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Luke is a partner in King & Spalding’s Global Human Capital and Compliance practice. Luke specializes in international employment law and understands the unique challenges of managing a global workforce. Multinational corporations need solutions to workforce matters in each country in which they operate. Legal frameworks—both the risks and opportunities—are broad and varied. Luke works collaboratively with clients to navigate these frameworks and deliver successful outcomes.
Luke supports organisations to manage their cross-border workforces globally and has a regional focus in the Asia-Pacific. He works daily with various Asia-Pacific countries, and understands the particular challenges faced by clients seeking to navigate cross-border matters.
Luke advises clients in relation to day-to-day matters faced by global employers, together with multijurisdictional projects such as compliance reviews, cross border mergers and acquisitions and outsourcings, privacy and data protection, investigations, restructures and reductions in force and employee integration issues. Clients regularly comment that Luke always ensures that their needs across the Asia-Pacific region, whether on a single jurisdiction or multijurisdiction basis, can be met quickly and effectively.
Credentials
QLTT, BPP Law School London
LL.B., University of Sydney, Australia, First Class Honours
B.A., University of Sydney, Australia
England and Wales
New South Wales
The Law Society of New South Wales
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Recognition
Recommended Attorney, Australia - Labor and Employment
The Legal 500 (Legalese Ltd.) (2018-2019)
News
In the News · Source: Law.com International and Bloomberg Law
September 25, 2020
Global Human Capital and Compliance partner Luke Edwards joins the firm's Corporate, Finance and Investments practice group in Singapore and Tokyo
Press Release
September 24, 2020
King & Spalding Adds Additional Global Human Capital and Compliance Partner
Matters
Acted for a multinational company in relation to their acquisition of a business across 11 countries in the Asia Pacific, together with all employment aspects of the post-acquisition integration.
Acted for a multinational company in relation to its launch in various jurisdictions in the Asia Pacific, including the Philippines, Indonesia, and Vietnam.
Advised a US-based multinational in relation to a global restructure impacting employees in 10 countries.
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Acted for a multinational company in relation to their acquisition of a business across 11 countries in the Asia Pacific, together with all employment aspects of the post-acquisition integration.
Acted for a multinational company in relation to its launch in various jurisdictions in the Asia Pacific, including the Philippines, Indonesia, and Vietnam.
Advised a US-based multinational in relation to a global restructure impacting employees in 10 countries.
Assisted clients with various tribunal and labor authority claims across the region, including in Singapore, the Philippines, and Taiwan.
News
In the News · Source: Law.com International and Bloomberg Law
September 25, 2020
Global Human Capital and Compliance partner Luke Edwards joins the firm's Corporate, Finance and Investments practice group in Singapore and Tokyo
Press Release
September 24, 2020
King & Spalding Adds Additional Global Human Capital and Compliance Partner
Matters
Acted for a multinational company in relation to their acquisition of a business across 11 countries in the Asia Pacific, together with all employment aspects of the post-acquisition integration.
Acted for a multinational company in relation to its launch in various jurisdictions in the Asia Pacific, including the Philippines, Indonesia, and Vietnam.
Advised a US-based multinational in relation to a global restructure impacting employees in 10 countries.
See more
Close
Matters
Acted for a multinational company in relation to their acquisition of a business across 11 countries in the Asia Pacific, together with all employment aspects of the post-acquisition integration.
Acted for a multinational company in relation to its launch in various jurisdictions in the Asia Pacific, including the Philippines, Indonesia, and Vietnam.
Advised a US-based multinational in relation to a global restructure impacting employees in 10 countries.
Assisted clients with various tribunal and labor authority claims across the region, including in Singapore, the Philippines, and Taiwan.
News
In the News · Source: Law.com International and Bloomberg Law
September 25, 2020
Global Human Capital and Compliance partner Luke Edwards joins the firm's Corporate, Finance and Investments practice group in Singapore and Tokyo
Press Release
September 24, 2020
King & Spalding Adds Additional Global Human Capital and Compliance Partner
Credentials
QLTT, BPP Law School London
LL.B., University of Sydney, Australia, First Class Honours
B.A., University of Sydney, Australia
England and Wales
New South Wales
The Law Society of New South Wales
Close
Recognition
Recommended Attorney, Australia - Labor and Employment
The Legal 500 (Legalese Ltd.) (2018-2019)