Exceptional contract drafting requires identifying where risk sits, who carries it and how disputes can be avoided before they arise. Throughout this Contracts Masterclass you will move beyond standard drafting approaches and tackle the contract issues now creating real exposure for you including AI risk, unfair contract terms, overlooked boilerplate and IP protection. Gain practical strategies to draft with greater confidence, allocate risk more effectively and better protect your clients in increasingly complex commercial arrangements.

Presenters

Dr Oren Bigos KC, List A Barristers
Oren took silk in 2019 and has extensive experience in corporations, insolvency, regulatory proceedings, class actions, equity and trusts, property, banking and finance and trade practices / consumer protection. He regularly appears for a wide range of private and government clients in proceedings in superior courts, both at first instance and appellate level. Oren won the Supreme Court Prize at Monash University, and completed BCL, MPhil, and DPhil degrees at Oxford University. He is listed in Best Lawyers, Chambers & Partners, Doyle’s Guide, and Who’s Who legal.


Caitlin Whale, Partner, Baker McKenzie
Caitlin Whale is a Partner in the IPTech team at Baker McKenzie. She advises on technology, data issues, cybersecurity, privacy, procurement and telecommunications issues. Her practice focusses on complex commercial transactions, particularly those which involve technology, data or cybersecurity issues. Caitlin has practised as a technology and intellectual property lawyer in both Sydney and London for over 17 years.

Nicole Murdoch, Founding Principal and Director, EAGLEGATE Lawyers
Nicole Murdoch is the Founder of EAGLEGATE, a law firm specialising in corporate law, litigation, intellectual property, technology law, and cybercrime. She advises businesses, founders, and investors on complex cross-border legal issues, with a particular focus on the protection, commercialisation, and enforcement of intellectual property in international markets. Nicole has extensive experience assisting clients with international IP strategy, cross-border transactions, and IP due diligence in global commercial deals. Her work frequently involves advising on the legal and practical risks associated with operating across multiple jurisdictions, including licensing, acquisitions of IP assets, and protecting technology and brands internationally. At this LegalWise seminar, Nicole will discuss the realities of international business and intellectual property law, including practical guidance on conducting due diligence in international IP transactions, managing jurisdictional risks, and lessons learned from real-world matters and “war stories” from cross-border disputes and transactions. Her approach focuses on practical strategies that businesses and advisers can use to protect and leverage intellectual property globally.


William Khong, Partner, Holding Redlich
William Khong is a Partner at Holding Redlich. He was admitted as a solicitor in Malaysia where he gained experience in intellectual property (from registration and commercialisation to enforcement) and commercial litigation. He has subsequently, while practising in Australia, gained further experience in commercial and taxation law matters. William has particular experience in advising in relation to business structuring or restructuring, mergers and acquisitions, public and private capital raisings, corporate affairs including capital reductions, share buy-backs, financial assistance, corporate governance and related party transactions, and matters relating to the law of trusts, personal property securities, stamp duty and carbon tax. William has worked with a wide range of clients including small businesses, substantial private companies and listed companies.


Angus Macinnis, Director of Dispute Resolution, StevensVuaran Lawyers
Angus Macinnis is Director of Dispute Resolution at StevensVuaran Lawyers, a boutique commercial law firm in Sydney. Alongside his commercial dispute resolution practice, he has taught international sale of goods law at the University of Technology, Sydney, The University of Notre Dame Australia, and presently in the Thomas More Law School at the Australian Catholic University, where he holds the role of Legal Professional Mentor. He has also been invited to present lectures on the CISG for the international law practice course conducted by the International Law Section of the Law Council of Australia and is a former co-chair of the Section’s International Trade and Business Law Committee.

Mitchell Waters, Barrister, Lonsdale Chambers
Mitch has over ten years’ experience in civil litigation, with expertise in commercial disputes and insolvency. He commenced his career as Associate to the Honourable Justice Ferguson (as her Honour then was) in the Corporations List of the Supreme Court of Victoria. Mitch subsequently practised as a solicitor, primarily at Holding Redlich, where he was appointed a Senior Associate. He would advise insolvency practitioners on all aspects of their engagements and manage small teams in complex proceedings in the Victorian and Federal Courts.