Commercial Litigation

LK represents clients in complex commercial and financial disputes before courts across Australia and the courts of England and Wales (High Court and Court of Appeal) and have succeeded before the High Court of Australia, the Privy Council and the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal.

We represent clients across a range of industries in disputes involving financial instruments, contracts, shareholders, fraud, asset protection, breach of fiduciary duty, banking, derivatives, mergers and acquisitions, and professional negligence. Our matters often involve multiple jurisdictions and we are adept at managing the legal and logistical issues that these matters present. Clients turn to us for our sharp analysis, commercial insight and unwavering resolve in the most contested environments.

I would thoroughly recommend LK Law for any complex international commercial litigation. They achieve excellent results.

Chambers and Partners

Experience

New Royal Adelaide Hospital

Represented the South Australian Government in multi-party litigation before the Supreme Court of South Australia, the Federal Court of Australia and ACICA in arbitrations arising from the AU$2.5 billion public–private partnership for the design, construction and operation of the state’s leading health facility.

Saudi Arabian Company

Represented defendant franchisees in a £30 million dispute before London’s High Court concerning alleged breaches of Saudi franchise agreements, intellectual property infringement and conspiracy to cause damage.

Lumibird Group

Represented a listed multinational medical, defence and industrial technology company in defending claims of breach of confidence and misleading and deceptive conduct under the Australian Consumer Law in the Supreme Court of South Australia brought by an ASX-listed competitor.

Cargill v Viterra

Represented a multinational agribusiness group in appeal proceedings before the Court of Appeal of the Supreme Court of Victoria concerning a AU$293 million trial judgment arising from disputes subsequent to the sale of a subsidiary.

Banco Santander Totta

Represented four Portuguese transport companies in defending and settling claims brought by the bank in London, which sought to enforce derivative arrangements that would have required the clients to pay interest rates of up to 92.5 per cent.

Commercial property fraud

Represented a group of investors in proceedings to recover more than AU$20 million invested in commercial property. The firm obtained freezing and restraining orders and secured the appointment of receivers to take possession of and sell property valued at over AU$10 million.

CleanFin

Represented a company in a derivative action before the Federal Court of Australia involving breaches of trust and fiduciary duties by the company’s former directors.

Recovery proceedings

Represented a consulting company in recovery proceedings against state and local governments concerning payment entitlements arising from its engagement to assist in energy supply agreement negotiations.

Multi-party breach of contract, negligence and misleading and deceptive conduct claim

Represented an international wine company in a multi-party claim concerning the destruction of goods held by a storage and warehousing provider, involving issues of contract, negligence, misleading and deceptive conduct, and insurance coverage.