About

Mevan is a litigator and practices in the firm’s dispute resolution practice. He advises and represents clients in arbitration, before the DIFC Courts and ADGM Courts and advises on on-shore litigation matters.

Mevan’s practice focuses on commercial/contractual disputes, high-value construction disputes, shareholder disputes, company disputes, bankruptcy and restructuring, maritime and shipping, insurance, employment, banking disputes and investment disputes. Mevan also assists clients in structuring joint ventures, franchises, distributorship and registered agencies.

Much of his work involves cross-border elements, and he has represented clients in arbitrations seated in London, Dubai, Singapore and Sri Lanka.

Mevan is a Legal 500 EMEA recognised practitioner. Clients’ comments include: “Mevan Bandara is charming, massively hard-working, and very clever.”, “I worked extensively with Mevan Bandara. Mevan’s approach to the situation and guidance really stood out. His approach was to provide solutions to my matter by giving an objective path, rather than to get the business by giving partial one-sided advice. I also valued his in-depth knowledge in financial matters which helped a lot in forming the strategy.”, “Mevan Bandara is prompt and available at short notice. He will work towards providing a holistic solution to the client.”

Prior to joining Afridi & Angell in 2016, Mevan was in the private bar of Sri Lanka and was employed as a Counsel at one of the leading law firms in Sri Lanka, whilst simultaneously practicing in the Law Chambers of Mr Justice Prasanna Jayawardena, President’s Counsel. He was also a visiting lecturer in Business Law at the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka and an examiner at the Sri Lanka Law College. Mevan was a recipient of the Australian DEEWR (Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations) scholarship.