SHANNON MCLAUGHLIN

Shannon is a legal problem solver with substantial experience and expertise in property transactions, commercial leasing, estate planning and administration, as well as all forms of commercial work. With over two decades experience practicing in all areas of family & commercial law, Shannon is driven to obtain the best outcome for his clients.

Shannon was admitted to practice in 2005 after completing his five year articled clerkship and holds a Bachelor of Laws and a Master of Laws (majoring in the Commercial Stream) from the Queensland University of Technology and an MBA from Bond University.

Shannon is a passionate Gold Coaster having been born in Southport Hospital. Shannon’s Mother and Grandfather were also raised on the Gold Coast and Shannon is pleased to call himself a fourth Generation Gold Coaster. Straight after school Shannon obtained a job as an Articled Clerk at a highly respected Gold Coast Firm before being admitted to practice as a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Queensland and the High Court of Australia.

The practical effect of his extensive and diversified legal education is the depth of knowledge Shannon can apply for the benefit of his clients. Shannon believes that, by virtue of his studies, he is better able to give comprehensive advice and quality service to his clients.

Shannon was appointed as a Notary Public by the Archbishop of Canterbury for the State of Queensland in 2022 and he is a current member of the Society of Notaries of Queensland Inc. He took his commission by decree of the Master of the Faculties of his notarial faculty in front of the Honourable Catherine Holmes AC, former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Queensland on 11 February 2022.