Alec Christie

Partner, Head of Privacy Risk and Digital Law

Alec is a recognised leader in digital, privacy, critical infrastructure and information law. Alec's deep understanding of privacy law allows him to create comprehensive risk solutions, especially in relation to tech innovations, digital transformation, financial services IT regulation and multi-jurisdiction projects. His practical and agile solutions focused approach, especially in a time of rapid tech and regulatory change, together with his extensive experience makes him a highly sought after trusted resource. Alec assists clients across the public, private and not for profit sectors in Australia and the region to implement their digital transformations, minimise their risks and resolve their problems.

Alec and his team support clients across industries, government, and non-profits with digital, privacy, critical infrastructure, and information law matters. They offer solutions including data governance, risk frameworks, privacy gap analyses, and implementation of privacy information management systems. Renowned for their expertise in emerging technologies—such as AI, blockchain, big data, facial recognition, AR/VR, tokenization, cryptocurrency, and cloud—they advise on complex regulatory, cyber, and privacy issues in highly regulated sectors. Alec also contributed to the global privacy standard ISO/IEC 27701 and its adoption in Australia as AS 27701.