Deals

TeleSat

Advised on the launch of its low earth orbit satellite business in Australia.

Vodafone

Advised on the merger with Hutchison “3”, the network sharing joint venture with Optus, acquisition of Crazy Johns and Lebara Mobile resellers, its 3G and 4G mobile network infrastructure rollouts and on spectrum acquisition and regulation.

Commonwealth Department of Communications

Advised on its contract with Telstra for the performance of the telecommunications industry universal service obligation.

nbn co

Adviser to nbn since its inception, including on the establishment of its IT systems, acquisition of the TransACT fibre network, facilities access agreements with electricity utilities providers nationally and copper sub-loop network maintenance arrangements with Telstra.

Alibaba

Advised on the establishment of its Alipay online payments platform in Australia.

Tencent

Advised on its virtual currency offering in Australia.

Paypal

Advised on a range of litigation, financial services advice and corporate matters.

Adobe

Australian privacy law adviser and assisted in negotiation transactions with customers relating to access to Adobe platform and services.

Amazon Web Services

Advised on establishment of its data centre operations in Australia.

Goodman Fielder

Advised on the outsourcing of its Asia-Pacific finance function to Cap Gemini, including accounts payable, accounts receivable and payroll.

nbn co

Advised on a number of business process outsourcings, including its HR and Accounts Payable functions to Accenture and its End-User Technology function to Wipro.

Woolworths

Advised on its national telecommunications services outsourcing to Telstra.

QBE

Advised in relation to its global shared services centre in the Philippines and the outsourcing of its global HR function to Allegis.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Advised on the installation and operation of a space surveillance telescope for the US Air Force and Australian Defence Forces.