Lucas is widely acknowledged in jurisdictions around the world as a leading counsel in international disputes, including commercial and investor-state arbitrations, enforcement and immunity proceedings, and multi-jurisdictional commercial disputes. He also accepts briefs in general commercial matters in Australian Courts.
His clients include multinational businesses and nation states, with coverage across numerous areas of global commerce including telecommunications, oil and gas, mining, construction, power, entertainment and leisure, information technology, financial services, real estate, aircraft, airline and airport services, media, manufacturing, advertising, taxation, and others. He is a member of the ICSID Panel of Arbitrators and Conciliators, DIAC Arbitrator List, Panel of Arbitrators at SIAC, and a Fellow of the ACICA. He is also a Member of the Court of Arbitration of SIAC.
He has particular experience in arbitration-related court proceedings, and has led some of the largest set aside and enforcement proceedings in the UK. He has also advised on the same in numerous other jurisdictions, and is regularly asked to coordinate strategy (for claimants and defendants) in multi-jurisdictional disputes. His experience in sovereign immunity issues has covered the leading most-recent cases in the UK.
Lucas has also acted in dozens of arbitrations under all the major arbitral rules, and in all the major seats. Likewise, Lucas has acted in dozens of investment arbitrations, again under all the major arbitral rules. He also sits as arbitrator.
Public international law disputes are also within Lucas’ remit. He has been instructed in disputes before international courts and tribunals, such as the Dispute Settlement Body of the World Trade Organization, the International Court of Justice, the European Court of Human Rights, and the INTERPOL Commission.