Owen Nanlohy

• Class Actions
• Commercial Law
• Competition
• Employment & Industrial
• Inquests & Inquiries
• Media, Entertainment & Broadcast
• Professional Negligence
• Public Law

Owen practices predominantly in commercial and public law and has an interest in general and economic torts, defamation, employment, industrial, regulatory and inquisitorial proceedings.

Before coming to the Bar, Owen was a Senior Associate at Phi Finney McDonald working principally on class actions. Previously, he acted as a solicitor in a broad range of complex disputes including shareholder class actions, contractual claims, constitutional matters, consumer protection claims, defamation, anti-corruption and foreign influence and bribery investigations.

In 2020-21, Owen was Associate to the Honourable Justice Murphy of the Federal Court.

Owen holds a Bachelor of Jurisprudence from the University of Oxford and holds a Bachelor of Arts (Hons I) from the University of Sydney.

Owen has been an Honorary Fellow of the University of Melbourne Law School where he taught Remedies. He has also held tutoring positions at the University of Sydney Law School where he taught Torts and Contracts.

He was previously an advisor in opposition to the Commonwealth Attorney General the Honourable Mark Dreyfus KC MP and a researcher for the former High Court Justice the Honourable Michael Kirby AC KCMG.

Owen read with Jonathan Kirkwood. His senior mentor is Bernard Quinn KC.

A copy of Owen’s current CV is available here.

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