Dhanushka Jayawardena
Dhanushka practises in Australian taxation law with a particular focus on income tax and duty structuring. He is both an Australian-qualified lawyer and a Chartered Tax Adviser.
Dhanushka regularly advises on a diverse range of domestic and cross-border transactions. His approach is to simplify the complexity and provide clients with a bespoke solution from structuring through to implementation.
Experience
Dhanushka’s experience includes advising:
- A fund manager and its Australian and foreign resident investors on the taxation aspects of investing in a student accommodation investment portfolio of approximately A$2.2 billion;
- A pearling corporation in a public-private partnership with a State/Territory government on the taxation aspects of constructing a ship-lift with a project value of A$400 million;
- An Australian university on the taxation aspects of establishing an A$329 million co-operative research centre;
- The vendors of one of Australia’s largest independent infrastructure advisory and project management firms on the taxation aspects of a partial sale to a private equity outfit; and
- An ASX-listed mining company on the taxation aspects of securing an A$300 million revolving cash advance syndicated facility.