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Michael Keks

  • Bar : 2020
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  • Admitted : 2012

Michael practises primarily in criminal law and related practice areas. He appears in all jurisdictions in Victoria and elsewhere.

Phone : +61 3 9225 7222

Mobile : 0401 487 264

Email : michael.keks@vicbar.com.au

Chambers : Owen Dixon Chambers West, Room 0124, 525 Lonsdale Street Melbourne VIC 3000

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Expertise

Appellate

Civil Appeals

Criminal Appeals

Criminal Appeals

Corporations Law

ASIC investigations and Prosecutions

ASIC investigations and Prosecutions

Criminal

Crimes Against the Person

Criminal Appellate

Criminal Appellate

Domestic and Family Violence

Domestic and Family Violence

Drugs

Drugs

Environmental and Planning Offences

Environmental and Planning Offences

Extradition

Extradition

Extradition

Fraud

Fraud

Juvenile Justice

Juvenile Justice

Mental Illness

Mental Illness

Proceeds of Crime or Money Laundering

Proceeds of Crime or Money Laundering

Property Offences and Theft or Robbery or Burglary

Property Offences and Theft or Robbery or Burglary

Sexual Assault

Sexual Assault

Traffic

Traffic

Victims of Crime

Victims of Crime

White Collar and Corporate Crime

White Collar and Corporate Crime

Work Health and Safety

Work Health and Safety

Inquests Inquiries

Commissions or Tribunals and Other Inquiries

Commissions or Tribunals and Other Inquiries

Coronial Inquests

Coronial Inquests

Public Administrative

Civil and Human Rights

Compliance and Investigations

Compliance and Investigations

Constitutional Law

Corruption

Corruption

Customs

Disciplinary Proceedings

Disciplinary Proceedings

Health and Medical

Merits Review

Proceeds of Crime

Proceeds of Crime

Sports Law

Disciplinary Tribunals

Doping or Drugs in Sports

The Court of Arbitration for Sport

Tax Revenue

Tax Prosecutions

Tax Prosecutions

Profile

Michael Keks practises in criminal law and related areas, including regulatory and enforcement matters and in commissions of inquiry.


Michael appears in all jurisdictions in Victoria and elsewhere in Australia. His practice includes complex and sensitive matters such as terrorism, fraud, corruption and human exploitation, along with corporate and commercial crime. He also provides advice to and represents law enforcement agencies.


Before coming to the Bar, Michael was a senior federal prosecutor at the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions. He was an associate to Justice Redlich at the Victorian Court of Appeal, and began his legal career as a solicitor at Allens. Michael completed a Master of Law at the University of Cambridge in 2016 with a first-class grade. He holds degrees with honours in Law and Arts from the University of Melbourne.


Michael read with Shaun Ginsbourg. His senior mentor was Richard Maidment QC.

Memberships & Committees

Victorian Bar

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Michael Keks - Barrister