Presenters

Julie Robb, Solicitor and Mediator, The Olive Rooms
Having practised at a major national firm for several years, Julie joined Banki Haddock Fiora from the Arts Law Centre of Australia, where she was Executive Director, in 1998. Julie heads the firm’s dispute resolution group. She is highly regarded for her commercial approach to resolving conflict and her expertise in intellectual property litigation. She is an NMAS accredited mediator and represents foreign and Australian companies and individuals, principally in the Federal Court of Australia and the Supreme Court of New South Wales. Julie is a member of the Litigation Law and Practice Committee of the Law Society of New South Wales. She is a recognised practitioner in the World Trademark Review’s list of 1000 leading trade mark professionals, an IP Star in the Managing Intellectual Property Handbook and was a finalist in Lawyers’ Weekly Intellectual Property – Partners of 2017. Julie also co-ordinates the firm’s pro bono practice.


Alison Jones, Special Counsel, Corrs Chambers Westgarth
Alison is a Special Counsel at Corrs Chambers Westgarth, Australia’s leading independent law firm and practises in IP, competition and consumer law, entertainment law and related areas. Alison has expertise across a broad range of areas, including IP protection and enforcement, commercialisation (including licensing, distribution and sponsorship), advertising collateral, complaints and disputes, industry ethics, competition and consumer law, anti-bribery, anti-counterfeiting, confidential information, cross-border transactions, contract drafting and due diligence. She advises various leading companies on a range of regulatory issues including food law, cosmetics, life sciences and therapeutic goods regulation, trade, customs, administrative action, investigations, product liability and recalls, privacy and data protection. Alison has undertaken various client secondments in global companies at General Counsel level including a US headquartered pharmaceutical and life sciences company, a leading multinational FMCG company and a major global interactive marketing services company.