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Kanag-Isvaran was a member of the Law
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and original courts, specialising in aviation, banking and finance, corporate, commercial, intellectual property, insurance, shipping and admiralty and telecommunication law. His clients include a number Sri Lanka's
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Kanag-Isvaran has two sons (Kishaan and
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