Harshane Kahagalle
Co-Founder & Chairman – Development & Infrastructure Advisory Board

Harshane is one of Australia’s leading property and infrastructure development lawyers.  He has been a development financier and a lead arranger of both equity and debt facilities for development projects.  Having trained as both an architect and a lawyer, Harshane is the advisor on some of Australia’s most high-profile projects, including the iconic Barangaroo project since its inception.  As a partner of a leading commercial law firm, he has helped clients to secure and preserve billions of dollars in development rights.  Importantly, Harshane actively assists his clients to raise capital for projects for which he has also procured regulatory and development approvals.

He is a specialist in helping clients to secure necessary development approvals, including approvals for major projects and as such is currently acting for clients in landmark, high value projects. Harshane is also acting for clients in a number of test cases at the cutting edge of property development and planning law and on critical “bet the company” litigation. In addition to his legal pedigree, Harshane is also a trained architect and is passionate about the built environment, retaining insightful understanding of building and development processes. 
In 2019, Harshane was awarded Leading Property and Infrastructure Development Lawyer of the Year (Australia) by Acquisition International and subsequently in 2021, Environmental Property Lawyer of the Year (Australia).