Recognition

Australian Financial Review’s “Best Lawyers in Australia”:

  • 2025-26 – Commercial Law, Construction & Infrastructure Law, Insolvency & Reorganization Law, Litigation,  Professional Malpractice Litigation and Public Law.

  • 2024 – Commercial Law, Construction & Infrastructure Law, Insolvency & Reorganization Law, Litigation and Professional Malpractice Litigation.

  • 2021-23 – Commercial Law, Construction & Infrastructure Law, Insolvency & Reorganization Law, Litigation

  • 2020 – Commercial Law, Construction & Infrastructure Law, Litigation

  • 2019 – Construction & Infrastructure Law

Doyle’s Guide to the Australian Legal Profession  – Leading Commercial Litigation & Dispute Resolution Barristers:

  • Leading Junior Counsel (Queensland, 2024)

  • Leading Junior Counsel (Queensland, 2021-2022)

  • Recommended Junior Counsel (Queensland, 2018-2020 & 2023)

Doyle’s Guide to the Australian Legal Profession  – Leading Insolvency & Restructuring Barristers:

  • Recommended Junior Counsel (Queensland, 2018-2024)

Doyle’s Guide to the Australian Legal Profession  – Leading Construction Barristers:

  • Leading Junior Counsel (Queensland, 2024)

  • Recommended Junior Counsel (National, 2024)

  • Recommended Junior Counsel (National, 2023)

  • Preeminent Junior Counsel (Queensland, 2023)

  • Leading Junior Counsel (Queensland, 2022)

  • Recommended Junior Counsel (National, 2021)

  • Leading Junior Counsel (Queensland, 2021)

  • Recommended Junior Counsel (National, 2020)

  • Leading Junior Counsel (Queensland, 2020)

  • Recommended Junior Counsel (Queensland, 2019)

  • Recommended Junior Counsel (Queensland, 2018)

  • Leading Junior Counsel (Queensland, 2017)

  • Recommended Junior Counsel (Queensland, 2016)

Legal 500 (Asia Pacific) – Leading Junior Counsel Construction, Infrastructure & Planning

  • 2026

  • 2025 – “Matthew is an outstanding advocate. He’s very good on his feet, great at developing a rapport with the bench, and is not phased when the wind is blowing against him. He is also a pleasure to work with.”

  • 2024 – “Matthew is not only a very good lawyer, excellent on his feet and a fine advocate, he is very easy to work with and is completely unflappable“

  • 2023 – “...very good on his feet, technically very strong and very pragmatic“.

  • 2022 – “Matthew is an excellent advocate. His persuasive oratory and written communications skills set him apart from other barristers in his field. He is a trusted and safe pair of hands. Over and above this, Matthew is a pleasure to work with and brings a level of calm to even the most fraught matters.“