called to the bar 1999
years with the firm Over 17 Years
academic / professional qualifications
Magister Juris (First Class) (Masters in Law – University College | University of Oxford – U.K) (2000-2001). The primary focus of his Masters thesis was on the study of laws relating to Companies,
Contracts and Intellectual Property
Awarded the Shell Centenary Scholarship for studies at
the University of Oxford – UK (2000)
Awarded Angelo M. Patrick prize – Best performance by a Sri Lankan in SMM (Strategic Management and Marketing) in the final stage of the Chartered Institute of Management
Accountancy Examination (May 2000)
Passed finalist CIMA – U.K (May 2000)
Attorney-at-Law, Supreme Court of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka (1999) -( First Class in each of the years 1996, 1997 and 1998 )
areas of practice
Foreign Investment | Banking and Finance | Tax | Infrastructure |
Intellectual Property | Corporate and Commercial
work experience
2003 to date at D.L & F. De Saram
Partner since January 2006
2002 – 2003 : The Hong Kong & Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited
Trade Services – Advice on Documentary Credit and Documentary Collection
Transactions and Trade Finance Lending Instruments