Nihal Jayawardene

Mr. Jayawardene joined the Bar in 1983. He has career experience as an officer of the Attorney General’s Department of Sri Lanka for an excess of 20 years, a Senior Lecturer at Sri Lanka Law College, and a Legal Consultant and Board Member in numerous Institutions. He is an Attorney at Law of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of England & Wales.

Mr. Jayawardene has actively contributed to many law reforms initiatives taken place in Sri Lanka in the field of Civil Aviation, Company Law, and has extensive experience in Public Enterprises reform programs carried out in the areas of Insurance, Telecommunication, Aviation, Port & Shipping, and Plantation sectors.

In recognition of the immense contribution made to the Legal Profession as an eminent senior counsel in Corporate, Commercial, Aviation, and Public Law he was appointed as a President’s Counsel in the year 2012.

Mr. Jayawardene also played a leading role in the process of drafting the Colombo Port City Economic Commissions Act.

He is presently the Chairman of the Company Law Advisory Commission and a Member of the Board of Civil Aviation Authority of Sri Lanka. He is also a member of the Board of Governors in the Asian Institute of Business and Science (AIBS) and the in-house Counsel of Capital City Law.