Technology + Digital

Corporations need to change and innovate quickly and aggressively to stay competitive in today’s environment.  Major disruptors are changing the rules of the game on a daily basis.  Traditional customer models are being dis-intermediated, and core businesses are coming under threat.  “Change and innovation” is the new steady state – and the speed of change is critical to a corporation’s competitiveness.

    Our Approach

    Gilbert + Tobin’s technology and digital team works closely with our clients to maximise the opportunities of digital transformation, and enable them to become agile, intelligent, digital businesses.

    Our technology lawyers are passionate Technology + Digital specialists, and we have built a leading reputation across multiple industries. For more than a decade we have been ranked in the top tier of The Legal 500 Asia Pacific and Chambers Asia Pacific.

    Our reputation for digital legal services is built around our ability to execute with innovation, excellence, agility and deep industry knowledge.  We don’t just deliver on the status quo – we work closely with our clients to identify how things need to work differently:

    • Driven by cloud, mobility, the Internet of Things, robotic process automation, data analytics and design thinking.
    • Leading the development of new strategies, new commercial models, new approaches to procurement, new approaches to governance, and new approaches to contractual and compliance frameworks.

    Our technology lawyers focus on the big picture – not just the legal issues, but also the strategic and commercial issues, the business requirements, and how to execute in a fast and agile manner.  We have deep expertise in regulatory and compliance – including privacy and security requirements, and industry-specific regulations – this is a critical factor in our ability to develop integrated corporate frameworks that address these challenges in new cloud-based environments.

    Our technology lawyers also focus on technology and digital and our wealth of experience enables us to deliver significant value to our clients – putting them in the best position to maximise the opportunities of innovation and digital transformation, and making it happen in a fast and agile manner.

    Ranked Band 1 for IT & Telecommunications

    Chambers 2022 says: The team is comprised of “outstanding practitioners in the IT and telecommunications spheres, with a wealth of transactional and regulatory experience on market-leading deals for key domestic and multinational industry clients across multiple industries in the public and private sectors. Notably active in the procurement of global IT solutions and SaaS outsourcing mandates and prominent in the emerging technologies market, particularly in the areas of cybersecurity and data protection.

    CHAMBERS & PARTNERS ASIA-PACIFIC

    Ranked Tier 1 for IT and Telecommunications

    Legal 500 2022 says: “The G+T Technology and Digital Team is great because of its stand out work and capability but also the size of its team. This means that when significant matters that compete with others come in, G+T has the most bandwidth to very quickly respond and stand up a team whilst also taking care of other matters for me and my team that they work on, without any drop-in service.”

    LEGAL 500 ASIA PACIFIC

    Ranked Tier 1 for Data Protection

    Legal 500 2022 says: “G+T’s Technology and Digital team has deep experience in all aspects of information technology (including data protection, systems integration, cloud and platforms and complex commercial contracts). The team’s advice is commercial and practical as they take the time to understand our business as if they were part of our team.

    LEGAL 500 ASIA PACIFIC