He is a partner at Corcoran French and leader of its local government practice
Corcoran French has congratulated its partner Shehan de Silva on his election as chair of the NZ LAW limited board of directors.
Having served a three-year term on its board, de Silva is looking forward to his new role as NZ LAW’s chair, according to Corcoran French’s news release.
NZ LAW, a national network of law firms across Aotearoa New Zealand, seeks to share the skills, resources, and knowledge of the member firms for the benefit of the firms’ clients.
As per Corcoran French’s news release, de Silva leads the firm’s local government practice and offers strategic, commercial, and legal advice in this area. He focuses on commercial, property, and company law.
He handles joint ventures and mergers and acquisitions, provides guidance on the acquisition and disposal of infrastructure, and assists clients with policies and property developments, the firm’s news release adds.
More on de Silva
He joined Corcoran French in 2014, according to his profile on the firm’s website. Based in the firm’s Christchurch office, he also works from the firm’s Kaiapoi and Greymouth offices.
His areas of legal work include the buying and selling of businesses, trusts and estate planning, rural property, agriculture, subdivisions, business law, business succession, company formation and restructuring, financing and securities, refinancing, and negotiations, as per his profile.
Before joining Corcoran French, de Silva served as in-house counsel for a large nationally-based company focusing on large-scale acquisitions and disposals for major infrastructure projects, his profile provides.
He has assisted clients including utility providers, companies, private individuals, trusts, and local authorities on wide-ranging issues, his profile states. He also acts for landowners who are having their land acquired for public works.
