Matt leads Lander & Rogers' Digital Economy practice.
Matt has more than 20 years' experience as a lawyer, specialising in technology and communications, digital commerce, intellectual property, privacy/data protection, cyber risk, and contract tendering and procurement.
He provides smart, commercial and pragmatic advice that is tailored to the business needs of his clients, and brings a wealth of experience in how best to manage and mitigate project risk.
Experience
Matt has extensive experience in guiding clients through large-scale outsourcing and managed services initiatives, procurement and implementation of complex technology solutions (including as-a-service offerings), integration of new systems, and bringing new technologies to market. He provides advice on emerging technologies, such as AI and blockchain.
He also provides guidance on the commercialisation and protection of data assets, including the use of big data and analytics, data breach responses, and managing cyber risk.
Matt's clients include leading financial institutions, public sector organisations and blue-chip corporates across a wide range of industry sectors, including government, IT, communications, financial services, energy and transport and infrastructure.
While Matt has spent the majority of his career in Australia, he also practised for a number of years in London with a leading international law firm.
Matt is ranked in TMT: IT & Telecommunications by Chambers Asia-Pacific, where he is noted as a "highly visible and noteworthy practitioner" and is singled out for his expertise in "major ICT procurement and outsourcing mandates" and "data breach and commercialisation issues", as well as "matters with cross-jurisdictional dimensions". He is described as "very commercial...with strong industry knowledge and very good to have on your side in difficult negotiations". He is also ranked for Data Protection in the Legal 500 Asia Pacific, and in Best Lawyers for Commercial Law and Telecommunications Law.
Matt's areas of expertise include:
- technology and digital
- telecommunications
- privacy and data protection
- cyber risk
- intellectual property
- commercial contracting
- emerging technologies
- media
- digital assets
- international.
Career highlights
Matt's career highlights include:
- advising the NSW Land and Housing Corporation in relation to its new maintenance delivery contract model for the maintenance of its social housing portfolio across New South Wales over a 10-year term
- advising Western Parklands City Authority on the procurement and commissioning of large-scale industrial machinery and technology associated with its Advanced Manufacturing Research Facility
- advising one of the world's largest online marketplace operators on its launch, establishment and ongoing operations in the Australian market, including in relation to privacy, marketing, trade promotions, recycling labelling, discount pricing and Australian Consumer Law issues
- advising a leading US multinational IT consultancy on a broad range of projects, including:
- negotiating and advising on master services agreements, involving the provision of large-scale consulting services to customers such as BHP, MLC and RACQ
- advising on matters related to its acquisition of a leading data, analytics, AI and digital services consultancy, and its integration into the multinational group; and
- advising on its reseller arrangements with Google
- advising GrapheneX on a broad range of commercialisation initiatives with the CSIRO and a number of leading Australian universities, including GrapheneX’s launch of the Human-centric AI (HAI) Centre with the University of Technology Sydney to drive the creation of human-centric solutions using AI and automation, and its collaboration with the University of Queensland in building the research capacity needed to develop the green hydrogen industry in Queensland
- advising a leading global financial services company on a broad range of projects, including:
- a systems integration project with EY, involving the implementation of a platform to harness group-wide data, financial scenario design, modelling, analysis and group-wide aggregation capabilities
- the streamlining and uplift of a key outsourcing arrangement with Sykes, including developing a new contracting framework and consolidation of work orders to ensure consistency across all engagements
- its standard licensing arrangements in relation to access to, and sharing of data, through APIs; and
- a range of digital banking initiatives, including a proposed new cloud-based business banking digital marketplace
- advising Mastercard on a broad range of projects, including:
- its appointment by Westpac to establish and manage Westpac’s long-term global currency card program over a 10-year term, including its integration across a range of digital distribution channels
- its appointment by Westpac over a seven-year term to provide its card loyalty program which enhances its credit card offering; and
- its commercial arrangements with TfNSW to develop a digital transit card designed for use on the TfNSW ticketing system and available within a mobile wallet
- advising the Department of Regional NSW (and subsequently the Department of Regional NSW) in relation to the "Gig State" project, which involved the build and roll-out of infrastructure to deliver metro-equivalent telecommunications coverage and pricing throughout regional NSW
- advising Southwest Research Institute on its contractual arrangements for the supply and installation of communications systems on warships owned by the Commonwealth Department of Defence, including complex multi-party liability issues
- advising a leading Australian Bank on a broad range of projects, including:
- the design, development and roll-out of a revolutionary new point of sale (POS) payment solution, comprising a secure merchant tablet and open platform for the deployment of software apps
- building methodologies and risk frameworks, and undertaking Privacy Impact Assessments (PIAs) on all "big data" projects occurring across the Bank Group; and
- the replacement and upgrade of its entire ATM network across Australia and New Zealand
- advising Commonwealth Government's export finance agency, Export Finance and Insurance Corporation, on a large-scale multi-vendor procurement project involving the development of a loans origination system which integrates with a credit reporting body to deliver automated, customised credit reports
- advising HUB24 and its subsidiary, Agility Applications, in the provision of a software-as-a-service solution to fintech, Creativemass
- advising Police Bank on a large program of work to ensure privacy and security compliance, including: revising all of the Bank’s internal and external-facing privacy policies and framework, developing a cyber incident toolkit for the identification and management of cyber breaches, updating the Bank’s crisis management plan, and developing a bespoke data breach response plan
- advising National Australia Bank Group on the technology, IP and data protection aspects of its £1 billion disposal of its Northern Bank and National Irish Bank (to the Danske Bank Group)
- advising the Metronet Rail consortium in connection with the outsourcing of infrastructure support and service management services in respect of the London Underground.