Will Cernev | Senior Associate
LLB (Hons) B.Ec

WILL cernev

Will is an experienced commercial litigator with a focus on simplifying complex legal concepts to achieve favourable outcomes for our clients.

He works closely with partners and counsel to achieve success for clients, and has experience in litigation both in South Australia and interstate. His recent experiences include:

On behalf of a South Australian defence contractor, successfully pursuing a claim against a Polish machine tool manufacturer in connection with misleading representations about the capability of a custom machine tool.
On behalf of one of Australia’s largest pastoral businesses, successfully pursuing recoveries in connection with substantial discrepancies in cattle numbers identified following the purchase of a cattle station in the Northern Territory.
On behalf of a company and individuals in Singapore, successfully defending proceedings commenced by an Australian public company in the Supreme Court of New South Wales relating to a complex financial transaction.
Obtaining urgent orders in the Federal Court freezing the assets of a hedge fund trading in cryptocurrency thought to be worth approximately $50 million, and investigating a significant fraud in connection with that hedge fund.

Will joined CCK Lawyers as a law clerk in 2019. He returned to the firm following an 18-month associateship with the President of the Court of Appeal of the Supreme Court of South Australia.