Annie Watt Email & Phone Number

Senior corporate and commercial in-house lawyer with extensive experience across a diverse range of sectors including government, information technology, research & development, education and media. In my current role with Canon Australia, I have worked with various businesses within the Canon group including Canon Business Services ANZ and CISRA (Canon R&D), with a focus on commercial sales contracts, procurement, intellectual property protection, software licensing, R&D collaborations, research grants, privacy & data protection and information technology solutions.Having worked in global law practices at Norton Rose Fulbright and EY Law, both as a senior lawyer and as a knowledge manager, I also have significant and broad experience in commercial contract negotiations, M&A transactions, joint ventures, corporate governance and regulatory compliance.My key driver when working with a business is to proactively manage legal risk and exposure by providing focussed and timely advice and guidance, empowering stakeholders and team members to make confident decisions and enabling them to achieve day to day and strategic goals based on a well-informed understanding of relevant legal issues.

Listed skills include Information Technology, Intellectual Property, Privacy Law, Corporate Law, and 11 others.