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Michael O'Shea
Work Department
Construction.
Position
Partner
Career
Trained Pinsent Mason; qualified 1996; partner 2001; partner Wragge & Co 2006; Wragge Lawrence Graham & Co, partner, 2014. Visiting lecturer Manchester University; publications of note: ‘Scientific Likeness of Opinion in Civil Litigation’ (Nature Magazine vol 38).
Memberships
Law Society; Society of Construction Law; Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.
Education
St Gregory’s Grammar School, Manchester; Loretto College, Manchester; Nottingham Trent University (BSc Quantity Surveying First Class Hons); Manchester Metropolitan University (LLB; LPC).
Leisure
Family, sailing, football, travel.
Lawyer Rankings
West Midlands > Real estate > Construction
(Leading individuals)Fielding a sizeable construction team, Gowling WLG is well regarded in the market for its experience across both the public and private sectors and is singled out for its PFI handback expertise and city regeneration procurement. The firm’s contentious and non-contentious teams are led by Michael O’Shea and Richard Green respectively, both advising an impressive roster of developers and contractors. Veteran contentious practitioner Ashley Pigott is noted for his experience across a number of high-value construction disputes. Sarah Dyer regularly advises on major construction and infrastructure disputes, with a focus on the transport and energy sectors, and has been engaged in early Building Safety Act litigation. On the non-contentious side, Ruth Griffin focuses her practice on the public sector, corporate occupiers, supply chain and new asset classes such as data centres and senior living, and is supported by Gemma Whittaker, who made partner in May 2023.
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Real estate > Environment
- Investment fund formation and management > Listed funds
- Insurance > Insurance: corporate and regulatory
Firm Rankings
- Corporate and commercial > Commercial contracts
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: mid-market
- Real estate > Commercial property: development
- Real estate > Commercial property: investment
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – small-mid cap
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: patents (contentious and non-contentious)
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
- Industry focus > Life sciences and healthcare
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Advertising & marketing
- Employment > Pensions (non-contentious)
- Employment > Pensions: dispute resolution
- Industry focus > Retail and consumer
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Water
- Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers
- Real estate > Construction: contentious
- Real estate > Construction: non-contentious
- Industry focus > Emerging markets
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition: trade, WTO anti-dumping and customs
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Employment > Health and safety
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Infrastructure: M&A and acquisition financing
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Infrastructure: Project finance and development
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Mining and minerals
- Real estate > Planning
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Power (including electricity, nuclear and renewables)
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Transport > Rail
- Investment fund formation and management > Real estate funds
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Fintech
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Lower Mid-Market Deals, £100m-£750m
- Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions - mid-market deals (up to £250m)
- Real estate > Property finance
- Real estate > Social housing: finance
- Industry focus > TMT
- Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: contentious
- Corporate and commercial > Venture capital
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport