Liam is a commercial disputes lawyer with a strong focus on international arbitration and cross-border litigation. He has acted for sovereign states, multinational corporations, and financial institutions in high-stakes proceedings across multiple jurisdictions. His experience spans investor-state and commercial arbitration involving complex jurisdictional and enforcement issues. Liam also has extensive experience in litigation, having represented clients in major proceedings before courts in Australia and the UK, including shareholder class actions, joint-venture disputes, and regulatory enforcement actions. He advises on white collar crime and global sanctions compliance, bringing a strategic and commercially attuned approach to contentious matters.
Background
- Liam holds a Bachelor of Laws (Hons) and a Bachelor of Arts (Major in History) from the University of Queensland. Liam began practice in 2019 with DLA Piper in Australia, during which time he completed a six-month secondment to the firm’s Dublin office. Liam subsequently worked at Allens Linklaters in Sydney, Australia prior to joining Enyo Law in September 2023.
Experience includes:
- Acting for Ascent Resources Plc and Ascent Slovenia Ltd in an ICSID arbitration brought under the Energy Charter Treaty against Slovenia in relation to the development of a gas field.
- Acting for RusChemAlliance in its landmark appeal to the UK Supreme Court in respect of anti-suit injunction obtained by UniCredit Bank GmbH in support of foreign-seated arbitration.
- Acting for Macdonald Hotels in its claim against Bank of Scotland for breaches of a joint-venture agreement and facility agreements in the High Court of England & Wales.
- Acting for the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste and the Electricity Department of Timor-Leste in the Supreme Court of Victoria and High Court of Australia in relation to a multi-million-dollar oil supply dispute following ICSID proceedings.
- Acting for the Securities and Exchange Board of India in the Federal Court of Australia in respect of a recovery action arising from one of the largest Ponzi schemes in history.
- Advising numerous domestic and international blue-chip companies in relation to newly implemented global sanctions regimes.
- In-house secondment at Uber Australia, project managing defence of class-action brought by taxi industry.
- Acting for one of Australia’s largest casinos in defence of a shareholder class action brought in relation to alleged misleading and deceptive statements relating to its compliance with anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing laws.
- Advising Australia’s leading renewable energy development and storage investment company on a project dispute and shareholder oppression claim.
- Acting for a multinational commercial real-estate company and its agents in a multi-million dollar misleading and deceptive conduct claim in the Supreme Court of Queensland.
