Luke graduated from the University of Western Australia with a Bachelor of Laws and a Bachelor of Commerce. He was admitted to practice in Western Australia and the Commonwealth Courts in October 2014, joining Piper Alderman as a Special Counsel in 2024.
He advises on a broad range of commercial and corporate disputes, regularly acting for directors, companies, insolvency practitioners and high-net-worth individuals, with a particular focus on assisting local businesspeople and regional clients to navigate issues.
His recent litigious and advisory experience includes:
Acting for companies in claims involving allegations of breaches of contract and breaches of the Australian Consumer Law.
Acting for directors and shareholders in disputes with other shareholders.
Acting for lenders to recover debts and enforce securities.
Acting for insolvency practitioners, directors, creditors and shareholders in relation to issues and disputes arising during External Administrations.
Acting for former directors of a company in relation to a complex breach of fiduciary duties and directors’ duties claim.
Acting for a borrower and guarantor to resist enforcement attempts by a lender on the basis that the security documents were voidable and or unenforceable, including due to misleading or deceptive conduct and by reason of estoppel.
Acting for a director and the director’s related entities in the buy-out of another party’s interests in the business.
Acting for a company in a substantial commercial refinance, including in negotiations concerning, and advising in respect of, the terms of transaction documents.
Practice Areas
Bankruptcy and Restructuring
Commercial Law
Litigation & ADR
Practice Areas
Bankruptcy and Restructuring
Commercial Law
Litigation & ADR
Industries
Banking and Financial Institutions & Services
Private Client
Industries
Banking and Financial Institutions & Services
Private Client
Specialty Groups
Litigation and Alternative Dispute Resolution
Specialty Groups
Litigation and Alternative Dispute Resolution
Bio
Luke graduated from the University of Western Australia with a Bachelor of Laws and a Bachelor of Commerce. He was admitted to practice in Western Australia and the Commonwealth Courts in October 2014, joining Piper Alderman as a Special Counsel in 2024.
He advises on a broad range of commercial and corporate disputes, regularly acting for directors, companies, insolvency practitioners and high-net-worth individuals, with a particular focus on assisting local businesspeople and regional clients to navigate issues.
His recent litigious and advisory experience includes:
Acting for companies in claims involving allegations of breaches of contract and breaches of the Australian Consumer Law.
Acting for directors and shareholders in disputes with other shareholders.
Acting for lenders to recover debts and enforce securities.
Acting for insolvency practitioners, directors, creditors and shareholders in relation to issues and disputes arising during External Administrations.
Acting for former directors of a company in relation to a complex breach of fiduciary duties and directors’ duties claim.
Acting for a borrower and guarantor to resist enforcement attempts by a lender on the basis that the security documents were voidable and or unenforceable, including due to misleading or deceptive conduct and by reason of estoppel.
Acting for a director and the director’s related entities in the buy-out of another party’s interests in the business.
Acting for a company in a substantial commercial refinance, including in negotiations concerning, and advising in respect of, the terms of transaction documents.
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