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MinterEllison

TMT: Information Technology

Asia-Pacific Guide 2026 : Australia

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Technology, digital and data

Technology continues to revolutionise organisational performance. Experts predict that more that 80% of customer interactions will soon be digital. With customers' expectations around streamlined and secure technology increasing rapidly, organisations need to continually evolve and transform their digital offerings.

However, digital transformation can be both costly and risky. On average, 45% of IT projects run over budget, with 56% delivering less value than predicted. And with developments such as voice-led technology, the Internet of Things and artificial intelligence (AI) being built into day-to-day processes, when embracing new opportunities to unlock value, organisations now must deal with increasingly disquieting risks.

Digital transformation needs an informed, proactive approach

Effective planning, risk identification, supplier management, governance and contract management are crucial in ensuring that organisations' digital transformation projects are sustainable and impactful. Each step of a digital transformation – whether via acquisition, development, using a new supplier or through organic business growth – needs to be considered through a lens of both business value and risk mitigation. Safe, ethical data management, including introducing appropriate and robust data management and cyber security measures, is key.

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What the Team is Known For

MinterEllison maintains a leading defamation and pre-publication practice offering support to media companies on content and complaints matters. It also provides media broadcasting and cross-media ownership regulatory advice, as well as significant media-related transactional expertise. The practice offers comprehensive understanding of privacy, liability and risk management issues as they apply to online content in addition to freedom of information, privacy and breach of confidence complaints. MinterEllison is also noted for prominent transactional and infrastructure development work on behalf of telecommunications companies and for advising a broad range of clients from state and national government departments to major financial service players on transformative IT and telecoms procurement and outsourcing projects. It maintains a noteworthy track record of advising international clients on Australian and overseas technology mandates, and is further acknowledged for its work in the cybersecurity and data privacy space.

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Work Highlights

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  • MinterEllison advised Optus on its major Multi-Operator Core Network arrangement with TPG Telecom.

  • MinterEllison represented John Pesutto in a defamation matter commenced by a fellow member of Parliament, Moira Deeming.

Strengths

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  • All team members at all levels make a meaningful and demonstrable contribution to providing a high-quality service and delivering successful outcomes.

    TMT: Information Technology respondentAsia-Pacific

  • It's a given that the team is able to provide top-class contract drafting and negotiation support. However, the Minters' TMT team is also super-responsive, flexible, personable and good to deal with.

    TMT: Information Technology respondentAsia-Pacific

Notable Practitioners

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  • Paul Kallenbach
    Paul Kallenbach

    Paul Kallenbach

    Paul Kallenbach spearheads the MinterEllison cybersecurity offering from the Melbourne office, advising on issues in that sphere and on a wide range of often complex technology procurement and implementation projects.

    • Paul is very commercially astute and driven. He is able to see and ascertain what the client really wants and how to best achieve that. As a result, he's very trustworthy and pleasant to deal with.

      TMT: Information Technology respondentAsia-Pacific

    • Paul is a standout IT and Data Protection Lawyer. Few others are able to match the high-quality, clear, understandable and highly solutions-focused legal advice he provides.

      TMT: Information Technology respondentAsia-Pacific
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  • Dean Levitan
    Dean Levitan

    Dean Levitan

    Dean Levitan, based in Melbourne, acts for a broad range of clients on disputes involving defamation, privacy and broader reputational issues within the media and communications landscape.

    • He’s incredibly talented and a producer of quality work, I'd have him on my team in a heartbeat. On top of that, he’s a terribly nice person too.

      TMT: Information Technology respondentAsia-Pacific

    • An expert in his field and a safe pair of hands for any complex or sensitive litigation.

      TMT: Information Technology respondentAsia-Pacific
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