Address : 41 Janadhipathi MawathaColombo 1Sri Lanka 9/5, Tambiah AvenueOff Independence AvenueColombo 7. Tel : +94-11-2422601-5 Fax : +94-11-2446663, +94-11-2435451 E-Mail : [email protected] Website : www.juliusandcreasy.com Julius & Creasy, established in 1879 by two British Solicitors, is one of the oldest and largest Law Firms in Sri Lanka and is involved in every facet of civil practice. The Firm enjoys the largest Intellectual Property practice in the country with many multinationals conducting their patent, industrial design and trademark activities through the Firm. In the areas of Corporate and Commercial Law, the Firm provides legal services in all company related matters including, Taxation, Insurance, Banking, Restructuring, Mergers and Acquisitions, Due Diligence, Derivatives Transactions, Listing and De-listing, Securities, Anti-Money Laundering, Securitization, Aircraft Leasing, Telecommunications, IT and Infrastructure Projects. The Firm?? areas of legal practice also include Constitutional and Administrative law, Maritime and Shipping Law, Conveyancing and Real Estate Transactions, Industrial Law, Dispute Resolution, Probate and Litigation. In addition to providing legal services the Firm also has several services arms that provide Company Secretarial, Payroll processing, Visa and Advisory services. The Firm has as excellent reputation for providing sound advice and devising innovative solutions to legal and commercial issues within a changing legal and business environment to both local and international clients, and has a wealth of experience in dealing with major international assignments. With its strong reputation in the international legal community the Firm maintains close working relationships with many prestigious international Law Firms such as Clifford Chance, Allen & Overy, Banker & McKenzie, Nortion Rose, Linklaters, Denton Wilde-Spate and Freshfields. Julius & Creasy has 18 Partners ??namely: J.M.Swamination, S.A.Cader, Ms.A.I.Wanigasekera, T.G.Gooneratne, Ms.J.Kumaraguru, Ms.M.D.L.Karunaratne, Ms.A.M.Fernando, Ms.A.K.Gunawardhana, Ms.M.R.P.Balendra, Ms.M.T.C.Fernando, M.J.B.Adihetty, Ms.S.David, J.L.M.Abeysekera, Ms.N.C.Ediriweera, Ms.P.Sivagananathan & Ms.S.M.A.Nonis, T.D.W.R.Wimalagunaratne, Ms.E.S.Gunawardana, Ms.P.D.Rodrigo. Several of the Firm?? Partners and Associates are members of the Bar of England & Wales and New York. Mr. J.M SwaminathanSenior Partner Mr.J.M.Swaminathan LLB (Ceylon), LLM Phill (Colombo). Attorney-at-Law, is the Precedent Partner of Messrs. Julius & Creasy and is a member of the Company Law Advisory Commission, a member of the Intellectual Property Law Commission and the Council of Legal Education. He is also a member of the Law Commission of Sri Lanka. He is a Faculty Member of the Faculty of Law of the University of Colombo and a member of the Legal Cluster of National Economic Commission. He is a Visiting Lecturer and an Examiner at the Faculty of Law University of Colombo. He is also a Faculty member of the LLM Wales Course conducted by the Sri Lanka Law College and a Faculty Member of Post Attorneys Diploma program on Intellectual Property Law and the Course Director of Post Attorneys Diploma program in International Trade Law conducted by the Sri Lanka Law College and is over 45 years in practice. He is also a Director of several listed and unlisted companies.