Modules:

• Family

Biography:

After graduating with a Bachelor of Law and Arts (with distinction majoring in Political and International Studies) from Murdoch University in early 2007, Sarah joined O'Sullivan Davies to work in the paralegal section of the firm.

During her studies, Sarah worked for Minter Ellison Lawyers and gained international experience at the UK firm of Mustoe Shorter Solicitors. She also spent part of her legal studies at the University of Waterloo, Canada.

In 2005, Sarah was awarded a High Distinction for her paper "International Human Rights and Vedic Hinduism: Are there irreconcilable differences?" which was recommended for publication in the South Pacific Law Journal.

Modules:

• Intellectual Property

Biography:

Suzanne is the founder of Pinnacle TMS Pty Ltd, your Growth Protection Strategist and an #1 Amazon Best Selling Author of “Trademarking Your Business”.

With 20 years’ experience assisting clients such as Qantas, Southcorp Wines, SnapOn Tools, Toys R Us, Optus, Reed Publishing, Transfield and Chamberlain obtain registration of their brands and managing their trade mark portfolios worldwide, she knows what it takes to get brands protected.

Suzanne uses her experience and knowledge to:

• help business owners avoid business or product name identity theft by trademark registration of their brands in Australia and Internationally
• provide trade mark services, from initial research on a new brand, responding to examination reports through to trademark registration
• keep trade mark portfolios up to date by renewal, recording changes to ownership after assignment/ merger/ acquisition and recording trade mark owner's change of name with IP Australia
• provide due diligence trade mark searches and reports relating to IP when looking at the acquisition of a another business

Suzanne also files trade mark applications through the European Community and Madrid Protocol systems, working with overseas associates when necessary to achieve registration.

For 11+ years she has been running her boutique company, Pinnacle TMS Pty Ltd, specialising in Trade Marks and related work around the world.

Professional Organisation

• Pinnacle TMS Pty Ltd. www.pinnacletms.com.au
• LinkedIn: au.linkedin.com/in/suzanneharrington
• Facebook: www.facebook.com/PinnacleTMS

Awards & Recognition

• #1 Amazon Best Selling Author of “Trademarking Your Business” http://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B00AMAN9WY
• 2014 Finalist Local Business Awards Sutherland
• 2019 Finalist Business Excellence Awards

Professional Organisation

Many speaking engagements with local business teams educating them on the pitfalls and benefits of Trade Marks

Professional Contact

Mobile: 042 555 8867

Email: suzanne.harrington@pinnacletms.com.au

Biography:

Cloe has more than eight years’ experience providing legal advice across a variety of sectors. Cloe practiced as a solicitor in the Competition and Regulatory team at King & Wood Mallesons in Melbourne, before relocating to Sydney. In Sydney, Cloe worked as a solicitor in the competition practice at Ashurst. Cloe has since worked in-house at BlueScope Steel where she developed diverse practical experience in competition, consumer and contract law. Most recently, Cloe was Legal Writer for Practical Guidance Competition at LexisNexis.

Contact

clotilde.hammon1@lexisnexis.com.au

Modules:

• Competition

Biography:

Peta is well-recognised in the highly specialised field of cartel and competition litigation, and with an established track record leading complex litigation, including class actions. Her practice includes advising clients on competition regulatory investigation and enforcement matters, including liaising with international counsel in global investigations and working closely with economic and other experts.

Peta advises on the application of the anti-competitive conduct, consumer protection and access provisions of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth) and related state legislation. She has acted in the Federal and State Local and Supreme Courts and appeared before ICAC at other state tribunals. She is a regular contributor to debates on regulatory reform.

Biography:

Brendan advises on IT transactions of all types and sizes, including large scale, complex outsourcing and integration projects, cloud-based offerings, data analytics and software licensing and development agreements. He also assists on IP protection and commercialisation, digital marketing and content, social media, sponsorships, privacy and cyber security.

Brendan has particular expertise providing strategic cyber and data resilience advice, and has current experience advising clients on their journey towards GDPR compliance.

