Luke Richardson

Commercial litigation

• Acting for a major banking institution in relation to a USD 2 billion claim arising out of a substantial land development in Dubai, which was heard over 8 weeks in the Commercial Court in late 2016.

• Representing a major banking institution on proceedings in several jurisdictions to enforce a USD 500 million judgment debt

• Acting for a leading IT services company on a criminal investigation in Iran and parallel civil proceedings in England.

Regulatory, public and media law

• Advising the BBC Trust on a wide range of public-law and editorial matters, including the handling of key editorial appeals according to the BBC's internal complaints procedures, election coverage complaints and regulatory implications of strategic matters.

• Advising a social networking service on potential defamation claims and reputation management issues in relation to content posted online.

Trust disputes

• Advising a ultra-high-net-worth individual on a long-running, multi-billion-dollar, family trusts dispute, seeking to set aside Bermudian purpose trusts in order to return assets to the family heirs and pursuing related claims in a number of other jurisdictions.

• Advising a beneficiary of a trust in Jersey on potential third-party claims to the trust assets and related reputational management issues.

• Advising a major offshore trust company on a potential claim for breach of trust arising from an allegation of negligence by a beneficiary.

• Representing a bank on a tracing claim over assets held in a Jersey trust.

• Advising a successful businessman on proceedings to enforce an English arbitral award against trust assets in Liechtenstein and Monaco.

• Ranked as Rising Star, Private Client: Contentious Trusts & Probate, Legal 500, 2022
• Named Top 35 Under 35, Eprivateclient 2021

• Law Society of England & Wales
• Association of Contentious Trusts & Probate Specialists
• Contentious Trusts Association
• Coas, a pro bono scheme providing advocacy services to litigants in person in the Court of Appeal

• Attends a pro-bono legal advice centre in London and advises on property, commercial and other matters.

• Advising a human rights charity on a pro bono basis regarding assistance with a constitutional challenge against legislation in a major African jurisdiction.

• Regularly attending a drop-in legal advice clinic for residents of Tower Hamlets, advising primarily on contractual matters, debt collection and landlord/tenant disputes.

• Participation in the Court of Appeal's pro bono advocacy scheme, representing litigants in person in applications for permission to appeal, regarding both written submissions and oral hearings.

• Baker McKenzie's LGBT network – Steering committee member