Information Technology and e-Business

DLA Phillips Fox lawyers have been involved in large IT implementation projects and have significant experience helping both the private and public sectors develop and seize opportunities from the latest technologies.

We deliver:

• Industry advice – our lawyers understand what developments are driving the IT and e-business sectors and can help your organisation avoid, pre-empt and manage the legal risks involved.
• Proven experience – DLA Phillips Fox has advised federal and state governments and agencies, and public and private companies on large IT acquisitions, both hardware and software, GITCs, electronic ticketing including uploading of electronic funds to Smartcards, outsourcing of online booking and billing systems, call centres, and CRM and e-Learning education systems.
• Broad expertise – our team can offer you advice on a wide range of functions from commissioning a website to dealing with multi-jurisdictional legislative and regulatory issues. 

We advise about:

• Large scale IT acquisition and implementation.
• System integration.
• Software development.
• Maintenance and upgrades.
• Hardware.
• Database and database migration.
• Government Information Technology Conditions (GITCs).
• Evolutionary acquisition.
• Web development and maintenance.
• Website terms and conditions.
• Internet-enabled commercial transactions.
• Electronic games including licensing.
• e-Business.
• Application outsourcing. 
• Business process outsourcing.
• Infrastructure outsourcing.
• IT tenders, contracts and due diligence.
• IT governance and compliance.
• Risk management.
• Privacy.