Daniel Tynan SC

Daniel is an experienced advocate with a broad ranging commercial practice. He regularly appears in large, complex, high profile and high value litigation.

Daniel has particular expertise in competition law and consumer law in which he is regarded as one of Australia’s leading barristers. In this field he regularly advises and acts for private clients and the ACCC and has appeared in many of the significant cases in recent years.

Daniel is listed in Doyle’s Guide, Legal 500 and Best Lawyers as a Leading Barrister in Competition and Consumer Law.

Daniel appears principally in trial and appellate matters in the Federal Court and State Supreme Courts.

He has represented multinational companies, financial institutions and individuals in proceedings brought by various international and domestic regulators involving allegations of cartel conduct, fraud, money laundering and other corporate crime and misconduct.

Daniel is briefed regularly in proceedings for and against the ACCC, ASIC, AUSTRAC, the AFP, the TGA, the OAIC and the New South Wales Crime Commission.

In 2026, Daniel lectured in Anti-Corruption Law at the University of Sydney.

Since 2004, Daniel has lectured in Competition and Consumer Law, Evidence Law, Civil Procedure and Public Law at the University of Sydney, University of New South Wales, the University of Technology, Sydney and the Australian National University.

Prior to coming to the Bar, Daniel was a solicitor at Clayton Utz and a Senior Lawyer at the Australian Government Solicitor. He was an Associate to the Hon Rodney Madgwick KC in the Federal Court of Australia and was a legal and political adviser to the Hon Robert McClelland MP.

Daniel has a Bachelor of Science (Psych) Hons (Dean’s List) and a Bachelor of Laws (Dean’s List) from the University of New South Wales. He was the John W. Kirkwood Scholar in the Faculty of Law at UNSW.

He has completed a Master of Law at Cambridge University.

Daniel is the co-author of Uniform Evidence Law: Commentary and Materials 7^th ed, 2023, with Justice Peden and Judge Kumar.