Our Story
At SettleHub, we are focused on transactional law and helping our clients achieve their desired outcomes. We aim to educate our clients, demystify the law and ensure that we add value to your transactions.
Our lawyers are sensible and practical, their advice incorporates both legal risk mitigation as well as commercial acumen. We also believe in the importance of adopting innovative legal technologies, enabling our lawyers to focus on achieving the best outcomes for your conveyancing needs.
Our difference
Our commitment to quality is unrivalled. We have embraced the use of technology to build transparency into legal service provision, focusing on increasing client understanding of how we can help.
As the world moves into a future that is increasingly reliant on technology, it is our vision at SettleHub to move legal services in a similar direction. However, our commitment to personalised advice will not be diminished, as we view technology as a complement to our service provision. With us, you can be assured expert legal guidance with a personal touch.
Jayantha Wijethilake (Jay)
Principal Solicitor
Jay combines decades of legal practice experience spanning across two jurisdictions. He first entered the legal profession in the 1990’s in Sri Lanka, where he had a successful property law practice focused on conveyancing. In 2006 Jay was admitted to the Supreme Court of Victoria and commenced his practice in Australia. Over the last 15 years, Jay has exclusively focused on property law and is a go to expert in residential conveyancing. His knowledge in the sector is unrivalled; he is known for being an approachable lawyer that achieves sustainable outcomes for his clients in their transactions.
Jay is available for consultation on the following:
- Buying and selling residential and commercial property
- Property development and advisory on private debt raising
- Caveat disputes
- Removal of restrictive covenants
Jay focuses on collaborative problem solving. Regardless of the size or complexity of the matter he pays attention to detail and advocates for outcomes that are commercially sensible.
Keith James
Small Business Lawyer
Keith is a new world lawyer and a graduate of Monash Law School. He moved to Melbourne, Australia in 2014 and has a passion for problem-solving in commercial law. Over the years, Keith has focused on building his commercial acumen to achieve outcomes that are practical and cost-effective.
Keith practices in all aspects of commercial transactions, from pre-purchase to settlement commercial advisory. He specialises in providing risk assessments and preventative law advice that analyses potential disputes, to encourage parties to adopt preventative measures which reduce costs throughout the life cycle of the commercial activity.
Keith is available for consultation on the following:
- Business conveyancing, buying and selling businesses
- Business compliance advisory, including regulatory advisory
- Agreement drafting for commercial projects
- Debt recovery through litigation
The ability to anticipate clients’ commercial needs is what makes Keith an asset to any small to medium business. He is dynamic and provides flexible solutions that deliver client focused outcomes.
J C Weliamuna
Asset planning expert lawyer
Jayasuriya Chrishantha Weliamuna (JC) is a Solicitor of the Victorian Supreme Court with a distinguished legal career. Prior to his Victorian admission, JC was a prominent lawyer who held the title of President’s Counsel in Sri Lanka (Australian equivalent of a Queen's Counsel or 'silk').
Following a successful legal career in Sri Lanka for over 30 years, JC has taken up legal practice in Victoria, Australia. At SettleHub, JC primarily lends his expertise in estate structuring and asset protection for small to medium enterprises and business owners.
JC is available for consultation on the following:
- Drafting of binding financial agreements (BFA) prior to entering into business ventures
- Advisory on quarantining assets in trust structures for individuals frequently exposed to high-risk ventures
- Drafting of last wills
JC adds value to his clients by analysing vulnerabilities in asset holding structures and advising legally compliant mechanisms to reduce the risk of exposure to litigation.
Kisalka Wijethilake
Head of research
SettleHub prides its self on assembling teams from multiple disciplines., drawing on a variety of skill-sets. Kisalka holds a Bachelor of Science and a Masters of Science (Epidemiology) from the University of Melbourne. She heads the research team at SettleHub and is at the centre of our product development.
Her science background has provided her with important skills that she uses in hypothesising, testing and refining legal solutions. This aids her in developing beneficial products and services for the firm. Kisalka’s commitment to research has allowed the firm to focus on building quality service products for our clients.
Her ability to survey changing client needs in the legal landscape brings a unique perspective to the firm, allowing SettleHub to develop service offerings that are suitable to the modern market.