TMT: IT & Telecommunications

Johnson Winter Slattery provides dedicated defamation and pre-publication advice to prominent print, online, radio and television clients, including multinational media distributors and publishers. The law firm offers noteworthy experience in judicial challenges and injunctions, and also acts for corporate clients on reputation management and their responses to media attacks. It represents clients in media litigation at all levels of the Australian courts system. On the IT and telecommunications front, the firm offers a comprehensive range of practice area services, acting both for leading international suppliers and customers from a variety of industries. Key areas of expertise and experience include partnering with leading US and European law firms to support the technology and telecoms requirements of businesses from those jurisdictions entering the Australian market, and carrying out due diligence investigations into technology sector M&A transaction targets. Key clients include Volvo, Google and Australian Federal Police.

"JWS generally takes a pragmatic and commercially minded approach in reviewing contracts and providing advice and has developed a good understanding of the commercial drivers for our business teams and their preferred approaches on legal risk."

"In all instances we have found their expertise, commitment, responsiveness and advice to meet and exceed our expectations."

"They have excellent knowledge of current developments within the industry, including our regulatory requirements."

"They are highly proficient, efficient and always polite."

Johnson Winter Slattery acted for Mark43 in proceedings commenced against the NSW police force in connection with the termination of a AUD1.2 billion contract.

Johnson Winter Slattery defended Are Media in responding to a defamation claim by cosmetic surgeons concerning an article published in Marie Claire Australia.

Kevin Lynch is a highly experienced, Sydney-based litigator who acts across a broad range of contentious matters - including defamation, intellectual property and trade practices issues - for high-profile media organisations. "Kevin is professional, experienced and highly knowledgeable in TMT: media. He is also unfailingly calm and polite." "Kevin is a wise practitioner with excellent judgement, who is always a pleasure to work with." "Kevin was absolutely fantastic to deal with. He was great at handling what was a difficult situation for me and helping to get an outcome that I wanted with as little fuss and back-and-forth as possible."