Julian Courtney-Stubbs

Julian has a focus on advising clients at the front end of corporate and commercial work. He has particular expertise in technology, the digital economy and IP-rich industry sectors, including IT, telecommunications, logistics, media and life sciences.

Julian has been recognised as a world leading data and information technology lawyer by Who’s Who Legal (domestic and international editions) and is recognised by Best LawyersTM since 2022 for his expertise in industry sectors reliant upon telecommunications and the internet.

Julian’s expansive skill set for technology rich vendors includes complex commercial and business as usual transactions, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, private equity and venture capital transactions as well as corporate finance where IP is a critical asset.

He has considerable experience in cross border and domestic contracting, data protection and intellectual property matters. He is experienced in international best practice contracting where risk mitigation is desired.

Expertise:

• Advising a client with respect to data protection compliance from a GDPR, Australian and New Zealand law perspective with respect to an EU platform made available to Australian based client for use by its customer in New Zealand.


• Advising Australian infrastructure as a service client with respect to its hosting of customer data and personal information for use by Swedish, US, Australian, New Zealand and Asia-Pacific based end customers of our client’s US (new York) customer.


• Advising an IT managed services provider on its data protection compliance with respect to various domestic and offshore customers including the offshoring and disclose of data to overseas countries, including compliance with Australian, EU, UK and other relevant jurisdictions and international best practice.


• Advising a hosted applications service provider on its compliance with data protection laws concerning customers based in the EU and the UK, including questions of where data is to be hosted (London and Ireland).


• Drafting and negotiating various data protection agreements and privacy and data collections policies/notices.


• Advising hosted applications service providers on data protection compliance in Hong Kong, Singapore, the UK and the EU and as it may relate to Australia.


• Advising with respect to the export of video data from Australia and New Zealand to the EU in compliance with Australian laws.