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Communications, Media & Technology

With the rapid change of business and technology, you need to minimise the time it takes to seek advice. With our Communications, Media & Technology practice being one of the largest in the Asia region, we have the resources and commitment necessary to provide you with all the CMT legal assistance your business requires.

Our CMT practice offers unrivalled depth of experience across the full spectrum: media and broadcasting, film and entertainment, telecommunications, information technology, outsourcing, ecommerce, advertising, marketing and privacy.

The integration of our intellectual property groupand our patent and trade marks attorney practice allows us to also offer a comprehensive intellectual property service to clients in the CMT industry sectors.

Experience you can count on

Media - Our reputation and experience in media law is unparalleled. We advise and represent the interests of television broadcasters, pay television operators, radio networks, newspaper proprietors, film producers, record companies, and book publishers, on all aspects ranging from regulatory and access, defamation, suppression orders, advertising and copyright, through to acquisitions, joint ventures and IPOs.

IT - We act in many of Australia's largest and most significant information technology deals, as well as assist small Internet start-ups with their quite different legal requirements. We have acted on both sides of outsourcing negotiations, for vendors and purchasers of technology businesses, for software and hardware suppliers and customers, and for companies drafting technology patents.

Telecommunications - Similarly, we have acted for participants in every sector of the telecommunications industry. We advise on the Australian regulatory framework, regional telecommunications legislation, third generation telephony, shared facilities access, litigation, privacy and competition laws.