Vishtasp Kairshasp Choksy (born 22 December 1969) (known as ''V.K Choksy'') is a Sri Lankan Lawyer and advisor. He is a Civil Lawyer and appointed

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. Choksy belongs to an influential family and is the son of politician and lawyer K. N. Choksy P.C. His expertise in resolving legal disputes and issues for government organisations as well as private clients are remarkable. Choksy was one of the active members and contributed the best of his knowledge in the constitutional challenge to the dissolution of Parliament in 2018. He is also chairman of

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and director at NSBM. He is a Member of the National Intellectual Property Commission, and Legal Advisor to Mahapola Higher Education Scholarship Trust Fund. A member of the Finance Ministry Compensation Tribunal, A Trustee of the Pragna Bandu Trust Fund & a Member of the Political Vicitimasation Committee. He is also a Director of the Road Development Authority (R.D.A..)He had led several notable cases at state and federal courts. Choksy has been widely recognized for his involvement in the supreme court cases and was appointed as the President's Counsel under the Article 33 of the Constitution of Sri Lanka. Choksy has held positions at a companies including Golden Key Credit Card, Abans Finance PLC,New MD at Abans Finance
Daily FT (Sri Lanka), Retrieved on 11 September 2017. Advantage Ltd and NIBM. In 1993 he won the Merit Prize for Professional Ethics and Accountancy.

Early life and education

Choksy was born in Colombo on 22 December 1969. He is from an influential family of lawyers in Sri Lanka and is the grandson of N. K. Choksy Q.C.and son of

K. N. Choksy Kairshasp Nariman Choksy, PC, MP (7 February 1933 – 5 February 2015) (known as ''K. N. Choksy'') was a Sri Lankan lawyer, politician and a former member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka. He was Cabinet Minister of Finance under Prime Minis ...

. Choksy's father was a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka and Cabinet Minister of Finance under Prime Minister

Ranil Wickremasinghe Ranil Wickremesinghe ( si, රනිල් වික්‍රමසිංහ, ta, ரணில் விக்கிரமசிங்க; born 24 March 1949) is a Sri Lankan politician who is the current president of Sri Lanka since 21 July 2 ...

. He grew up with two siblings. Choksy completed his primary education from

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, and then enrolled in the

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. As a teenager, Choksy decided to pursue law. He studied at

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Career

He started his career as a lawyer right after completing graduation from law school. He apprenticed with Romesh De Silva P.C. and started working with him after finishing college. Since 1993, Choksy has been practicing law, with a specialty in Civil Law.

Awards

Choksy is the recipient of The Merit Prize for Professional Ethics and Accountancy, 1993 and Mahapola Award Scholarship at the Sri Lanka Law College Entrance Examination. Over 25 years has had an active participation in The District Courts, Commercial High Courts, Civil Appellate High Courts,

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and

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. He specializes in handling commercial cases and has worked for a number of corporate clients.

Family

Choksy is married to Sirini Ratnayake, a Lawyer. The couple has three children, two daughters and one son. Choksy speaks fluent English and Sinhala. He is a Zoroastrian Parsee from ancient

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descent.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Choksy, Vishtasp Kairshasp 1969 births Living people Sri Lankan people of Parsi descent Sri Lankan Zoroastrians Alumni of S. Thomas' Preparatory School, Kollupitiya Alumni of Colombo International School 20th-century Sri Lankan lawyers President's Counsels (Sri Lanka) 21st-century Sri Lankan lawyers