Publications and Editorial Contacts

• LexisNexis - Practical Guidance Cybersecurity, Data Protection & Privacy (Australian chapters).
• Co-authored Australian Chapter of World Online Business Law.
• The Censorship of Misogynistic Rap Music—A Consideration of Gender-Based Harms and Free Speech, 26 VICT. U. WELLINGTON L. REV. 531 (1996).

Awards & Recognition

• Legal 500 Asia Pacific, 2018, recommended for IT & Telecommunications.
• Victoria University of Wellington annual award for best legal writing.
• Selected from Australia & New Zealand to attend the "Building Global Lawyers" conference at IBM HQ in Armonk (New York State).
• Appointed global co-lead of an IBM initiative to improve customer experience.
• British Telecom Recognition Award for work on BT’s purchase of NSB Retail Systems plc’s UK operations and exclusive distribution agreement.
• British Telecom Recognition Award for work on BT Fusion (world’s first hybrid mobile and landline phone).

Speaking Engagements

• Engaged by Commvault to present at their “Connections Live” customer events in Sydney and Melbourne on cyber security and privacy developments (Australian mandatory date breach notification and the GDPR).
• Interviewed by Bloomberg BNA for ‘Companies to Face Mandatory Data Breach Notice Down Under’ article
• Interviewed by Sydney radio station regarding mandatory date breach notification.

Professional Organisations & Memberships

• Law Society of New South Wales

Professional Contact

T: +61 2 9291 6121

E: brendan.tomlinson@maddocks.com.au

Modules:

• Employment

Biography:

Giri advises and represents employees nationally and his clients include unions and their members, senior executives, medical professionals and senior public servants. He is a NSW Law Society accredited specialist in employment and industrial law, a member of the NSW Law Society Employment Law Committee, and is recommended as an Employment Law and Workplace Relations lawyer for employees in NSW in the Doyles Guide to the Australian Legal Profession, 2011 Edition.

Biography:

Having previously worked in top-tier personal injuries firms for over 13 years, Trent has built an enviable reputation within the law fraternity and is known for his claims expertise.

With a background as a former registered nurse, Trent understands how stressful a personal injuries claim can be and applies his extensive knowledge to help make the claims process as easy as possible for his clients.

Trent has held a number of high-profile committee positions with community organisations associated with personal injury law. Currently, he serves on the Queensland Law Society's Accident Compensation/Tort Law Committee and is a member of the Australian Lawyers Alliance and the Queensland Law Society.

He is a former volunteer and president of the Suncoast Community Legal Service and former volunteer of the Moreton Bay Regional Community Legal Service.

Trent is an Accredited Specialist in Personal Injury Claims in Queensland.

Memberships

Australian Lawyers Alliance
Queensland Law Society

Professional Organisation

Partner – Travis Schultz & Partners:
https://www.schultzlaw.com.au/meet-your-team/trent-johnson/

Awards & Recognitions

Queensland Law Society Accredited Specialist in Personal Injury Claims

Professional Contact

trent.johnson@schultzlaw.com.au

Tel: (07) 3155 6243

Modules:

• Competition

Biography:

Having literally consumed the Competition and Consumer Act, Hannah can tell you without blinking whether your advertising claims for the health benefits of cage-free, organically grown charcoal tea leaves will pass muster or leave you with a major regulatory headache. She also knows why they call it "third line forcing" and how to make the ACCC roll over like a playful puppy.v

She’s dealt with the ACCC on airline price fixing investigations, egg cartel investigations, e-commerce market power, merger clearance, and a range of consumer matters.

Modules:

• Insolvency & Restructuring

Biography:

David has practised as a commercial barrister at 5 Wentworth Chambers since 2015. Prior to being called to the Bar, David was a Senior Associate at leading international law firm, Allens, specialising in corporate insolvency and restructuring.

