Justin Marschke

Justin Marschke is a highly experienced Brisbane-based lawyer with a distinguished career spanning over two decades. Since joining Cowen Schwarz Marschke in 2013, Justin has built a reputation for advising on complex and high-stakes legal matters, often involving regulatory challenges, international and domestic disputes, and intricate transactions. Prior to his current role, Justin was a Partner at an international firm operating in Brisbane and Melbourne for five years, following five years with a prominent London-based firm. His legal training commenced at a top-tier Australian firm, where he honed his expertise across a broad spectrum of legal areas. Justin’s extensive practice encompasses advising clients from major corporations, banks, government entities, and insolvency practitioners. His work includes managing investigations by regulatory bodies such as the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission and the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, handling anti-corruption inquiries, and successfully recovering losses from cyber fraud. He has experience in disputes relating to innovative infrastructure projects, natural resource royalty conflicts, joint ventures, shareholder and partnership disagreements, as well as commercial disputes including insurance claims and intellectual property matters. His involvement extends to significant class actions, professional negligence claims, anti-suit injunctions, and native title claims, reflecting his broad expertise in dealing with multidisciplinary issues. Justin is also sought after to enforce confidentiality, intellectual property rights, restraints, and to recover debts for national and multinational clients. In addition to dispute resolution, Justin is well-versed in guiding clients through domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, project finance, commercial property transactions, and general business matters. He regularly shares his knowledge through lectures and speaking engagements on various dispute resolution and regulatory topics. Justin holds a Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Laws, and is admitted as a solicitor of the High Court of Australia and the Supreme Court of Queensland. He is a member of the Queensland Law Society and Transparency International and serves as chairman and member of Topology Inc. His professional excellence has been recognised consistently by Best Lawyers Australia and Doyle’s Guide, acknowledging his strengths across litigation, regulatory law, alternative dispute resolution, and insolvency and restructuring. Justin’s expertise and standing have further been highlighted by Legal 500 Asia Pacific, which has described him as an outstanding litigation lawyer. Clients rely on Justin for his strategic insights, deep understanding of legal frameworks, and his ability to navigate complex disputes and transactions with confidence and expertise.