Peter Creighton-Selvay SC

Commercial Law; Consumer Law; Contractual Disputes; Corporations & Securities; Equity & Trusts; Intellectual Property Appellate; Confidential Information; Copyright & Designs; Information Technology Media & Entertainment; Patents; Privacy & Data Protection; Telecommunications; Trade Marks

Peter Creighton-Selvay SC practises in general commercial litigation and has specialist expertise in intellectual property litigation.

Peter has significant trial and appellate experience and is regularly briefed to appear in the Federal Court, Supreme Court and IP Australia in a wide range of commercial and intellectual property proceedings.

Peter has been consistently ranked in Doyle’s Guide to Technology, Media & Telecommunications Barristers (Australia and Victoria), Doyle’s Guide to Intellectual Property Barristers (Australia and Victoria), Chambers and Partners (Global and Asia-Pacific), and The Legal 500 (Australia Bar). He has been described in Chambers and Partners as “an outstanding advocate” who is “able to break down complex issues of law and fact into simple, pithy submissions”, “highly intelligent”, and as having “an impressive track record at both trial and appellate level”. He has been described in The Legal 500 as “one of the smartest people at the intellectual property Bar in Australia", an “outstanding technician for patent, trade mark and copyright cases”, and as having “a great strategic mind”.

Prior to joining the Bar, Peter was a solicitor at Mallesons Stephen Jaques in Melbourne and a managing associate at Linklaters in London. He holds a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Melbourne (first class honours) and was a Patrick Moore scholar at the University of Cambridge, where he completed a Master of Laws (also first class honours) and specialised in international commercial litigation, international intellectual property and restitution.

Liability limited by a scheme approved under Professional Standards Legislation.

Intellectual Property Society of Australia and New Zealand (IPSANZ)

University of Cambridge

Master of Laws (first class honours)

University of Melbourne

Bachelor of Laws (first class honours)

University of Melbourne

Bachelor of Arts