MICHAEL
CHEN

Called to the Bar in 2026

Contact

Level 16 Quay Central
T | 61 7 3360 3328
E | [email protected]

MICHAEL
CHEN

Called to the Bar in 2026

Areas of Expertise

  • Administrative law
  • Appellate
  • Arbitration
  • Competition and consumer
  • Constitutional law
  • Contract and general commercial
  • Corporations
  • Equity and trusts
  • Resources and infrastructure

Overview

Michael accepts briefs in all areas of commercial and public law, with a particular focus on contractual disputes, equity and trusts, administrative law and statutory construction.

His practice as a solicitor primarily focussed on complex commercial litigation, corporations and shareholder disputes, arbitrations and judicial review matters.

  1. Bachelor of Civil Law (Distinction), University of Oxford, 2023
  2. Bachelor of Laws (Hons I, University Medal), The University of Queensland, 2019
  3. Bachelor of Economics, The University of Queensland, 2019

Before being called to the Bar, Michael was a Senior Associate in the Dispute Resolution team at MinterEllison.  Prior to this, he was the Associate to the Hon Patrick A Keane AC of the High Court of Australia and the Hon Justice John K Bond in the Trial Division (Commercial List) of the Supreme Court of Queensland.

Michael holds a Bachelor of Civil Law (Distinction) from the University of Oxford, where he read Commercial Remedies, Restitution of Unjust Enrichment, Advanced Administrative Law and Principles of Civil Procedure, achieving a distinction grade in all four of his papers.  He also holds a Bachelor of Laws and Economics from the University of Queensland, from which he graduated with a University Medal and as Valedictorian of his graduating class.

Contact

Level 16 Quay Central
T | 61 7 3360 3328
E | [email protected]

readership

For more than 20 years, Level 16 Quay Central Chambers has offered readerships to assist counsel starting at the Bar.

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16 Quay Central Chambers

Level 16 Quay Central
95 North Quay
Brisbane, Qld, Australia, 4000

General Administration

Nicole Mackay | 16 Quay Central Pty Ltd
T | 07 3360 3332
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