Corcoran French of Christchurch has appointed Shehan de Silva as a partner.

Admitted in December 2010, Shehan worked in Auckland before transferring to Christchurch as an in-house lawyer. He joined Corcoran French in 2014.

His main areas of practice are property, rural and commercial law and he has a background in negotiating and providing specialist advice on commercial, commercial property, rural, rural property, residential and residential property matters.