provide our clients with detailed reports and action items.
Dispute Resolution
Intellectual Property
We provide a wide range of services from the search and registration of trademarks, maintenance and renewals to advice on matters relating to copyright infringement and action.
Investment
Labour and Employment
We provide comprehensive assistance in labour and employment laws in Sri Lanka in drafting documentation, dispute resolution and assistance in termination and retrenchment.
Mergers and Acquisitions
We provide end to end solutions in carrying out small to medium scale mergers and acquisitions in Sri Lanka from diligence to conclusion of the transaction.
Real Estate and Conveyancing
We assist in providing title searches and diligence checks of properties at land registries to drafting and execution of deeds, leases, mortgages and wills.
International Partnerships

We are a Partner firm of the One Asia Lawyers Group with its principal offices in Tokyo, Japan. One Asia Lawyers provides a unified legal platform for its clients via a wide network of offices in Southeast Asia, Oceania, and the United Arab Emirates.

We are also a Partner of the Advocates for International Development (A4ID) based in London, United Kingdom. A4ID is a global charity that engages law firms and corporations to facilitate pro bono advice to the poor and uplift local communities to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
People

Charana
Kanankegamage
Principal Attorney
Charana is an Honours graduate in Law from the University of London, United Kingdom. He holds a Masters's degree in Security and Strategic Studies from Sir John Kotelawala Defence University, Sri Lanka.
Enrolled as an Attorney-at-Law in the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka in July 2012, Charana commenced his career at the corporate law offices of M/s, F.J. & G. De Saram, Attorneys-at-Law, Sri Lanka as an Associate. Between July 2017 and August 2023, he reverted to independent practice. He has experience advising Sri Lankan and international clients in all aspects of Corporate law advisory.
Charana is an emerging thought leader in Sri Lankan Foreign Policy, regional geopolitics, and national security matters. He is an alumnus of the U.S. State Department International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP), the German-Southeast Asian Center of Excellence for Public Policy and Good Governance (CPG), and the Hague Academy of International Law.

Tersha Abeyratne Nanayakkara
Consultant
Enrolled as an Attorney-at-Law of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka and a Notary Public in February 2018, Tersha is an Honours Business Economics and Management graduate from the University of Nottingham. She also holds a Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of London.
Before her enrolment as an Attorney-at-Law, Tersha gained experience in the corporate and banking sector with stints at Brandix Lanka Limited and DFCC Bank PLC. She has completed a course in Entrepreneurship in Emerging Economics by HarvardX, the online learning platform of Harvard University.
She has experience in litigation in labour and employment, family law, and commercial law. Tersha is well experienced in Real Property and Conveyancing. She concurrently serves as a junior counsel in the Chambers of Mr. Niel Unamboowe, Presidents Counsel, and Chamantha Weerakoon Unamboowe, Presidents Counsel.