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Liam Baum
Associate
Qualifications & Education
  • Bachelor of Laws (Hons), the University of Queensland, Australia
  • Bachelor of Arts (Major in History), the University of Queensland, Australia
Admissions
  • New South Wales, Australia

Liam is a commercial disputes lawyer with cross-sector experience acting for sovereign states and major global corporations in complex proceedings, often with cross-jurisdictional elements. Liam also has experience advising on white collar crime and sanctions issues.

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 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.
News
Dec 4, 2023
Canada Square Operations Ltd v Potter –  Supreme Court provides clarity on limitation periods in fraud context  
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Nov 29, 2023
Oliver Rule joins Enyo Law from Allen & Overy
We are delighted to welcome Oliver Rule, who joins the firm as a partner. Oliver has almost two decades of...
Nov 22, 2023
The wide remit of a section 423 Insolvency Act claim
It is well known that courts are extremely reluctant to “pierce the corporate veil” and disregard the fundamental principle of...
Nov 15, 2023
High Court reiterates need to prove reliance on implied misrepresentations
The High Court has dismissed claims against Credit Suisse relating to its sale of a collateralised debt obligation (“CDO”) “as...