An Attorney-at-Law with an extensive practice of over 10 years in matters relating to Litigation and Commercial Law with a special focus on matters relating to Intellectual Property Law which involves drafting Patents and prosecution of Trademarks, Patents and Industrial Designs at the National Intellectual Property Office of Sri Lanka and in other jurisdictions. Kanchana possesses a Masters Degree (LLM) in Corporate Law from the University of Colombo and a Diploma in Intellectual Property Law from the Institute of Advance Legal Studies of the Incorporated Council of Legal Education of Sri Lanka. She was called to the bar as an Attorney-at-Law of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka in 2006, and in her early career she was attached to M/s. Julius & Creasy, a reputed law firm in Sri Lanka as a Professional Associate.