A "supremely confident advocate and a master of cross-examination" (Legal 500, 2025) and "an extremely strong advocate...incredibly clear and methodical in his advocacy" (Chambers UK, 2025), Luka specialises in civil fraud, commercial disputes, and sports law.

He often appears unled, regularly against Leading Counsel. He is also regularly instructed as senior junior in counsel teams in high-value disputes, led by senior silks. Several of his recent cases have been valued in excess of £1 billion.

He regularly appears before the High Court and Court of Appeal, and has experience of a range of arbitral tribunals/rules (including PCA, LCIA, NYIAC, CAS, Rule K and Rule X).

He has particular experience of appearing in offshore jurisdictions (Cayman Islands, BVI, Bermuda). He recently appeared in a 8-week trial in Jafar v Abraaj Holdings & Ors, a Trial before the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands concerning allegations of fraud in the collapse of the Abraaj Group, a private equity platform which styled itself as a world-leader in impact investing, once valued at US$13.6 billion. He previously acted in a series of cases arising from the 1MDB corruption scandal, spanning the English, US and Malaysian Courts.

Some other recent and ongoing highlights of Luka’s practice include:

  • Acting in a multi-billion dollar PCA arbitration involving allegations of fraud, bribery and corruption [2025].
  • Due to appear before the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in an appeal of a decision concerning allegations of match-fixing in European Gymnastics Championships [2025].
  • Acting as sole counsel for the successful Claimant in a £60+ million arbitration claim under the LCIA Rules [Award rendered in 2025].
  • Appeared in the Court of Appeal [2025] on important points of law arising from Crescent Gas Corporation v NIOC [2024] EWHC 835 (Comm), a s.423 Insolvency Act 1986 'transactions defrauding creditors' claim arising from a multi-billion dollar arbitral award.
  • Acting for the successful applicant in obtaining and continuing worldwide freezing orders in a case analysing the proper approach to establishing 'risk of dissipation' (Canada Inc v Sovereign Holdings Ltd [2024] EWHC 2048 (Comm)).
  • Advising on Financial Fair Play issues in top-flight football [2024, 2025].

Experience

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Civil Fraud, Asset Recovery & Injunctive Relief

Luka is ranked as a leading Civil Fraud junior in the Legal 500 (2025), where he is described as "A supremely confident advocate and a master of cross-examination." He is also ranked in Chambers & Partners (2025), which says: "[he is] a super junior barrister and a great advocate, strong in writing and very approachable."

Luka has advocacy experience beyond his year of call, having argued and conducted cross-examination in a number of contentious fraud hearings and trials, including before the High Court of England & Wales and the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Luka is routinely instructed as Sole Counsel in urgent, injunctive matters, including without notice applications. He has experience of:

  • Worldwide Freezing Orders;
  • Order for attendance at Court for cross-examination;
  • Passport surrender orders;
  • Norwich Pharmacal Orders;
  • Imaging Orders;
  • Doorstep Delivery-Up Orders.


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Commercial

Luka is a leading specialist commercial junior with considerable expertise of significant, heavyweight litigation including a number of cases valued in excess of £1 billion.

He is ranked as a leading junior in commercial litigation in the Legal 500 where he is described as follows:

"Luka has excellent attention to detail and is extremely bright and capable."

He is routinely instructed to act as Sole Counsel, having regularly appeared unled in High Court trials since 2016. 


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Sport

Luka has acted in some of the most high profile football disputes in recent years, including Financial Fair Play disputes and the Newcastle United takeover case. Recent football clients include: FIFA, West Ham United FC, Chelsea FC, Tottenham Hotspur FC, Newcastle United FC, Brighton & Hove Albion FC, Leeds United FC, Fulham FC, Watford FC, Sheffield United FC, Swansea City AFC and Rennes (Stade Rennais) FC.

Alongside his football practice, he is regularly instructed in Formula One, boxing, tennis and horse-racing cases.

The Legal 500 says, "Luka is calm under pressure, has an excellent rapport with experts and witnesses and a tremendous command of the case" (Tier 2; Legal 500, 2025). Chambers UK describes him as "a well-regarded practitioner with notable expertise in sports matters, particularly appearing in high-profile football-related disputes...an excellent junior." (Chambers & Partners, 2025). He is one of only 14 junior barristers recommended for Sports Law in the Lexology Index 2025 (formerly "Who's Who Legal").

He has been nominated for the Sport Law Junior Barrister of the Year award in the Legal 500's Bar Awards (2022). 

He deals with the whole range of Sports cases: commercial disputes; regulatory matters; disciplinary disputes; competition challenges; anti-doping; and even personal injury claims.

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Offshore

Luka has acted in a range of commercial disputes in different offshore jurisdictions, including the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands and the Courts of Bermuda. Most of his experience arises in the civil fraud and enforcement contexts.

He is one of few English junior barristers recently to have been called to the Bar of the Cayman Islands (ad hoc, 2022). He recently acted in a major trial before the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands - Jafar v Abraaj Holdings & ors - which ran from November 2023 to January 2024, in which he conducted cross-examination of witnesses and made closing submissions. He is well versed in dealing with issues under Cayman procedural law.

He is currently advising on a number of fraud claims and freezing orders pursued in the BVI Courts.

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Restructuring & Insolvency

Luka is developing a specialist niche dealing with contentious insolvency disputes, often arising in connection with fraud claims. He has acted in one of the recent leading cases concerning s.423 of the Insolvency Act 1986 and is often instructed to provide discrete advice and representation on s.423 claims. He is ranked in the Legal 500 for Insolvency, where he is described as "an intelligent barrister with a good grip of the law and a nice positive style. He works well in a team and produces clear advice."

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Achievements

Education

MA (Cantab) - ranked 3rd highest in his graduating year at Cambridge

BVC (Certificate of Honour)

Judicial Assistant  to Judge Christopher Vajda QC, the UK's Judge to the Court of Justice of the European Union (2014)

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