Owen graduated from Ulster University in 2015 with First Class Honours. He completed his training contract with us and graduated from the Institute of Professional Legal Studies at Queen's University Belfast in 2017 with Commendation, as well as being awarded the Elliott Duffy Garrett award for Company Law.

 

He worked for several years in the corporate team of a leading global commercial law firm where he advised multinational corporate clients on a broad spectrum of M&A, private equity and corporate restructuring transactions. From there, he joined the corporate team of Northern Ireland's largest independent commercial firm advising local and international clients on a wide range of corporate transactional matters, as well as providing general legal advice on a wide range of issues (including Brexit and COVID) for various Northern Irish public bodies.

​

Owen re-joined Macaulay & Ritchie in 2021. He is based in our Belfast City office and works across a number of sectors including personal injury,  insurance litigation and commercial litigation. He is a leading member of our Transport and Logistics team advising on all matters relating to goods and passenger transport.

 

Owen is qualified to act in Northern Ireland, England and Wales.