David has a wide-ranging commercial litigation practice, specialising in high-profile and complex commercial disputes. These include regulatory matters and cases involving novel issues in corporate insolvency, equity and trusts. David appears regularly in the Federal Court, the NSW Supreme Court and the NSW District Court, both unled and as junior counsel. David’s advice is regularly sought in relation to issues arising in corporate insolvency.

Modules:

• Personal Injury QLD

Biography:

Since 1994, Harry has practised as a solicitor in personal injury litigation. Currently he heads up the section focussing on his practice area in general personal injury law, at Turner Freeman's Brisbane office.

He has been part of been part of committees which have reported to the Queensland Government on legislative changes relating to claims for compensation and personal injuries. He holds a Master of Laws and has been an accredited specialist in personal injuries since 1999.

Modules:

• Personal Injury NSW

Biography:

Since 1989 Tim has practised in Personal Injury. Tim has been a CARS Assessor of the Motor Accidents Authority since 2004. Since 2008, he has been a member of the Injury Compensation Committee of the Law Society of NSW. Tim is an accredited specialist in the area of personal injury law.

Modules:

• Consumer

Biography:

Annette Hughes is a Commercial Litigation partner at Corrs Chambers Westgarth, where she leads the firm's national Product Liability Practice Group. Annette is also on the firm's Executive Leadership Team and Chairs its Diversity Council. Her Product Liability experience is truly international, as she was a partner in the Product Liability group at US firm Sedgwick and Australian firm Allens (2001 - 2011), prior to taking leadership of the Corrs Product Liability Group.

Annette has acted for many domestic and internationally renowned brands, helping them to strategically and effectively manage their product issues from risk management and regulatory matters (compliance, investigations, recalls, etc) through to multi-jurisdictional litigation, and class actions. She is described by her clients as commercial and strategic, cutting through complexity to get the best outcomes.

Annette was assisted by Simon Frauenfelder, Andrew Burns and Shane Cooper.

Modules:

• Cybersecurity, Data Protection & Privacy

Biography:

Kwok specialises in advising on complex and strategic contracts in the technology, media and telecommunications (TMT) sectors. Kwok has significant experience in advising on a broad range of TMT contracts and issues, including outsourcing agreements, master service agreements, software development agreements, licensing and maintenance contracts, cloud computing arrangements, network rollout, interconnect, telecommunications and wholesale broadband agreements. Kwok provides advice on emerging technologies such as drones, automation, artificial intelligence, non-fungible tokens and edge computing. In particular, Kwok was part of the expert reference group advising the Australian Human Rights Commissioner on their Human Rights and Technology projects, and continues to advise other clients on the legal and ethical use of emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence.

Professional Organisation

Home | Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer | Global law firm

Professional Contact

+61 2 9225 5569
Kwok.Tang@hsf.com
LinkedIn

Modules:

• Work Health & Safety

Biography:

Greg was admitted as a solicitor in 1975. He worked in a variety of litigation roles in private practice before joining the New South Wales Department of Industrial Relations as a legal officer in 1979. That year he also gained a Master of Laws degree (honours) from the University of Sydney.

Greg served as Deputy Industrial Registrar from 1983 to 1991 and as Industrial Registrar from 1991 to 1999.

As a consequence, Greg has extensive experience of the New South Wales Industrial Relations system.

Greg joined the firm in 2000 and has since been involved in all areas of the firm's practice. He has been involved in major litigation in the Industrial Court of New South Wales, and has extensively advised on issues relating to the contract of employment and employment law generally.

Greg has advised registered organisations (both employee and employer associations) on rules and registration issues, and has been involved in litigation at all levels (State and Federal Industrial Tribunals, the Supreme Court, Court of Appeal and the High Court) on a variety of matters, including industrial relations issues, employment, restraints of trade and discrimination matters.

Biography:

Ben Majoe, Special Counsel, in the Family Law division at HHG Legal Group, is experienced in complex property settlement and parenting matters.

Ben’s extensive experience includes acting for clients in matters involving complex financial issues (married and de facto partners), contentious child related issues, financial agreements and binding child support agreements. Ben uses family mediation as an alternative means of resolving disputes, but is an experienced advocate with a history of achieving positive outcomes for his clients.

