Our people have substantial commercial,
government and international experience
in their respective specialist fields.

Julian Block

Special Counsel

Julian is one of Australia's most experienced, skilful and best recognised tax and structuring lawyers.

Julian immigrated to Australia in 1978, joining Freehills in 1978. He became a banking and finance partner in 1980, where he remained until joining Morgan Lewis in 2001.

Julian has been a Senior Member of the Commonwealth Administrative Appeals Tribunal since 1995 and a Deputy President of the Tribunal since 2000.

Yukio Hayashi

Special Counsel

Born and raised in Yokohama, Japan, Yukio has a bachelor of laws from the University of New South Wales. In 1979, Yukio became the first Japanese lawyer to be admitted to practice in Australia.

Yukio worked in the commercial groups at Baker & McKenzie and then Freehills, where he became a partner in 1984. While at Freehills Yukio specialised in providing corporate and commercial advice to Japanese companies. In 1996, he established his own firm, Yukio Hayashi & Associates. In 2010, Yukio joined Morgan Lewis as Special Counsel.