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