Technology, Media, Telecoms (TMT)
Asia-Pacific Guide 2025 : New Zealand
Band 3
Contact number
+64 9 379 4196About
Provided by Dentons New Zealand
The Innovation and Technology practice at Dentons Kensington Swan combines the skillsets of specialist commercial, technology and privacy lawyers, with the experience and expertise of the firm’s regulatory, public policy, IP, competition, disputes and M&A lawyers, to enable the team to provide complex and mission-critical technology projects and deliver strategic advice that calls on the expert knowledge of the relevant subject-matter experts. As a specialist Innovation and Technology practice, the team has a broad and deep understanding of all issues affecting the innovation and technology sector – unlike practices at some other large firms whose experience of the sector is limited to completing large scale acquisitions. The team is also able to call on the global knowledge base available to it thanks to the market-leading combination with Dentons in February 2020. As subject matter experts in the innovation, technology and privacy field, the team is regularly asked to contribute to national and international publications in this space, from various Thomson Reuters publications to the recent IAPP textbook on Children's Privacy.
Chambers Review
Dentons is noted for its specialist expertise, which includes advising on public and private sector procurement, as well as data protection and e-commerce matters. It also acts for major IT companies and startups on corporate mandates such as capital raisings. The law firm boasts capabilities in cloud contracting and software licencing. The team is knowledgeable on privacy laws and advises on the compliance aspects of new projects and technologies. It retains an impressive client roster of mobile app companies, banks and multinational internet service providers. The firm has notable expertise in cross-border work, advising clients looking to expand their technology operations in New Zealand as well as domestic companies operating abroad.
Work Highlights
- Dentons advised Altus, a provider of asset and fund intelligence for commercial real estate, on its acquisition of software company Forbury.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Dentons provide technically strong advice and are very responsive."
"It is really helpful that the Dentons team are realistic with our commercial colleagues in delivering quality and being pragmatic as to risk."
"Dentons provide technically strong advice and are very responsive."
"It is really helpful that the Dentons team are realistic with our commercial colleagues in delivering quality and being pragmatic as to risk."
Notable Practitioners
Hayley Miller acts across a near-exhaustive range of primarily IT and telecommunications-focused mandates, including transactional, contractual, regulatory and commercialisation matters, and is additionally particularly well versed in privacy and cybersecurity issues.
"Hayley Miller is always commercially and technically strong, as well as very client-focused."