Nicole Murdoch founded EAGLEGATE with a practice built on a background that most lawyers don’t have — a decade in engineering and technology roles before entering law. That industry experience informs everything: the way she reads a technology contract, the way she analyses an IP dispute, the way she advises a founder on what their business actually needs. She brought big-firm training and genuine technical depth to a boutique structure deliberately — because her clients get better outcomes when the principal is close to the work.

Nicole practices across technology law, intellectual property, corporate and commercial law, and commercial litigation. She is a registered trade marks attorney, a Fellow of The Institute of Patent and Trade Marks Attorneys of Australia (FIPTA), and has been recognised as a Recommended Intellectual Property Lawyer in Queensland by Doyle’s Guide every year since 2020. She acts in the Federal Court of Australia and the Supreme Court of Queensland in IP infringement proceedings and commercial disputes, and advises clients ranging from ASX-listed technology businesses to early-stage founders protecting what they’ve built.

Rhys Fuller brings a background in toxicology and the life sciences to commercial legal practice — a combination that gives him genuine technical grounding in product-based disputes, IP matters and regulatory questions that require more than legal analysis alone. Before law, Rhys worked in scientific and research roles, developing the analytical rigour and precision that characterises his approach to complex commercial problems.

At EAGLEGATE, Rhys advises across corporate and commercial law, intellectual property, and litigation and dispute resolution. His practice includes contract drafting and review, IP commercialisation and licensing, cease and desist strategy, and supporting infringement proceedings. He works with businesses in manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, consumer products and technology — clients where the intersection of technical subject matter and commercial law requires a lawyer who can follow both threads.

Tommy Chen practices across corporate and commercial law and dispute resolution, with a particular focus on shareholder disputes, commercial litigation and business structuring. His background in financial planning gives him a practical lens on the commercial stakes in ownership disputes — he understands what equity value means to a business owner in a way that shapes both his legal advice and his negotiation strategy.

Tommy acts for shareholders, directors and business owners in disputes involving oppression claims, shareholder exits, deadlocked companies and contested business relationships. He also advises on the preventative side — drafting and reviewing Shareholders Agreements, structuring joint ventures, and building the governance frameworks that reduce the likelihood of disputes arising. His clients are typically founders, operators and investors in closely held businesses who need commercially focused advice, not just legal analysis.