Luke’s expertise includes:

• Delicate and compassionate dispute resolution expertise
• Strong board-engagement skills
• Extensive sector-wide relationships and understanding of the regulatory environment
• Intimate involvement in major public social policy areas (refugees, education, youth, health, corrections, addiction, welfare and aged care), acting for government in some instances and others acting for agencies in partnership with government
• Careful strategic approach to complex legal, stakeholder and reputational issues

• Lead legal adviser to The Salvation Army’s Australia Eastern and Southern Territories on their historic merger and consolidation into a single national organisation; daily advice on operational issues arising from providing large scale charitable activities.
• Lead legal adviser to The Salvation Army for its humanitarian work on Nauru & Manus Island.
• Advising and assisted a major Australian  aged care provider on all aspects of its successful completion of its $5m acquisition of a UK based Dementia care organisation.
• Lead legal adviser to the Uniting Church in designing and implementing a redress scheme under a restorative justice framework, and advising the Church and its schools on matters of appropriate redress and common law claims.
• Lead legal adviser to the Seventh-day Adventist Church in designing and implementing a redress scheme under a restorative justice framework, and advising the Church and its schools on matters of appropriate redress and common law claims.
• Advising numerous major global corporations on their preparations for compliance with Australian modern slavery laws.

• Recognised Lawyer, Non-Profit/Charities Law, The Best Lawyers Australia 
• Ranked Lawyer, (Band 2) Charities, Chambers Asia-Pacific
• Board appointments (Management Committee member, Domus 8.7)
• Lawyer of the Year, Non-Profit/Charities Law, Best Lawyers in Australia
• Named as one of the 10 Most Innovative Lawyers in the Financial Times Asia-Pacific Innovative Lawyers showcase
• Named in Pro Bono Australia’s ‘Impact 25’ list of the most influential people in the Australian social sector
• Managing Partner of the Year, Australian Law Awards 2013
• Anzac of the Year Award for service to the legal profession and the community, 2010
• Inaugural member of the Advisory Panel to the NSW Anti-slavery  Commissioner, 2023-2024