Aptum Legal's team focuses on complex commercial and tax disputes, led by litigation specialists Nigel Evans and Michael Buscema. Buscema leverages his deep tax expertise in high-value disputes, while the 'extremely intelligent’ Evans brings broad commercial litigation expertise. David Adason, now also a practice head, plays a central role in the firm's major litigation mandates. Clients highlight the firm’s ‘strategic thinking from the start’.
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Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

  • ‘Nigel Evans was a strong leader who inspires his team and has a strong knowledge base. David Addison is also highly skilled and as his experience rose I was transferred to Nikolas Kalkic who is very knowledgeable. Best of all they all collaborated and never assumed they knew everything and always listened to me.’

  • ‘They are switched-on, responsible with attention to detail.'

  • ‘I have worked with various firms over the years and have in general had an average experience. What I find with Aptum is that they are inclusive, structured in their thought processes, engaged and work from the end result to achieve the vision for the outcome. The strategic thinking is there from the start, not an after thought , which tends to save time and money. In any face to face meetings, they also bring in junior solicitors at no charge to us as clients , to listen in on how the strategy is built and executed. ’

  • 'Michael Buscema takes a practical approach to solving difficult technical issues. His analysis of technical issues is sound and grounded in years of experience; but he also brings a clarity and a commercial reality which is of great assistance to clients needing to understand and make complex decisions.'
  • ‘Nigel Evan's is an extremely brilliant lawyer. He's kind, and compassionate, however, don't let that fool you. You would not want to be on the other side...'

  • 'Nigel is extremely intelligent, however, the thing that separates Nige from most other lawyers is that he genuinely cares for you and seeks to get the best result for you. He has an in depth understanding of the law that allows you to know your exact legal position with the utmost confidence, however, he is also a brilliant strategic commercial thinker, which gives you a distinct advantage over your opponents. It's the combination of his knowledge of the law, and the strategic commercial smarts that set's him apart. I could not recommend Nigel any more highly for commercial disputes.’
  • ‘In my view Aptum Legal are dispute resolution market leaders as a result of their innovative approach, project planning and thought leadership. They are extremely focussed on outcomes and have clearly invested significant time and expense into developing a high performance, client centric, solutions based, team culture. Led by Nigel Evans, Aptum Legal consistently demonstrate confidence in their team and processes to deliver high quality legal work on time and on budget. Nigel Evans is clearly passionate about delivery a very high standard of legal service at an accessible price point to best meet the individual needs of their clients. ’

  • ‘Aptum Legal are a talented and innovative law firm, always delivering exceptional legal work in sophisticated and efficient ways. One of their key strengths is in project management - providing transparency to clients by actively managing and tracking the case against budget through each phase of the litigation.’

Key clients

  • Tupperware Group
  • 156 Jonson St Pty Ltd
  • Archies Footwear
  • genU
  • Beyond Rest Collingwood Pty Ltd
  • Resource Capital Limited

Work highlights

Acted for three entities in the Tupperware Group in international litigation relating to the settlement of a sale of business transaction.
Represented Archies Footwear in uncovering and addressing senior employee misconduct which led to Federal Court proceedings.
Acted for genU in a multimillion-dollar fraud case against former employees.

Practice head

Nigel Evans; Michael Buscema; David Adason