Eric Dathika Wikramanayake Email & Phone Number

Colombo, Sri Lanka

Attached to the Firm’s Corporate, Commercial and Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) division and head of the Firm’s Venture Capital (VC) practice; experienced in representing and advising clientele on a broad range of public and private M&A transactions with specific expertise in private equity (PE) and VC; routinely advises stakeholders from across the PE and.

Colombo, Sri Lanka

Engaged in the practice of transactional corporate law – primarily relating to mergers & acquisitions and intellectual property; experienced in contract negotiation and drafting (including of share subscription agreements, share sale and purchase agreements, shareholders' agreements, convertible notes as well as of SaaS platform terms of use, IP licensing.

Hulftsdorp, Colombo, Sri Lanka

Provided legal advisory services to the State and its instrumentalities. Represented public corporations in civil litigation and arbitrations.Conducted prosecutions on behalf of the Attorney General in all indictable offences (ranging from murder to white collar crime) before the High Courts of Sri Lanka; Represented the State in bail inquiries, appeals.

Colombo, Sri Lanka

Engaged in transactional corporate law practice – primarily relating to Mergers & Acquisitions and Capital Markets; assisted in the legal restructuring of companies, specifically large family owned entities.Experienced in the drafting of agreements and legal opinions (notably, on behalf of the Colombo Brokers Association in respect of their exposure to.

Colombo, Sri Lanka

Engaged in the mandatory apprenticing period required for passing the Bar in Sri Lanka under the Deputy Solicitor General; Assisted in fundamental rights litigation and the drafting of legal opinions (primarily opining on the constitutionality of proposed legislation); Part of a team assigned to address the backlog of cases pertaining to offences relating.

Colombo, Sri Lanka

Assisted partners and associates in the preparation and drafting of legal opinions, agreements and resolutions; Assisted in the provision of legal advice to clients including, the Government of Sri Lanka on its $1 Billion international bond issuance; Asiri Central Hospital Limited in its delisting from the Colombo Stock Exchange; the Seller in the.

Colombo, Sri Lanka

Interned within the legal division of the Ministry under Chief Legal Advisor, Mr. Thushantha Wijemanne; Assisted in the Ministry’s preparations for Sri Lanka’s submission, under the United Nation’s Convention on the Law of the Sea to the UN Commission on the limits of the Continental Shelf; Engaged in research on matters which ranged from diplomatic.

Colombo, Sri Lanka

Worked directly with a senior Financial Analyst to learn the basics of equity markets, trend analysis, risk management and investment decision making; managed smaller trading account to test skills.

Colombo, Sri Lanka

Rotated throughout all the functional divisions of the company including – Legal, Insurance, Treasury, Finance, Micro-finance, Banking and Islamic banking and Human Resources. Gained a thorough understanding of how each division worked and how they integrated and functioned with one another.

Colombo, Sri Lanka

Attended and documented proceedings of the Independent Commission of Inquiry into possible Human Rights violations; assisted in proof reading and editing of articles for the CPA Legal Review, “Moot Point”; assisted in organizing a civil society protest of the assassination of Editor Lasantha Wickrematunga in January 2009; Assisted in organizing book.

Master Of Laws (Ll.M.)

Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar

Bachelor Of Laws (Ll.B.)

Attorney-At-Law

Education record

Completed Sri Lanka Advanced Level Examination (August 2008) - Greek & Roman Civilizations (A), English Language and Literature (A).