Patrick O'Shea KC
Asia-Pacific Guide 2024
Band 2 : Construction & Infrastructure: The Bar
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About
Provided by Patrick O'Shea KC
Practice Areas
Patrick O’Shea KC upholds a diverse commercial practice, with a particular emphasis on trial advocacy in State and Federal courts, tribunals and arbitration proceedings. His esteemed thirty-eight year tenure at the Bar underpins this extensive experience.
Recognised in the Australian Financial Review’s Best Lawyers® Australia in the categories of Litigation and Competition Law, and in Doyle’s Guides for Queensland and Australia across sectors such as Commercial Litigation and Dispute Resolution, Construction and Infrastructure, and Insolvency and Restructuring, Patrick demonstrates wide-ranging and comprehensive expertise in the legal domain.
Before commencing his practice at the Bar, Patrick's career spanned pivotal roles as a solicitor and partner at what is now MinterEllison, complemented by an earlier role as an economist at the Reserve Bank of Australia.
All Practice Areas:
* Appellate
* Arbitration
* Building and Construction
* Commercial Law
* Corporations
* Equity, Trusts and Succession
* Insurance and Professional Negligence
* Energy, Resources & Native Title
Career
Year of Call: 1986
Year of Silk: 1999
Professional Memberships
Member of the Bar Association of Queensland
Education
University of Queensland
Bachelor of Laws (Honours) (University Medal)
University of Queensland
Bachelor of Economics (Honours) (University Medal)
Awards
Construction & Infrastructure in Australia - Leading
Doyle's Guide
2024
Construction & Infrastructure in Queensland - Preeminent
Doyle's Guide
2024
The Best Lawyers in Australia (2025) - Competition Law
Best Lawyers® Australia
2024
The Best Lawyers in Australia (2025) - Litigation
Best Lawyers® Australia
2024
Insolvency and Restructuring - Recommended (Queensland)
Doyle's Guide
2023
Commercial Litigation an Dispute Resolution - Recommended (Australia)
Doyle's Guide
2022
Chambers Review
Asia-Pacific
Patrick O'Shea KC focuses his practice largely, though not exclusively, on construction issues and is an experienced handler of both superior court litigation and, increasingly, commercial arbitration.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"He is very well established in the field and has a terrific construction practice."
"He is very well established in the field and has a terrific construction practice."
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North Quarter Lane Chambers
Silks (KC)
Australia
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Key Sectors
Provided by North Quarter Lane Chambers
Property, Construction and Infrastructure
Energy and Utilities
Resources and Mining
Transport
Insurance