Presenters

Dr Martyn Taylor, Partner, Norton Rose Fulbright
Dr Martyn Taylor is a corporate and commercial Partner in the Sydney office of global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright. He has some 30 years’ experience in competition law. He sits on the board and also heads the telecommunications and media group, and the Australian competition and trade group. He is described as “smart, efficient, friendly”. Martyn’s practice covers transactional, contentious and advisory. He is a well-known TMT, infrastructure, energy, competition and regulatory lawyer. Martyn is recommended by the key legal directories and has been named as one of the ‘top 10’ TMT legal advisors in Asia. Martyn has won numerous prizes and awards, including recently for the $15 billion merger of Vodafone with TPG Telecom (M&A deal of the year 2021). He has attended Harvard University and Oxford University. He has published well over 100 publications, including the award-nominated book 'International Competition Law'. Qualifications: PhD(Law), CME(Harvard), LLM(Law), MFin(Corporate Finance), LLB(Hons), BA(Economics)(Hons), BSc, GAICD.


Sonia Borella, Director, Borella Buchanan Pty Ltd
Sonia Borella is a Media, Entertainment, and Corporate Lawyer with over 20 years of experience in the film and television industry. Since 2016, she has also worked as a Producer and Executive Producer, recently contributing to Gracie Otto’s Seriously Red and serving as principal Consultant on George Miller’s Three Thousand Years of Longing. A former Partner at Holding Redlich, Sonia chaired the firm's national media, entertainment, and technology group and has been actively involved with Ausfilm and Screen Producers Australia. She holds a Bachelor of Laws (Hons) and a Bachelor of Commerce from the Australian National University, a Master of Laws from the University of New South Wales, and has studied film at UCLA.


Dietrich Marquardt, Special Counsel, Norton Rose Fulbrightx
Dietrich Marquardt is a competition/antitrust and regulatory lawyer based in Sydney. He acts for Australian and international corporate clients on all aspects of competition law, including in relation to transactional, contentious and advisory work. He is highly commercial in his approach and has great rapport with clients. Dietrich regularly advises on the regulatory and competition aspects of highly complex, multi-jurisdictional matters, and consistently delivers outcomes that exceed clients' expectations, resulting in achievement of significant strategic and commercial objectives. Dietrich has been recognised as being one of the "Ones to Watch" in the Competition Law space, in the 2023, 2024 and 2025 edition of Best Lawyers in Australia.

Presenters

Dr Martyn Taylor, Partner, Norton Rose Fulbright
Dr Martyn Taylor is a corporate and commercial Partner in the Sydney office of global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright. He has some 30 years’ experience in competition law. He sits on the board and also heads the telecommunications and media group, and the Australian competition and trade group. He is described as “smart, efficient, friendly”. Martyn’s practice covers transactional, contentious and advisory. He is a well-known TMT, infrastructure, energy, competition and regulatory lawyer. Martyn is recommended by the key legal directories and has been named as one of the ‘top 10’ TMT legal advisors in Asia. Martyn has won numerous prizes and awards, including recently for the $15 billion merger of Vodafone with TPG Telecom (M&A deal of the year 2021). He has attended Harvard University and Oxford University. He has published well over 100 publications, including the award-nominated book 'International Competition Law'. Qualifications: PhD(Law), CME(Harvard), LLM(Law), MFin(Corporate Finance), LLB(Hons), BA(Economics)(Hons), BSc, GAICD.


Sonia Borella, Director, Borella Buchanan Pty Ltd
Sonia Borella is a Media, Entertainment, and Corporate Lawyer with over 20 years of experience in the film and television industry. Since 2016, she has also worked as a Producer and Executive Producer, recently contributing to Gracie Otto’s Seriously Red and serving as principal Consultant on George Miller’s Three Thousand Years of Longing. A former Partner at Holding Redlich, Sonia chaired the firm's national media, entertainment, and technology group and has been actively involved with Ausfilm and Screen Producers Australia. She holds a Bachelor of Laws (Hons) and a Bachelor of Commerce from the Australian National University, a Master of Laws from the University of New South Wales, and has studied film at UCLA.


Dietrich Marquardt, Special Counsel, Norton Rose Fulbrightx
Dietrich Marquardt is a competition/antitrust and regulatory lawyer based in Sydney. He acts for Australian and international corporate clients on all aspects of competition law, including in relation to transactional, contentious and advisory work. He is highly commercial in his approach and has great rapport with clients. Dietrich regularly advises on the regulatory and competition aspects of highly complex, multi-jurisdictional matters, and consistently delivers outcomes that exceed clients' expectations, resulting in achievement of significant strategic and commercial objectives. Dietrich has been recognised as being one of the "Ones to Watch" in the Competition Law space, in the 2023, 2024 and 2025 edition of Best Lawyers in Australia.