Selected experience includes:

For twenty five years, Chanaka has advised major upstream contractors on a wide range of issues arising under contracts for PRE-FEED, FEED, EPC, conversion, EPCI, EPCIC, lease & operate, operations & maintenance and decommissioning. The offshore operating assets involved include drillships, jack-up rigs, semisubmersible rigs, FPSOs, operating in oil fields in Australia, North Sea, Brazil, Guyana, Mexico and India. His practice has grown to include renewables such as wind and solar farms projects in the Philippines, North Sea and USA.

He is a well-known Asia based senior arbitration counsel, recognised in the Legal 500 as lead counsel in complex arbitrations. With his team, he regularly leads arbitrations under London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA), International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), Badan Arbitrase Nasional Indonesia (BANI), London Maritime Arbitrators Association (LMAA) and Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC) international rules, seated in various locations including Singapore, India, Dubai, New York, London and Indonesia.

Chanaka is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb) and listed as an arbitrator on the SIAC reserve panel. He has also been appointed to the Asian International Arbitration Centre panel both as an arbitrator and a mediator. He has sat on the SIAC Users Council National Committee for Singapore and the Singapore Chamber of Maritime Arbitration (SCMA) Procedure Committee.

• Cambridge University (Masters Degree, 1997)
• University of Warwick (LLB Hons, 1996, Bachelor of Laws)

• Law Society, England & Wales
• Law Society, Singapore
• Fellow (FCIArb) of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
• Barrister (Gray's Inn), Non-Practising

• SIAC Reserve Panel – Arbitrator
• ICDR/AAA – Arbitrator
• Asian International Arbitration Centre – Arbitrator & Mediator

 Legal 500 Asia-Pacific 2024 says:*

Chanaka Kumarasinghe leads the team, frequently leading on complex international arbitrations. 

 Legal 500 Asia-Pacific 2024 says:*

" ... the Singapore office ... remains noted for ... FPSO-related cases thanks to the presence of Chanaka Kumarasinghe ..."

 "... the 'outstanding' Chanaka Kumarasinghe who has energy, offshore oil and gas sector expertise ..."

 Clients say:

 "Chanaka Kumarasinghe – unique expertise in the field of offshore vessels. Excellent client management."

 "Chanaka Kumarasinghe is outstanding, and without question, a "go-to" person in the marine and marine engineering spaces."

 (*Legal 500 reviews from when Chanaka practiced from his previous international law firm, also based out of its Singapore office.)