Overview
Information technology and e-commerce have transformed traditional business, impacting on productivity, market competitiveness and future business aspirations. We understand our clients’ need to navigate through new challenges and opportunities in an ever-changing arena with legal advice which is commercial, innovative and strategic.
Our IT & E-Commerce team is one of the largest and best resourced in Australasia, consistently ranked highly in international legal guides, including individual recognition of industry leaders in our team. A number of our lawyers have qualifications in both computer science and law, providing you with expertise on the issues that you face and adding value to you at every stage of a transaction.
Our team also draws on the extensive experience of our lawyers in the areas of corporate, telecommunications, intellectual property, trade practices, privacy, information security, banking and finance, employee relations and taxation in order to achieve excellent outcomes for clients.
Our IT and e-commerce services include:
- major IT outsourcing and procurement
- software development, systems acquisition and integration
- database warehousing, maintenance and support
- licensing, distribution, agency and teaming agreements
- terms and conditions of sale for online transactions and the formation of online contracts
- the establishment of buying hubs
- strategic alliance and linking agreements
- transitional services agreements
- encryption and security issues
- online procurement strategies and agreements
- electronic payments and compliance with finance industry regulations
- website hosting, development agreements and website terms, conditions, disclaimers, privacy principles and policies
- intellectual property aspects of website development and content management and domain name issues
- advertising and consumer protection responsibilities and content regulation.
Experience
Our IT & E-Commerce team has recently been involved in significant technology projects including advising:
- major financial services institutions on their significant technology acquisition, licensing, development and integration projects and their data access and security initiatives
- on the establishment of various online joint ventures and businesses, including advice in relation to licensing and associated technology, content and data access arrangements
- retailers and financial services participants on various financial products involving innovative technologies
- leading telecommunications corporations in relation to 3G technology projects and other key strategic projects
- several major corporations on comprehensive transitional services arrangements as part of key M&A transactions.
- on Web 2.0 issues for global corporations, including drafting use and access policies for online social networking and collaborative drafting.
