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Jack Oakley

Jack OakleyJack Oakley
Overview

Jack accepts briefs in all areas of law.  

Prior to being called to the Bar, Jack was employed as a Senior Associate at Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan and an Associate at Clifford Chance.  Prior to his admission as a lawyer, he was appointed as Associate to the Honourable Justice David Yates of the Federal Court of Australia.

Jack has a principal interest in commercial disputes—specifically, class actions, restructuring and insolvency litigation, and general equity matters—in addition to white collar crime, reflecting his ten years’ professional experience in those areas of practice.

Jack holds a Bachelor of Arts (Media) and Bachelor of Laws with First Class Honours from Macquarie University, where he received the University Medal for Law and the John Peden Memorial Prize for Best Graduating Student. Jack also holds a Bachelor of Civil Law with Merit from the University of Oxford, having read at Wadham College as the Peter Carter Taught Graduate Scholar in Law and as a Keely Scholar.

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Admissions and Appointments
  • Admitted to the Bar: 2026
  • Admitted as a Legal Practitioner: 2016
Qualifications
  • University of Oxford (Wadham College), Bachelor of Civil Law: 2020
  • The College of Law, Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice: 2016
  • Macquarie University, Bachelor of Arts – Media with Bachelor of Laws (Hons I): 2014
Practice Areas
Administrative
Banking & Financial Services
Bankruptcy & Insolvency
Building & Construction
Common Law
Competition & Consumer Law
Corporations Law
Commissions & Inquiries
Equity & Trusts
Insurance & Re-Insurance
Property
Public Law
Real Property and Strata Disputes
Representative Proceedings
Wills & Estates
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