Practice Expertise

  • Corporate and Commercial Advisory
  • Litigation and Dispute Resolution
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Areas of Practice

  • Corporate and Commercial Advisory
  • Litigation and Dispute Resolution
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Profile

Luke has assisted the Partners and Lawyers in the area of Commercial, Corporate and Commercial Litigation.

Luke's practice in litigation includes:
  • Assisting lawyers in Recovery actions
  • Drafting Creditors Demands
  • Preparing various court documents on Landownership disputes and appearing at Provincial Land Court
  • Drafting various court documents relating to Application for Letters of Administration and appearing at the National Court
  • Preparing court documents relating to Liquidation proceedings
  • Drafting various Judicial Review court documents and appearing in Judicial Review applications
  • Assisted Partners and overseas counsels and solicitors with the Commission of Inquiry into Union Bank of Switzerland loan and related transactions
  • Attending to Criminal Offences at the Committal Court and Summary offences Court
  • Attending to Traffic Offences at the Traffic Court
  • Drafting various court documents relating to interlocutory applications and appearing in interlocutory applications
  • Drafting various court documents relating to Contempt Applications and appearing in Contempt application
  • Preparing Bill of Costs and attend taxation hearings
  • Drafting various court documents and appearing at National Court for Default Judgements
  • Negotiation and settlement of claims
  • Preparing documents and appearing in mediation hearings
  • Assisting lawyers on Supreme Court Appeal processes.

    Luke's practice in commercial includes:
    • acting as PNG Counsel for Baker and McKenzie Singapore (lawyers for Tokio Marine and Fire Insurance Company Ltd) in underwriting the due diligence involving the acquisition of a target company, Markham Agro Pte Ltd
    • drafting Memorandum of Understanding, Deeds of Trust, Credit Applications and Deeds of Guarantee for clients
    • providing corporate services for the firm's corporate clients
    • incorporating of various legal entities in PNG
    • Preparation and filing of annual returns for local companies under the Companies Act 1997.
    • conveyances of property
    • providing general commercial advice on PNG laws
    • Merger and acquisition of companies
    • Providing general advice on Land Matters

      Luke is in his third year of practise and has been working with Leahy Lewin Lowing Sullivan Lawyers since May 2019.

      Bar Admissions
      Admitted to practise as a lawyer in Papua New Guinea in 2019

      Education
      Bachelor of Laws (University of Papua New Guinea)

Areas of Practice

  • Corporate and Commercial Advisory
  • Litigation and Dispute Resolution

Professional Career

Professional Associations
Member, Law Society of Papua New Guinea



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