Career highlights
Acting for MediaWorks Holdings on the sale of MediaWorks TV Limited to Discovery, Inc. MediaWorks is New Zealand’s largest independent commercial broadcaster.
Advising Fletcher Building on a “once in a generation” ERP transformation project for critical technology infrastructure, hyperscaler arrangements, and agreements with both systems integrator and business integrator.
Acting for LIC in the sale of the assets of Livestock Improvement Corporation’s (LIC) Automation company to MSD Animal Health (a division of Merck & Co).
Advising Watercare on its Strategic Transformation Programme for both the critical technology infrastructure (cloud-based) and the associated implementation project (under an agile methodology) with Infor.
Advising a number of large New Zealand-based banks and other major corporates on strategic and business critical cloud/licensing and critical systems projects with companies including ACI Worldwide, Oracle, SAP, Salesforce, Microsoft and Infor (amongst others).
Advising New Zealand Lotteries Commission on its upgrade and replacement of its core gaming platforms.
Advising Auckland University of Technology on a Software as a Service (SaaS) subscription agreement and implementation project with supplier, Instructure Inc, for an on-line learning environment.
Advising Te Whatu Ora - Te Toka Tumai Auckland (formerly Auckland DHB) on its agreement with Intersystems to deliver a cloud-based, modern, extensible, and fit-for-purpose Patient Administration System.
Affiliations
- Member, Institute of Directors
- Affiliate member, IT Professionals NZ
Achievements and recognition
- Recognised, Technology, Media & Telecommunications (TMT), Chambers Asia-Pacific
- Band 1 team, Technology, Media & Telecommunications (TMT), Chambers Asia-Pacific
- Leading Individual, Technology, Media & Telecommunications (TMT), The Legal 500 Asia-Pacific
- Tier 1 team, Technology, Media & Telecommunications (TMT), The Legal 500 Asia-Pacific
- Recognised, Information Technology Law, Best Lawyers
- Recognised, Privacy and Data Security Law, Best Lawyers
- Recognised, Telecommunications Law, Best Lawyers
- Winner, Consumer, Media and Technology Deal of the Year, New Zealand Law Awards, 2018