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Lisa Valentine

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P: (07) 3007 3723  |  E: lvalentine@mahoneys.com.au

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About

Lisa is an experienced commercial litigation and dispute resolution lawyer who provides pragmatic solutions to complex problems.

She is adept at navigating and resolving property, construction, defamation and intellectual property disputes as well as contentious dealings with regulators.

Lisa joined Mahoneys in 2023 after establishing and running the disputes practice at a large statutory body, where she advised on contract disputes, regulatory compliance, administrative law, governance and employment matters.

Prior to that Lisa worked at one of Brisbane’s largest independent law firms, where she had a broad litigation practice focused primarily on building and construction disputes.

Lisa appears in both State and federal jurisdictions and in specialist tribunals.

Key service areas

  • Property and development disputes
  • Building and construction
  • Regulatory complaints and investigations
  • Administrative law and challenges to decisions made by public bodies
  • Intellectual property
  • Shareholder and partnership disputes
  • Defamation

Qualifications & memberships

  • Bachelor of Laws
  • Bachelor of Arts
  • Admitted to practice in Queensland and the High Court of Australia
  • Member, Queensland Law Society

Recent experience

  • Assisting a large property group to successfully navigate and resolve a contentious engagement with a state-based regulator involving more than 10 historical investigations.
  • Representing purchasers of a hotel and accommodation business in Supreme Court proceedings which led to orders compelling the sellers to specifically perform the purchase contracts.
  • Assisting a Brisbane-based managed investment group to navigate and resolve various disputes in state courts and tribunals arising from residential subdivision projects.
  • Advising one of Queensland’s largest statutory bodies on:
    • all contested court/tribunal matters and ADR within Australia and internationally;
    • dealings with regulatory agencies;
    • complex legislative compliance issues; and
    • challenges to decisions by way of judicial review or similar legal processes.
  • Acting for a Queensland-based building group in longstanding multi-party review proceedings against the building regulator that led to the regulator’s decision being set aside.
  • Acting in various complex and high value building and construction matters including defect claims and security of payment disputes.
  • Representing an international fast food franchise in a longstanding lease dispute involving a marquee restaurant on the Gold Coast including three successful interlocutory applications, success at first instance and on appeal.
  • Acting in the team that represented one of Queensland’s largest insurers on their response to the 2011 Queensland floods and the subsequent Commission of Inquiry.

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New commercial litigation partner named among three promotions

By: Mahoneys
17 June 2024

Umbrella agreements under the microscope

By: Mahoneys
6 September 2023

Mahoneys welcomes Lisa Valentine

By: Mahoneys
2 February 2023