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Rajeev Amarasuriya elected to LAWASIA Executive Committee
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Rajeev Amarasuriya, Secretary of the Bar Association of Sri Lanka, was elected uncontested to the Executive Committee of LAWASIA (The Law Association for Asia and Pacific) for 2021/2022.
LAWASIA is a regional association of lawyers, judges, jurists and legal organisations, which advocates for the interests and concerns of the Asia Pacific legal profession. For over 50 years, LAWASIA has operated as a platform to promote the cross-jurisdictional exchange of legal knowledge.
Rajeev Amarasuriya is an Alumnus of Royal College, Colombo, holds a Bachelor of Laws LLB (Hons) Degree from the University of Colombo, is an Attorney-at-Law, a Fellow Member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) (UK), a Fellow Member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants Sri Lanka, and a Chartered Global Management Accountant (CGMA). He is also an Alumnus of the Harvard Kennedy School, Executive Education.
Amarasuriya is a regular Practitioner before the Appellate Courts specialising in all aspects of Appellate Law, as well as Constitutional and Public Law, and has a varied practice in diverse fields and subjects, including civil, contractual, commercial, property, taxation, banking, labour and other disciplines of the law.