Sebastian has experience providing tailored, timely, and practical advice regarding a broad range of regulatory, public law, administrative, professional disciplinary, and commercial law matters, including in both advisory and dispute resolution contexts. He has appeared as counsel in court proceedings at all levels, and in a range of tribunals. Prior to joining Luke Cunningham Clere, Sebastian practiced at a leading regional firm after beginning his career as a judge’s clerk at the Auckland High Court. While clerking, Sebastian supported the Rules Committee’s major work programmes on access to civil justice and lay litigants’ costs. He continues to foster the interest in law reform that work sparked through his membership of the Law Society’s Civil Litigation & Tribunals Committee, and contributed to the Law Commission study paper He Poutama.