Riad Ameen

Riad has overall responsibility for Duo World’s legal function through the provision of legal advisory services and ensuring effective management of legal and contractual risks.

With over 20 years’ experience in the legal industry, Riad brings a wealth of knowledge in public law, commercial/corporate law, taxation and commercial litigation.

Riad holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Law (LL.B) from the University of London and a Master of Laws Degree (LL.M) from the University of Colombo Sri Lanka. He is a Barrister of the Lincoln’s Inn, United Kingdom, and an Attorney-at-Law of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka. He was called to the bar in 1998. He was a Junior Counsel in the chambers of Mr.Faisz Musthapha, President’s Counsel.

In 1999, he joined the official bar as a State Counsel in the Attorney General’s Department of Sri Lanka. While at the official bar, he has advised the Government of Sri Lanka and several of its department’s and statutory corporations and represented them in litigation. He was also a Consultant to the Public Enterprise and Reform Commission (PERC), which overlooked government privatization. In 2006, Riad returned to the unofficial bar.

Riad was appointed as a Director to Duo World Inc. on February 2015. He also serves as a Director for ECI Tax Chamber (Private) Limited, which is a company incorporated in Sri Lanka that provides tax advisory services from March 2009. Presently he is serving as a Legal Consultant to Hemas Holdings PLC, a company quoted in the Colombo Stock Exchange from February 2006 and D.L.& F. De Sarams; a 125 year old law firm in Sri Lanka from 2014.