David is an Australian-qualified senior associate in the Technology, Media and Telecommunications team.
David is an Australian-qualified associate based in London with a corporate and commercial background and specialised Technology, Media and Telecommunications experience in the public and private sectors. David's experience spans software licensing, data sharing and IT outsourcing arrangements through to telecommunications outsourcing and infrastructure procurement projects, digital solutions, and centralised and decentralised fintech products.
David's experience spans the Australian and the South-East Asian markets, and includes advising clients on
- IT outsourcing projects
- managed services outsourcing and related integration and implementation services
- software and other licensing arrangements
- general commercial service and equipment supply and distribution arrangements
- cross-border data sharing, including the offshoring of data from Australia to the EU
- transitional services arrangements
- public IT procurement projects.
Background
David holds Master of Laws and a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Sydney, and a Bachelor of Laws from Western Sydney University. David is admitted as a solicitor to the High Court of Australia and the Supreme Court of New South Wales, Australia.
Experience & expertise
Selected matters
- an Australian telco on the procurement and support of 5G radio access and core network equipment, as well as outsourcing and sharing regional telecoms infrastructure
- a major Australian bank on transitional services arrangements for software and IT infrastructure arising from the divestment of part a business from the banking group
- Australian state government departments on the procurement, integration and support of IT and telehealth equipment
- multinational payment network on the establishment of an e-wallet across South-East Asia
- several cryptocurrency exchanges as to the nature of tokens, asset-backed and crypto-currencies under the financial services laws in Australia.
