Professional Work Experience
Ajithaa Edirimanne LLB MLB (Hamburg) MCIArb (UK)
- Attorney-at-Law of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka, with an extensive practice as a Civil Lawyer since 1985
- Notary Public & Commissioner of Oaths registered to practice in English and registered Company Secretary
- Visiting Lecturer in law
Education
- Master in Law and Business (MLB) jointly conducted by the Bucerius Law School in Hamburg and WHU School of Management in Vallender, Germany. (2008) (Merits in Mergers & Acquisitions, Data Governance, International Arbitration, Competition & Antitrust Law)
- Bachelor of Laws (LLB) from the University of Colombo and passed the final Attorneys exam conducted by the Sri Lanka Law College (1984 ). Took Oaths as an Attorney at Law of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka in 1985.
- Diploma in International Trade Law & Practice from the University of Colombo. (1st in order of merit) – (1991)
- Passed the Examination on the Accelerated Route to Membership (ARM) of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, UK
Memberships
- Life Member of the Bar Association of Sri Lanka
- Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) UK
- Member of the Construction Industry Sector Committee of the Organization of Professional Associations of Sri Lanka (OPA)
- Former Vice President and Secretary of the Corporate Lawyers Association of Sri Lanka
- Member of the Sub-Committee on Apartment Ownership Law appointed by the Law Commission of Sri Lanka. (2014) and Member of the Advisory Committee appointed by the Minister of Justice to amend the Apartment Ownership Law (2021)
- Member of the Committee on Title Registration of Property (2009) and the Committee on Prevention of Land Fraud (2010), both appointed by the former Minister of Justice.
As a Resource Person
- Visiting Lecturer in Mercantile Law for the final year LLB students at the Open University of Sri Lanka (1989 / 1990)
- Visiting Lecturer Examiner in Conveyancing for the final year students at Sri Lanka Law College (2007)
- Resource Person on Condominium Property Law - For the Practical Certificate Course for Effective Instructing Attorneys conducted by the Bar Association of Sri Lanka in July 2010 and in July 2014
- Speaker on Recent Developments in Condominium Property Law - Seminar for Notaries conducted by the Bar Association Sri Lanka in December 2017
- Trained in Intellectual Property and Technology Transfer agreements at the International Development Law Organization (IDLO) in Rome, Italy (2009).
- Speaker on the topic “The need to have an effective Competition Law regime to attract Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)’ at the National Law Conference of the Bar Association of Sri Lanka held in 2010.
- Speaker on the topic “Condominium Properties in Sri Lanka : Issues of Concern for Buyers and Sellers” at the Conference on the Role of Real Property Development in an Emerging Economy organized by the Central Bank of Sri Lanka in October 2011
- Speaker at a Seminar organized for the Legal Officers of Seylan Bank on “Legal Issues with regard to Condominum Properties (New amendments to the Act) and documentation to be obtained when granting financial facilities against such properties” in November 2011.
- Resource Person on Condominium Law at the Knowledge Sharing Session for legal officers of the DFCC Bank in August 2013
- Speaker on the topic “Issues relating to the Management of Condominium Properties” at the Workshop on Development and Management of Real Estate organized by the Institute of Real Estate and Valuation in December 2015
- Resource Person on the topic “Issues of concern for Bankers” in the training program on Lending against Condominium Properties organized by the National Savings Bank in November 2016
- Visiting Lecturer and Examiner for Law of Condominium Properties in the “Post Attorney Diploma in Conveyancing and Real Property Rights” conducted by the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies affiliated to the Sri Lanka Law College (2019 - 2020)
- Speaker at the Webinar on Condominium Property Law conducted by the Bar Association of Sri Lanka in January 2021
- Panelist on the topic "Future of the Apartment Ownership Industry" at the Bankers’ Association Symposium held in March 2021
