Kailie De Zoysa

Kailie is a Senior Associate in the Corporate and Commercial team, advising founders, investors and established businesses across the full corporate lifecycle. Her practice includes shareholder arrangements, private investments, start-ups and scale-ups, and offshore funds and holding structures, often involving cross-border elements.

Kailie provides clear, commercially focused advice on complex transactions, with an emphasis on protecting client interests while supporting sustainable growth. Kailie regularly works with international clients and professional advisers and has experience navigating multi-jurisdictional and offshore structures. Kailie has a particular focus on advising early-stage, founder-led businesses, supporting clients from initial structuring and incorporation through to investment, governance and scale-up. Additionally, she advises founders on establishing robust, investor-ready legal foundations that support sustainable long-term growth.

Representative matters

• Acting for founders and investors on the negotiation and drafting of bespoke shareholders’ agreements, including minority protection and exit provisions
• Acting on private investment transactions, including equity and shareholder loan structures
• Advising on the establishment and operation of offshore fund and holding structures, working closely with international advisers
• Advising start-ups and growth companies on corporate structuring, investment rounds and governance arrangements
• Advising on a civil litigation matter arising from a high-value art dispute
• Supporting corporate groups on reorganisations, share transfers and constitutional documentation
• Assisting on a multi-track £10 million shareholder dispute in the High Courts of England and Wales
• Supporting an internal investigation into allegations of fraud within a professional services firm