People
The firm’s partners have extensive experience in providing a variety of legal services to local and international clients
Ranil Angunawela
Ranil Angunawela has extensive legal experience in the private and public sectors in Sri Lanka, and specialises in corporate law with a focus on insurance law. He began his career working for Julius & Creasy and FJ&G de Saram. He was then a counsel in the chambers of Nihal Fernando, P.C. before serving as Director-Legal of the Insurance Regulatory Commission of Sri Lanka. Ranil has also served as a member of the Corporate Governance Committee of the Institute of Chartered Accountants, Sri Lanka, and as the Chair of the Insurance Industry Sub-Committee. Ranil currently serves as the legal adviser to the Power Sector Reform Secretariat, and was involved in drafting the Sri Lanka Electricity Act and restructuring the Ceylon Electricity Board. Ranil has an LL.B from Brunel University and an MBA from Edith Cowen University.
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Dr. Gehan Gunatilleke
Dr. Gehan Gunatilleke has extensive experience in negotiation, litigation, and legal research. He specialises in public and international law, and company dispute resolution. He began his career as a counsel in the chambers of M.A. Sumanthiran, P.C., and went on to serve as an advisor to Sri Lanka’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He was a member of the negotiation team that secured Sri Lanka’s readmission to the European Union’s Generalised Scheme of Preferences (GSP)+ trade concession facility in 2016. Gehan is currently an independent non-executive director at Janashakthi Insurance PLC. He also served as a Commissioner at the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka (2023-2026). Gehan has an LL.B from the University of Colombo, an LL.M from Harvard Law School, and a DPhil in Law from the University of Oxford .
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Malsirini de Silva
Malsirini de Silva is a Senior Associate at LexAG with over a decade of legal experience in consulting and research in Sri Lanka. She began her career as a junior counsel in the chambers of Maithri E. Wickremesinghe, P.C and went on to work at the Ministry of Justice, Sri Lanka. Prior to joining LexAG, she served as the Deputy Head of Legal Research at Verité Research. Malsirini has also worked as a legal researcher at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia and the Centre for the Study of Human Rights, University of Colombo, and as a visiting lecturer at Sri Lanka Law College. She has an LL.B from the University of Colombo and an LL.M from New York University where she was a Fulbright Scholar.
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Lakmali Algama
Lakmali Algama is a Legal Consultant and Notary Public at LexAG with extensive experience in conveyancing. She was called to the Bar in 2008 and began her career at the Attorney General’s Department, working for nearly four years in the Child Abuse Unit. Lakmali has also consulted for the Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority and the Insurance Regulatory Commission of Sri Lanka, where she focused on legal enforcement, investigations, and compliance. Lakmali is a graduate of Sri Lanka Law College and holds an LL.B from the Open University of Sri Lanka. She also possesses a Post Attorney Diploma in Intellectual Property Law.
Avishka Jayaweera
Avishka Jayaweera is an Associate at LexAG with experience in research and public policy. He specialises in corporate transactions, regulatory compliance, and technology law, and has contributed to reforms in the areas of energy and anti-corruption. Prior to joining LexAG, he was a researcher at the Advocata Institute, where he specialised in the areas of land policy, alternate dispute resolution, and trade. He has a LL.B (Hons) from the University of Colombo and was admitted to the Bar in 2023.
Devinda de Silva
Devinda de Silva is an Associate at LexAG. He obtained an LL.B (Hons) from the Faculty of Law, University of Colombo, and was enrolled at the Bar in 2024. As an undergraduate, he completed a course on World Trade Organisation and United States Trade Law and Policy in 2022. He has also represented Sri Lanka internationally at both debating and mooting competitions.
Farhath Rhysa
Farhath Rhysa is a Junior Associate at LexAG. As an undergraduate, she was a Chinese Ambassador’s Scholar and was awarded the Gate Mudaliya Edmond Peiris Prize, the Ajita Parathalingam Memorial Prize, and the Rohan Janaka Senevirathna Memorial Prize for Roman Law. She has also represented Sri Lanka at international moot court competitions. Farhath holds an LL.B (Hons) from the Faculty of Law, University of Colombo.
Januki Jayakody
Januki Jayakody is a Junior Associate at LexAG. She has experience in legal research, writing, and policy analysis and has contributed to several research projects and publications. She has participated in mooting and mediation programmes, including the Constitutional Law Moot organized by the Faculty of Law, University of Colombo, the ICM Mediation Programme organized by the Moot Court and Debating Bench, and the Calcutta International University Mediation Competition. Januki holds an LL.B. (Hons) with Second Class Honours (Upper Division) from the Faculty of Law, University of Colombo.