Bio

Ashwini Jayaratnam is a Partner in DarrowEverett’s Business Litigation and Dispute Resolution Practice Group, with over a decade of experience representing clients in all stages of litigation, from complaint through trial and appeal. Her practice is primarily focused on complex commercial cases, where she represents and advises owners of private, closely held entities in disputes involving fiduciary breach, restrictive covenants, freeze-out mergers, and shareholder buyouts. She has procured favorable judgments and settlements for partners and shareholders in lawsuits over interpretation and enforcement of contractual restrictions on share transfers, judicial dissolution, access to books and records, and the right to an accounting. Ashwini also has experience in a variety of general litigation matters, including commercial and residential real estate, labor law, and federal and state anti-discrimination statutes. In this capacity, she has successfully litigated on behalf of luxury real estate purchasers in suits concerning failure to disclose material defects, and has obtained pre-trial dismissals of labor law and ADA claims on statute of limitations and res judicata grounds.