Current practice

Tony also designs legal documentation, systems and compliance procedures for regulated industries such as the retail financial services sector.

Tony's typical assignments include:

• advising on outsourcing arrangements for information technology and services generally
• negotiating contracts for both suppliers and customers for information technology transactions including software licensing, development and support arrangements, hardware procurement, and a supply of services such as disaster recovery services
• large-scale procurement projects
• structuring and negotiating sales, acquisitions and investments in technology-based businesses
• preparing contracts for implementation of new business processes
• representing clients in establishing alliance, joint venture and distribution arrangements, and
• advising on design of legal documentation, systems and procedures in the financial services industry, especially in situations with complex legal compliance requirements.

Industry experience

• assisting a retailer in the outsourcing of the management of financial services to be offered to its customers
• preparing and negotiating outsourcing contracts and services supply contracts for the local subsidiary of a global telecommunications company
• representing a federal government agency in the negotiation of the terms of a large-scale technology procurement
• advising a funds manager on a number of IT contracts for supply of risk management tools, analytical tools, facilities management and disaster recovery services
• preparing and negotiating a facilities management agreement covering a range of services required for a large mining company for a number of its mines
• advising a large insurance company on the re-negotiation of its IT outsourcing arrangements
• advising a university on the procurement of software to be designed to meet specific regulatory requirements
• advising a listed software products company on the acquisition of another software products business, and on the terms of supply of solutions to customers in the financial services industry
• representing Rail Services Australia in an IT outsourcing transaction to a consortium of suppliers
• representing an investment bank in a technology outsourcing of its dealing room systems needs
• advising a media company on aspects of establishing its internet-based businesses
• representing a large bank in a strategic alliance with a retailer to supply electronic banking services through supermarket checkouts
• advising a payments system provider on the legal issues and documentation for its pilot scheme for stored value cards, and more generally on documentation needs of its cards division in Australia
• acting for a US telecommunications company on the negotiated sale of a subsidiary holding Australian spectrum licences
• advising Reuters on transactions relating to its distribution business for market data and financial information, and software development and licensing
• participating as a member of a committee of internal and external counsel formed to undertake a review and standardising of Reuters' global terms of supply of services
• advising the Department of Health of NSW in its tendering for long-term supply of hardware and software requirements that was won by a consortium led by Compaq
• representing Cable & Wireless Mitratel in its successful tender to PT Telkom and the Government of Indonesia to assume management and operation of the telecommunications system of Kalimantan and to double it in size within three years. This involved negotiation of concession and construction rollout commitments to PT Telkom and the Government of Indonesia plus: (a) head contract with Tomen Corporation in Japan for network construction, and (b) documentation for two stages of secured bridge financing as well as long-term project financing, and
• retail credit advice, documentation and transactions for or in connection with clients such as David Jones Limited, Diners Club Limited, Cashcard Limited, MLC Limited, Australian Card Services Pty Ltd, Insurance Network Services, Medfin Australia, Citibank Limited, ING Bank NV and AXA (National Mutual). The legal work included issues under the Consumer Credit Code, EFT Code of Conduct, Banking Industry Code of Conduct, Privacy Law and Policy, and related legislation such as that regulating: (i) the conduct of finance broking, and (ii) discrimination in the supply of services.
  

Professional background