About the Firm
Built on rigour, trusted for judgement, and shaped for serious legal work.
Since 1987, AW Chambers has acted for individuals, businesses, employers, institutions, and instructing professionals across contentious and advisory matters in Sri Lanka.
The practice is known for courtroom discipline, careful preparation, and a partner-led standard that keeps the work clear, practical, and closely held.
Est. 1987
Decades of courtroom-led practice in Sri Lanka.
Partner-led
Serious matters remain closely supervised and strategically prepared.
Contentious + advisory
Built for disputes, with careful support on related advisory work.
Our Approach
What guides the Chambers
Clients often need a firm that feels composed from the outset. Our approach is built to provide that confidence through preparation, perspective, and disciplined execution.
Rigour
Every matter is prepared with care, structure, and attention to what will actually matter under scrutiny.
Judgement
We focus on the arguments, facts, and procedural steps most likely to move the client’s position forward.
Restraint
The Chambers aims to build confidence through substance, discretion, and work that does not need exaggeration.
Our History
A chambers built to endure
1987
Founded in Colombo and shaped by a litigation standard built to last across generations of serious legal work.
Year Established
1987
Years of Litigation Heritage
39+
AW Chambers was founded in 1987 by Asoka Weerasooriya following his tenure as State Counsel at the Attorney General's Department. From the beginning, the Chambers was shaped by the belief that difficult matters deserve serious preparation, clear judgement, and measured advocacy.
Over time, the practice has grown to handle criminal, civil, commercial, public-law, employment, customs-related, and advisory work while maintaining a distinctly litigation-aware and partner-led standard of service.
The Chambers continues to act for a broad mix of clients across sectors and circumstances, with an emphasis on discretion, preparedness, and legal work that can withstand close scrutiny.
Chambers continuity
A practice built across generations, without changing its standard.
AW Chambers was established by Asoka Weerasooriya in 1987 and continues with the same emphasis on preparation, judgement, and measured advocacy.
The presence of Akarsha Weerasooriya within the Chambers reflects continuity in legal discipline rather than a change in character — serious work, carefully prepared, and carried forward with the same sense of responsibility.
Our People
The team behind the work
Each profile below includes qualifications, current role, and a dedicated page with fuller background and areas of practice.
Asoka Weerasooriya
Kithsiri Liyanage
Akarsha Weerasooriya
Pasan Karunaratne
Tirasha Fernando
Soraya Gunasekara
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Bar Association of Sri Lanka
Colombo Law Society
Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
Commonwealth Lawyers Association