Before joining HHG Legal Group in 2015, Ben built a strong 20-year career practicing in areas of Family Law and Insurance Defense. He has an impressive background of international legal experience having practised in private firms in Hawaii for a number of years. These positions saw him resolve child related matters, including interstate relocation and restraining order matters, in addition to insurance defence matters, including wrongful death claims.

Ben was admitted to the High Court of Australia in 2011 and Supreme Court of Western Australia in 2006; prior to which he was admitted to the State and Federal Courts in Hawaii in 1995 – shortly before he began his legal career. Highly qualified with Honours in a Bachelor of Arts, majoring in Political Science and Government from the University of California, Ben also has a Juris Doctor from the University of Hawaii at Manoa.

Modules:

• Banking & Finance

Biography:

Patrick Dwyer is a corporate and financial services lawyer with over 20 years’ experience in Australia and the United States in top-tier law firms and as an in-house General Counsel. Patrick is valued by his clients for his clear, commercial advice and high levels of service.

At Dwyer Harris, a leading business law firm, he works with clients ranging from multinationals to start-ups including fintech businesses.

Patrick specialises in corporate transactions such as acquisitions, fundraising and joint ventures, financial services regulation, commercial agreements, and financing transactions including lending and asset finance.

He was a General Counsel at GE, leading the legal team with responsibility for its home lending and insurance businesses in Australia.

Patrick also practised law in New York with an international firm for a number of years, where he worked on mergers and acquisitions, capital markets and asset finance matters.

He has managed large transactions and legal projects such as the establishment of joint ventures, major asset sales, financial product development, regulator and board investigations, and compliance implementation projects for financial institutions.

Patrick graduated in 1994 with a Bachelor of Laws with First Class Honours from the University of Technology, Sydney. He also holds a First Class Honours degree in Arts from the University of Sydney.

Patrick is admitted to practice law in New South Wales, Victoria, the Australian Capital Territory, the High Court of Australia, England and Wales and New York and is also a public notary in New South Wales.

Modules:

• Intellectual Property

Biography:

Matthew Swinn is a partner of King & Wood Mallesons and a recognised IP litigation specialist with a wealth of experience in the manufacturing, life sciences and consumer sectors, among others. Matthew is also the Managing Partner for KWM's Dispute Resolution & Tax teams.

Matthew is well known for his patent litigation expertise, having acted in patent disputes for some of the world's largest companies. His expertise also spans the entire range of intellectual property issues including contentious trade mark, copyright, trade secrets and consumer protection/passing-off matters.

He is a member and former Chair of the Law Council of Australia’s IP Committee, a member of the Federal Court of Australia’s IP User Group and President of the Australian chapter of the International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI).

Professional Organisations & Memberships

• King & Wood Mallesons
• https://www.kwm.com/en/au
• https://www.kwm.com/en/au/people/matthew-swinn
• Law Institute of Victoria
• Law Council of Australia, IP Committee
• International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property – President of AIPPI Australia
• Federal Court of Australia, IP Users Group

Awards & Recognition

• Intellectual Property: Patents in Australia, Band 1 –Chambers Global 2019, 2020 and 2021
• Intellectual Property, Band 1 – Chambers and Partners 2021 (Asia Pacific)
• 2022 Lawyer of the Year – Intellectual Property Law in Melbourne, Best Lawyers
• Patent Litigation Star and Trade Mark Litigation Star, Managing Intellectual Property IP Stars 2020/21
• Gold Band - Litigation and Global Thought Leader, IAM Patent 1000: The World’s Leading Patent Professionals 2021
• Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific – Dispute Resolution Star (Intellectual Property) 2020

Professional Contact

Email: matthew.swinn@au.kwm.com

Biography:

Sarah has been involved in a wide range of workplace matters.This includes a strong interest in assisting employers with the management of their workers compensation claims and as well in relation to liability insurance claims.