Overview
The strength of our transactional track record in the telecommunications, media and broadcasting and technology sectors ensures our clients receive commercially focused advice. We have worked with the major players and regulators in these industries, resulting in an in-depth understanding of the business impact of market and regulatory changes.
Our key areas of service include:
Access
Electronic Commerce
Information Technology
Information Security
Media & Broadcasting
Outsourcing
Privacy
Sport
Telecommunications
Our clients have access to industry experts, lawyers with technical qualifications and lawyers who formerly worked with the various government agencies as well as a range of other relevant services such as mergers and acquisitions, finance, infrastructure and competition law.
With more than 80 dedicated IT, communications and regulatory practitioners we service clients throughout Australia and South-East Asia, providing operational and strategic advice.
Achievements
Freehills’ Communication, Media and Technology team received top ranking in benchmarking publication PLC Which Lawyer? 2006, positioning Freehills as a national leader in this area of law.In the 2006/07 edition of Chambers Global Guide: the World’s Leading Lawyers, the Communication, Media and Technology team was highly recommended and four partners were singled out for individual commendation. Chambers noted that in the procurement area, the team is ‘practical and focused through and through, all the way down to the associates’.
According to the 2006 edition of The Asia Pacific Legal 500, Freehills’ Communication, Media and Technology team was awarded top ranking, as a leading Australian firm in IT and Telecommunications.
For more information please contact Duncan Giles on +61 2 9225 5954 or at duncan.giles@freehills.com.