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Nish Dissanayake
Work Department
Investment Funds & Asset Management
Position
Nish is Partner in our Investment Funds & Asset Management team.
Career
Nish advises asset managers on regulatory matters, fund formation and corporate transactions.
Nish blends expertise and deep experience in assisting managers on regulatory change and implementation projects (having assisted many asset managers through the changes brought about by the AIFMD, for example) with expertise and experience in fund formation. It is his intention that his clear understanding of both the products established by asset managers and the regulatory landscape within which asset managers operate will enhance the value of his services to his clients, whether it be advising an asset manager on regulatory or corporate matters for their own account or advising on the establishment, capital raising or reconstruction of a given fund or account.
Lawyer Rankings
London > Investment fund formation and management > Listed funds
(Next Generation Partners)The listed funds team at Herbert Smith Freehills LLP is known as ‘the “go-to” team in the sector’, offering ‘great sector knowledge alongside expertise in other matters which impact the listed fund sector’. Key names include the ‘excellent’ Nigel Farr
, who is ‘extremely knowledgeable and very easy to work with’, Tim West and Nish Dissanayake, as well as ‘a very strong group of associates who work hard, understand the sector well and are commercially astute.’
Lawyer Rankings
- Listed funds London > Investment fund formation and management
- Next Generation Partners London > Investment fund formation and management > Listed funds
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Public sector > Administrative and public law
- Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: premium
- Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers
- Real estate > Commercial property: development
- Real estate > Commercial property: investment
- Dispute resolution > Competition litigation
- Real estate > Construction: non-contentious
- Risk advisory > Corporate governance
- Industry focus > Emerging markets
- Employment > Employee share schemes
- Employment > Employers
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition: trade, WTO anti-dumping and customs
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: contentious
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Risk advisory > ESG
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Infrastructure: Project finance and development
- Insurance > Insurance litigation: for policyholders
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Investment fund formation and management > Listed funds
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Mining and minerals
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Oil and gas
- Real estate > Planning
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Power (including electricity and nuclear)
- Insurance > Product liability: defendant
- Dispute resolution > Public international law
- Transport > Rail
- Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Renewables
- Dispute resolution > Tax litigation and investigations
- Industry focus > TMT
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Water
Firm Rankings
- Transport > Aviation
- Finance > Bank lending: investment grade debt and syndicated loans
- Real estate > Construction: contentious
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Finance > Debt capital markets
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – mid-large cap
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
- Employment > Health and safety
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Infrastructure: M&A and acquisition financing
- Insurance > Insurance: corporate and regulatory
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: patents (contentious and non-contentious)
- Industry focus > Life sciences and healthcare
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Upper Mid-Market And Premium Deals, £750m+
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Digital content & social
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Film & TV
- Corporate and commercial > Partnership
- Employment > Pensions (non-contentious)
- Employment > Pensions: dispute resolution
- Insurance > Personal injury: defendant
- Dispute resolution > Professional discipline
- Insurance > Professional negligence
- Real estate > Property finance
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Finance > Securitisation
- Corporate and commercial > VAT and indirect tax
- Corporate and commercial > Commercial contracts
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- Risk advisory > Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
- Finance > Derivatives and structured products
- Real estate > Environment
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Fintech: corporate and commercial
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Gaming and betting
- Insurance > Insurance and reinsurance litigation
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Advertising & marketing
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Fintech: regulatory
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions - mid-market deals (up to £500m)
- Investment fund formation and management > Real estate funds
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Reputation management
- Finance > Acquisition finance
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: white-collar crime (advice to individuals)
- Investment fund formation and management > Private funds
- Corporate and commercial > Venture capital