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Emily Griffin

Senior Associate

Email

emily.griffin@aoshearman.com

Phone

+612 9373 7749

Offices

Sydney

V-CARD
Emily specialises in technology transactions and regularly advises customer and supplier clients on major digital transformation and outsourcing projects, software licensing and development, use and supply of AI solutions and data sharing arrangements.
Emily also has key experience advising on IP ownership, licensing and commercialisation arrangements, collaborative research partnerships, telecommunications supply arrangements, and on the IP, data and technology, and transition and separation, aspects of M&A transactions.

Experience

Representative matters

  • Commodity trading company on its AUD$200m plus whole of business systems transformation project to consolidate multiple corporate systems into a single SAP-based system.
  • Mark43 Inc., on its dispute with NSW Police over the termination of an AUD$1.2bn contract to replace a core legacy IT system (previous firm experience).
  • The Tasmanian Department of State Growth on its procurement of a state-wide, integrated, common ticketing solution for public transport (previous firm experience).
  • Brookfield on the separation and transition aspects of its sale of certain businesses within LINX Cargo Care Group (previous firm experience).
  • PE client on the IP aspects of its conditional investment in an AI development company (previous firm experience).
  • TPG on a broad range of its telecommunications matters, including supply arrangements with public health services and financial institutions (previous firm experience). 

Pro bono

  • Advising the St Vincent de Paul Society of NSW on a number of technology procurement projects (previous firm experience).
  • Advising Oxfam Australia on its standard IT, IP, privacy and data contracting positions (previous firm experience). 

Qualifications

Admissions

Solicitor, Queensland, Australia, 2018
 
Supreme Court of Queensland, 2018
 

Courts

High Court of Australia, 2019

Academic

Bachelor of Arts (Art History), University of Queensland, 2015 
 
Bachelor of Journalism, University of Queensland, 2015 
 
Bachelor of Laws (Graduate Entry) (First Class Honours), Queensland University of Technology, 2017 
Disclaimer
A&O Shearman was formed on May 1, 2024 by the combination of Shearman & Sterling LLP and Allen & Overy LLP and their respective affiliates (the legacy firms). Any matters referred to above may include matters undertaken by one or more of the legacy firms rather than A&O Shearman.