Senior Counsel and Head of Corporate Department
bala.nadarajah@aswlaw.com
Direct Tel: 441 295 8104 Professional Education
Master of Comparative Law (MCL), Georgetown University, Washington D.C. , 1979; Advocate, Ceylon Law College , Sri Lanka 1959.
Admitted
Call to the Sri Lanka Bar (1960); call to the Bermuda Bar (1986).
Member
Mr. Nadarajah is considered a leading voice in insurance law and regulation in Bermuda . He is listed in the most recent Euromoney Expert Guide as one of the World's leading Insurance Lawyers ( www.expertguides.com ). He is a former Director of the Bermuda Monetary Authority and was a Member of the Insurance Advisory Committee and its Insurance Regulatory Sub-Committee; he served as a Member of the Bermuda International Business Forum; and was Chairman of the Business Investment Act Appeal Committee.
Specialisation
Corporate, insurance and reinsurance law
Languages
English, Tamil and Sinhalese.
Publications Include
“Segregated Accounts Legislation” Bermuda 2004 ; “The State of the Bermuda Insurance Industry” Insurance International / Commercial Insurance , September/Autumn 2003; “Lawful Origins” Global Reinsurance July/August 2003; “A Captive Prescription” Captive & ART Review: Bermuda 2005 .
Additional Information
Mr. Nadarajah joined the firm in October 2002, having previously worked at another Bermuda law firm. Prior to that he worked with the Attorney General's Chambers (Bermuda), was legal adviser to Bermuda's Ministry of Finance, Registrar of Companies and Insurance, Bermuda Monetary Authority, and Insurance Advisory Committee from 1979 to 1986 during which period he assisted in drafting Bermuda's insurance regulations and in the consolidation of the Companies Act 1981. From 1986 to 1993, he was Of Counsel to two Washington , DC law firms, advising Bermuda 's Ministry of Finance and captive insurance, insurance, reinsurance and other corporations involved in international commercial transactions. |
