Providing commercial IP, IT, Data Privacy advice for a leading energy sector "gentailer" leading Australia's energy transition

IT, Property and Commercial Law assignments including IFM Investors (IT, complex data licensing and general commercial advice - finanical services), RMIT (IT/Procurement legals - tertiary education), Uniting Church Victoria (property - NFP/charity), Xero NZ (IT and commercial legals - financial services) and AIA Australia (IT legals - Insurance, financial services), University of Sydney (complex IP matters, commercial law)

Specialist business affairs lawyer with UK, US and Australian experience advising a broad range of clients in the design, television, live entertainment and digital/online spaces. Experience and expertise includes software development agreements, intellectual property matters (acquisitions, licensing, distribution/exploitation).

Assisting on the delivery of one of Australia's largest independent films - Robbie William's marquee biopic "Better Man" which will be dropping for worldwide release in mid 2024.

Providing pro bono IP, commercial and property law advice

Advising and negotiating on a broad range of complex transactions (master services agreements, SOWs, software development and consultancy services) with major and bespoke IT service vendors and service providers including cloud-based/SaaS platform implementation and transition/transformation projects. Advising on data privacy/security and GDPR/EU Standard Contractual Clauses.

Providing high quality, responsive legal services for LOD's top tier corporate client base

Providing high quality and proactive legal advice (with an intellectual property focus) and transactional support to Melbourne University's faculties, enterprises and agencies in a challenging and varied professional environment.Specific achievements includes:- negotiating and concluding commissioning, collaboration and sponsorship agreements on behalf of the University’s galleries, libraries and museums divisions including in relation to an innovative, high profile public digital art collaboration with a major State arts body- providing IP and commercial law advice to support a major Cultural Gift bequest to the Faculty of Architecture.- advising the brand team and undertaking first tier enforcement actions in relation to infringing merchandising trade mark use.- advising on film and TV production, distribution, licensing agreements, talent agreements (VCA - School of Film and TV) including advising on industrial awards, IP and copyright issues.- advising Research Innovation and Commercialisation on strategic sponsorship, consultancy and collaboration agreements for documentary film projects leveraging UoM's key research IP.- advising The Atlantic Fellows Institute, Australia (Rhodes Trust) in relation to technology licensing and cross border data sharing agreements (including advising re EU/GDPR issues).

Advising on a proposed Outsourced Managed Services Agreement (and detailed Services and Service Level schedules) proposed with a global mining concern for a transition of their existing IT services/functions/infrastructure into an Azure cloud-based environment and provision of on-going service and support - tasks include participation in key meetings with Delivery, Finance, Business Development and BAU team meetings and advising in relation to key areas of IP, Warranties and Indemnities with reference to Avanade global policies/standards.Advising/drafting Avanade Statements of Work under existing Master Services Agreements for staff augmentation, discovery workshops and projects.

❑ Drafting and negotiating investment agreements and advising on related transaction documentation for investments, grants, location incentives and other funding programs❑ Assessing and advising on transactional legal risks and working to develop practical, commercially balanced solutions for internal stakeholders❑ Drafting and advising on assigned production investment terms of trade and template agreements❑ Advising and negotiating operational commercial agreements (including IT projects), compliance and ad hoc governance matters as required❑ Pro-actively managing and building the agency’s relationships with a range of stakeholders, including producers, lenders, completion guarantors, broadcasters and distributors.

Business affairs and human resources manager: intellectual property matters including trademarks, IT services and infrastructure agreements, negotiating network, licensing, acquisition and distribution agreements, commercial sponsorship arrangements and negotiations, JV agreements and negotiations, production legals including location and access agreements, third party clearances and licensing, format and development agreements, commercial property leases, managing OH&S risks and processes, employment and contractors negotiations, insurances (public, third party) and talent negotiations and agreements. Key achievements include continual improvement and streamlining of business affairs processes and procedures, working with production management and senior EPs on a broad range of FTA and cable programmes including "The Living Room" (C10), "Tony Robinson's Time Walks" (Foxtel), "The People Speak" (Foxtel), "Bollywood Star" (SBS), EP on bio pic drama production (in development).

Manager, Legal and Business Affairs:● Diverse range of general entertainment, IP and commercial advice in the television, radio, live comedy and stage theatre sectors● Content regulation, clearance and compliance matters, defamation advice● General company, commercial, company secretarial and employment advice● Lawyer on “Shane Warne the Musical” including capital fundraising● Business affairs and commercial advice to the Roving (“Rove”) group of companies

Solicitor - Media and Entertainment Group

Solicitor - Telecoms, Media and Communications