Forest Lukwago

Senior Associate
Senior Associate
Melbourne, Australia

Forest focuses in commercial property matters ranging from capital transactions, development, leasing, retirement living and project due diligence.

Forest has experience in managing complex leasing matters for leading Australian landlords and tenants, including national portfolios and major one-off transactions. Forest is skilled in capital transactions, due diligence, high-volume conveyancing, alongside property development and retirement living industry.

Clients benefit from a practical, commercially astute approach and a commitment to efficient and client-focused solutions. Recognised for responsiveness and accuracy, Forest delivers tailored advice to clients.

Forest Lukwago is a trusted advisor to major landlords, tenants, and developers across Australia, managed high-volume leasing portfolios and complex capital transactions.

Forest’s experience spans commercial, office, industrial, and retail leasing, as well as large-scale acquisitions, disposals, and project due diligence.

With a strong focus on client service, Forest is known for delivering clear, commercially sensible legal advice and progressing matters expeditiously. Forest’s expertise extends to property development, asset management, and retirement living, supporting clients through the full project lifecycle.

Fluent in Mandarin, Forest has a unique capability to advise Asia-based clients on Australian property investments.

Forest regularly presents at industry workshops and is recognised for efficiency, accuracy, and a commercial approach that drives successful transactions.

Experience & capabilities

Selected matters

  • lead Senior Associate for national leasing portfolios of various large well known national landlords (retail, office and industrial), overseeing complex drafting and precedent development
  • lead Senior Associate on various greenfield communities projects
  • lead Senior Associate on the retirement living portfolio in Victoria and South Australia, comprising more than 30 retirement villages, for a large well known national retirement village operator
  • presented annually at Property Council of Australia’s ‘Navigating the Retirement Villages Act’ workshops in Melbourne and Adelaide

Services

Background

Forest joined HSF Kramer in October 2025 as a Senior Associate.

Prior to that, Forest was a Senior Associate at MinterEllison since November 2019.

Languages

  • English
  • Mandarin