TMT: IT & Telecommunications
Asia-Pacific Guide 2024 : Australia
Band 2
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MinterEllison maintains a leading defamation and pre-publication practice offering support to media companies on content and complaints matters. It also provides media broadcasting and cross-media ownership regulatory advice, as well as significant media-related transactional expertise. The practice offers comprehensive understanding of privacy, liability and risk management issues as they apply to online content in addition to freedom of information, privacy and breach of confidence complaints. MinterEllison is also noted for prominent transactional and infrastructure development work on behalf of telecommunications companies and for advising a broad range of clients from state and national government departments to major financial service players on transformative IT and telecoms procurement and outsourcing projects. It maintains a noteworthy track record of advising international clients on Australian and overseas technology mandates and is further acknowledged for its work in the cybersecurity and data privacy space. Key clients include Al Jazeera, Qantas and Suncorp Group.
Work Highlights
- MinterEllison has, on a pro bono basis, assisted with comparative research for a series of reports being prepared by The International Bar Association Human Rights Institute on media freedom.
- MinterEllison advised the State of Victoria on the technology contracting considerations for its project to modernise a number of VicRoads services.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"The team is incredibly responsive and turnaround times are always prompt."
"Their approach is professional, comprehensive and personable."
"A reliable, knowledgeable and strategic group of lawyers."
"They all have a good understanding and have adequate resources to meet our needs. MinterEllison also have depth within the firm to address other legal matters."
"The team is incredibly responsive and turnaround times are always prompt."
"Their approach is professional, comprehensive and personable."
"A reliable, knowledgeable and strategic group of lawyers."
"They all have a good understanding and have adequate resources to meet our needs. MinterEllison also have depth within the firm to address other legal matters."
Notable Practitioners
Peter Bartlett has practised in the media space for over 35 years, winning a reputation as a pre-eminent litigator of defamation cases and trusted adviser on the full range of publication risks facing both print and broadcast media. He is based in Melbourne.
"Peter has very good industry knowledge and is really good at taking on big-picture issues."
Paul Kallenbach spearheads the MinterEllison cybersecurity offering from the Melbourne office, advising on issues in that sphere and on a wide range of often complex technology procurement and implementation projects.
"Paul has got a really well-rounded area of expertise. He is easy to work with and helps to resolve issues."
David Poulton specialises in the handling of contentious media matters and is an experienced litigator of defamation and contempt cases. Based in Melbourne, he also advises extensively on pre-publication issues in both the print and online media sectors.
Dean Levitan has risen to prominence for his role in proceedings brought by decorated war veteran Ben Roberts-Smith in Australia's 'defamation trial of the century'.
"Dean Levitan is excellent, and also really strategic and commercial."