TMT: Telecommunications | Asia-Pacific

Peter Waters retains his reputation as one of the leading experts across the full range of telecommunications issues, not only in Australia but also internationally. He continues to contribute the insights acquired in his many years' experience in the area to key practice mandates. He is based in Sydney.

James North is based in Sydney and, in addition to well-known work on behalf of leading Australian telecoms carriers, is active on transactional and contentious mandates across the IT and telecoms spectrum.

Martyn Taylor is based in Sydney and is regularly identified as one of Australia's most accomplished telecommunications lawyers, operating across the full transactional, advisory and contentious spectrum. He is particularly well regarded in the market for his regulatory expertise.

Gavin Smith is based in Sydney and advises on both IT and telecommunications-related issues, being particularly well known for his expertise in the digital acceleration field where these often intersect.

Thomas Jones is a highly experienced, Sydney-based handler of telecommunications sector mandates, advising service providers on numerous aspects of the development of new projects. He is particularly well known for his mastery of regulatory issues.

Bruce Lloyd is both an experienced competition lawyer and head of the TMT group at Clayton Utz. He is respected for his advice to major telecommunications clients.

Damien Bailey of King & Spalding offers telecommunications sector expertise which covers not only the Australian market, but also those of Asia and the Middle East. His experience of advising on major transactional and contractual mandates stretches back more than 20 years and embraces work for both public and private sector clients. He is based in Sydney.

Mark Feetham is well known for his work in the telecommunications space, where he advises on a wide range of contractual, regulatory and competition-related matters, including the rollout of 5G technology, large-scale customer agreements and privacy issues.

Shane Barber advises prominently on telecommunications issues, acting for some of Australia's leading service providers in that sphere and offering especially well-honed expertise where cross-border mandates or the regulatory aspects of network rollout projects are concerned. He is based in Sydney.