Managing Proprietor of the law practice John Wilson Partners, Colombo, Sri Lanka. I read for two degrees on a double degree programme of King’s College, London and Université Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne in France. After university I qualified as a Barrister in the UK but did not practice there since I returned to Sri Lanka. I was admitted to the Sri Lankan Bar in 1999, and am a Notary Public and a Registered Company Secretary in Sri Lanka. Apart from my diverse family law practice, I also advise local and foreign clients on a wide range of matters including foreign direct investment, corporate law, intellectual property matters, employment law, immigration law, real estate matters, and joint ventures and litigation. I am the Official Lawyer of the Embassy of the Swiss Confederation, Colombo, the official lawyer in Colombo of the Embassy of Austria New Delhi, the Avocat Conseil of the French Embassy, Colombo, trusted lawyer of the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany, Colombo and a director and in-house counsel and legal advisor to the European Chamber of Commerce of Sri Lanka.