Mevan is a litigator and practices in the firm's dispute resolution practice. He advises and represents clients in arbitration, DIFC Court litigation and on-shore litigation. Mevan has represented clients in DIFC-LCIA, DIAC, ICC and ad hoc arbitrations seated in London, Dubai, Singapore and Sri Lanka. He specialises in cross- border disputes, construction, banking, real estate, maritime and employment disputes. Mevan was a member of the legal team that represented one of the international banks at the ICSID Arbitration in an Oil Hedging dispute.

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. 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.

Bar Admissions
- Attorney-at-Law of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka, called to the Bar in 2011

Education
- LL.B. (Hons.) University of Colombo, Sri Lanka, 2010

Professional Associations

• Attorney-at-Law of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka
• DIFC Courts - Part I

Seminars/ Presentation
- Speaker, The New Arbitration Law, the Australian Institute of Quantity Surveyors (UAE Chapter), 13 February 2019, Dubai
- Speaker, Federal law No. 6 of 2018 - “ The New Arbitration Law, seminar organised by Afridi & Angell, 27 June 2018, Dubai

• Amendments to the Labour Law – employers, en garde!

  By Mevan Bandara |August 2024

• Insurance claims for damage caused by the torrential rain and floods

  By Mevan Bandara |April 2024

• New Maritime Law in the UAE

  By Mevan Bandara |November 2023

Additional Articles- Dispute the Changes, Lexis Middle East Law Alert, March / April 2022
- Co-author of the UAE chapter of Arbitration, Lexology Getting The Deal Through, 2022
- Co-author of Attachment of Assets, Juris Publishing, 2021
- Co-author of the UAE chapter of Banking and Finance, Chambers Global Practice Guide, 2021
- A unified arbitration hub? The Oath, October 2021
- Do you have an on-going DIFC-LCIA arbitration? If so, you should tread carefully: Dubai Decree No. 34 of 2021 Concerning the Dubai International Arbitration Centre (“Decree”), Afridi & Angell Legal Alert, September 2021
- Co-author of Litigation and Enforcement in the United Arab Emirates: overview, May 2021, Thomson Reuters Practical Law Global Guide
- Co-author of the UAE chapter of Shipping, Lexology Getting The Deal Through, 2021
- Co-author of Arbitration procedures and practice in United Arab Emirates: overview, Practical Law Global Guide (Thomson Reuters), 2020
- Co-author of Litigation and Enforcement in the United Arab Emirates, 2019, Thomson Reuters Practical Law Global Guide
- A closer look at Payment Orders under the UAE Civil Procedure Law, Afridi & Angell inBrief, 11 June 2019
- Assessing the Impact of the New UAE Arbitration Law, Lexis Middle East Law, 20 July 2018
- The UAE Federal Arbitration Law: A First Look, Afridi & Angell inBrief, 17 May 2018
- Centre for Amicable Settlement of Disputes can no longer mediate disputes when a bank is a party to such dispute, Afridi & Angell inBrief, May 2017