Edgar Cooray retires
The long serving Chief Executive Officer/Legal Advisor of the Sri
Lanka National Arbitrations Centre, eminent lawyer, Edgar Cooray has
relinquished from his duties' Cooray served in the capacity of
CEO/Governor from its inception. However, at the request of the Board of
Governors, he would continue to serve as a Governor.
The Sri Lanka National Arbitration Centre (SLNAC) is the oldest
Institution in the country in the administration of arbitrations for the
resolution of commercial disputes having been established and
incorporated in the year 1985.
At the request of the Board of Governors Hiran de Alwis was appointed
Chief Executive Officer/Legal Advisor of the Sri Lanka National
Arbitration Centre. De Alwis is a legal practitioner holding a Post
Graduate Diploma in Law (International Dispute Resolution) from the
University of London and is a member of the Chartered Institute of
Arbitrators London (MCI Arb.).
Asoka Casiechetty was also appointed as the Chief Operations Officer
of the SLNAC.
The Arbitration Centre's future role includes efforts to attract
international arbitrations to Sri Lanka as a service provider and to
make commercial dispute resolution by arbitration expeditiously, cost
effective and under the due process of law.
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