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About

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Our TMT team has a strong focus on technology, privacy, and innovation, with a multi-disciplinary practice at the intersection of commercial law, data protection, and consumer regulation. We act for a wide range of clients across sectors including IT, healthtech, fintech, and other emerging technology industries.

We regularly advise developers, suppliers, and purchasers of technology hardware, software, infrastructure, and digital services. Our work covers licensing, development, commercialisation, procurement, outsourcing, and “as a service” offerings.

Our Innovation and Technology practice combines the commercial, regulatory, and transactional expertise of Dentons' specialist lawyers across privacy, IP, public law, M&A, disputes, and competition. This integrated approach enables us to support clients on complex, high-value technology projects and digital transformation initiatives.

We have significant expertise in data privacy, cybersecurity, and compliance. Our team helps clients navigate New Zealand’s Privacy Act 2020 and other data protection laws to ensure that data handling practices support business objectives, protect customer trust, and minimise legal and reputational risk.

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Technology, Media, Telecoms (TMT) - New Zealand

3
Band 3

What the Team is Known For

Dentons is noted for its specialist expertise, which includes advising on public and private sector procurement, as well as data protection and e-commerce matters. It also acts for major IT companies and startups on corporate mandates such as capital raisings. The law firm boasts capabilities in cloud contracting and software licencing. The team is knowledgeable on privacy laws and advises on the compliance aspects of new projects and technologies. It retains an impressive client roster of mobile app companies, banks and multinational internet service providers. The firm has notable expertise in cross-border work, advising clients looking to expand their technology operations in New Zealand as well as domestic companies operating abroad.

Work Highlights

  • Dentons advised Altus, a provider of asset and fund intelligence for commercial real estate, on its acquisition of software company Forbury.

Strengths

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Dentons provide technically strong advice and are very responsive.

Technology, Media, Telecoms (TMT) respondent
Asia-Pacific

It is really helpful that the Dentons team are realistic with our commercial colleagues in delivering quality and being pragmatic as to risk.

Technology, Media, Telecoms (TMT) respondent
Asia-Pacific

Notable Practitioners

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Hayley Miller
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Hayley Miller
Head of Technology, Media, Telecoms (TMT)
2
Band 2
Hayley Miller acts across a near-exhaustive range of primarily IT and telecommunications-focused mandates, including transactional, contractual, regulatory and commercialisation matters, and is additionally particularly well versed in privacy and cybersecurity issues.

Hayley Miller is always commercially and technically strong, as well as very client-focused.

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Head of Technology, Media, Telecoms (TMT)
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Members

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Ashleigh Ooi

Campbell Featherstone

Güneş Haksever

Hayley Miller

Hayley Miller

Head of Department