Monday, 24 February, 2014 - 14:45
Collaboration the key in law firm's new digs
King & Wood Mallesons has broken with tradition and become the first major law firm in Perth with a fully open-plan office.
Michael Lundberg has been a litigator in Western Australia since 1994. He has been recognised as a leading Australian commercial litigator and arbitration specialist in Best Lawyers and Doyle’s Guide.
His areas of specialty are litigation in the energy and resources sector, handling high value disputes that require strategic and often quick resolution, and acting in international arbitration matters.
Mr Lundberg commenced his career at the Crown Solicitor's Office. He then spent about 18 years at King & Wood Mallesons including as managing partner of the Perth office and head of litigation, over 3 years as partner at Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, and partner in the global disputes practice of Jones Day from May 2021 to November 2022 when he became the first Aboriginal judge on the Supreme Court of Western Australia. He is the son of Dr Sue Gordon AM, Western Australia’s first Aboriginal magistrate.
Mr Lundberg has experience in most superior Courts in Australia and most arbitral institutions in the Asia Pacific region as well as in London.
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King & Wood Mallesons has broken with tradition and become the first major law firm in Perth with a fully open-plan office.
SPECIAL REPORT: There has been a flurry of high-profile moves by senior lawyers in Perth as the sector readies for a pick-up from several quiet years.
Global law firm Jones Day has recruited Michael Lundberg, who says he is looking forward to opportunities flowing from its local and global network.
Our weekly appointments wrap includes Michael Lundberg, Clare Pope, Amanda Cox, Wieland Meyer, Catherine Milliner, Charlie Bass, Jennifer Halton and Michael Chan.
More than a dozen law firm partners in Perth including Paul Evans, Paul Lingard and Spencer Flay are on the move in an extraordinary period of change for the sector.
One of the state's leading commercial litigators, Michael Lundberg, has been appointed as the first Aboriginal judge on the Supreme Court of Western Australia.
Our weekly appointments wrap includes Lauren Major, Sean-Paul Stephens, Michael Lundberg, Ashwin Nair, Tom Chaney, David Cresp, Addy Wetzler, Alex Maund, Esme Bowen and Liz Dallimore.
The legal row involving deceased CFC Group boss Marc Cardaci’s trusts continues with two companies slated to be wound up if $4.6 million is not repaid.
Oil and gas company Inpex has failed in its bid to have separate trials over issues arising from the construction of $US45 billion Ichthys LNG plant project.
Perth recruitment business GO2 Group has received a $3 million loan to continue its operations and potentially avoid layoffs after entering into voluntary administration.
Clive Palmer and Mineralogy have succeeded their bid to update allegations against subsidiaries of CITIC Pacific Mining, which a Supreme Court judge has described as "grave in nature".
Aerison Group creditors will have an urgent meeting to discuss a bid from APCINFRA after a proposed arrangement with Pacific Industrial Company fell through.
Administrators of a brewery and restaurant have succeeded in getting a court-ordered time extension after receiving 16 offers to buy the Rockingham business.
Position | Company | Year | Company's current rank | WA staff |
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Judge
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2022 |
Position | Company | Year | Company's current rank |
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Partner, Global Disputes Practice
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2021 - 2022 | 45 | |
Partner
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2018 - 2021 | 116 | |
Partner, Dispute Resolution since 2005
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2000 - 2018 | 2 | |
Council Member
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2019 - | 3 |