Rudi Kruse

Rudi practices in commercial and public law.

Rudi is regularly briefed to appear and advise on behalf of companies, regulators and government agencies in commercial, public, regulatory and common law matters. He also appears in a broad range of native title and Aboriginal land rights matters across Australia. He has appeared in the High Court, Federal Court and State and Territory Supreme Courts at trial and appellate level. He advises on complex issues in commercial and securities law, constitutional law, administrative law, Aboriginal land rights and equity and trusts.

Before coming to the Bar, Rudi was an associate to the Hon Justice Hayne AC at the High Court of Australia, an associate to the Hon Justice McLeish at the Victorian Court of Appeal and was the Researcher to the Solicitor-General for Victoria. Rudi earlier worked in commercial disputes at Minter Ellison. He is a graduate of the University of Melbourne, where he received a number of academic prizes and scholarships and was an editor of the Melbourne University Law Review.

Rudi was a reporter for the Commonwealth Law Reports between 2016 and 2023. He read with Michael Borsky KC.

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