“In today’s rapidly changing world, clients need more than legal advice—they need foresight, strategy, and innovation. That’s what we deliver.”

Ushan Premaratne is a leading disputes practitioner recognised for handling some of the most challenging, high-value, and strategically sensitive matters. With a practice spanning international arbitration, cross border litigation, civil fraud, shareholder and private equity disputes, and contentious trusts, he is regularly entrusted with navigating complexity, crisis, and high pressure commercial conflict.

Recognised by leading directories including The Legal 500, Benchmark Litigation Asia Pacific, Asia Legal, Global Arbitration Review  and Asian Legal Business—which named him one of Asia’s “40 Lawyers Under 40”—Ushan has built a reputation for strategic clarity, precision advocacy, and exceptional commercial instincts. Clients describe him as “a top-class strategist,” “meticulous,” and “the go to lawyer for difficult, complex commercial disputes.

Ushan has acted in arbitrations across SIAC, ICC, HKIAC, AIAC, AAA, CAS and ad hoc tribunals, covering shareholder and joint venture breakdowns, private equity and venture capital disputes and large scale technology, banking, and software project failures.

He is also frequently instructed for arbitration related court litigation, including award setting aside, enforcement, anti-suit measures, and urgent injunctions before the High Court, Appellate Division and Court of Appeal.

Ushan is known for stepping into crisis stage disputes—including internal investigations, governance failures, and valuation collapses in high growth companies.

Highly trusted for his judgment, Ushan has advised on globally watched investigations, including the €3.5 billion Wire card fraud, the governance collapse of a near unicorn Southeast Asian startup – Zilingo and the major fraud in the energy and commodities sector involving the Hin Leong entities.

His portfolio spans technology, finance, energy, commodities, real estate, sports, luxury goods, and private wealth. He regularly advises high net worth individuals, family offices, founders, boards, and global corporations seeking sophisticated dispute strategy across multiple jurisdictions.

Ushan is appointed to multiple arbitral panels, including SIAC, AIAC and the Thailand Arbitration Centre, and has been an expert witness on Singapore law before the Hong Kong courts. He speaks frequently at regional dispute resolution conferences and contributes to leading publications.