HOLDING REDLICH - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Partner - Brisbane
- Partner in the Corporate & Commercial
Andrew Hynd is a Partner in the Corporate & Commercial group, with specialist experience in information technology, data and privacy, and procurement and probity.
Andrew has over 20 years' experience acting for a range of public and private sector organisations on IT projects, especially software as a service, and privacy and data advice. More than three quarters of his work has been acting for government clients at the local, state and federal level. He is highly regarded for the commercial and pragmatic advice he provides, with a specific focus on strategic procurement and the development, negotiation and implementation of complex contracts.
Andrew regularly advises local and international clients on privacy compliance issues, as well as a broad range of issues relating to data - including value capture, management, security and breaches. He also advises clients on software licensing and support contracts, ICT services and cloud computing and offers clients a wealth of expertise and a strong commercial focus on all aspects of ICT projects.
Andrew is very experienced in government ICT contracting, having advised on the development of the Queensland Information Technology Contracting (QITC) Framework in Queensland and the equivalent framework in New South Wales (Procure IT).
Andrew also assists clients in the start-up ecosystem, providing initial advice on structuring, IP protection, fund raising and funding agreements, NDAs and employment arrangements, regulatory issues and services agreements.
He is part of the Holding Redlich team that was appointed to the Government's procurement and probity panel, and is co-presenter of Holding Redlich's procurement seminar series. Andrew is an experienced presenter, having delivered training to Queensland Health, the Department of Education and the Department of Housing and Public Works and others on various topics, including QITC, privacy (including seminars in Logan, Ipswich, Toowoomba and Townsville), drones and blockchain. He has also presented on legal issues in IT as a guest lecturer to the UQ MBA course, and is co-author of the Australian chapter on Public Procurement in the International Comparative Legal Guide 2019, and author of the Australian chapter on Cybersecurity for the GDR Insights Handbook 2023.
Andrew is recognised in the 2019 to 2022 editions of Doyle's Guide as a recommended Technology, Media & Telecommunications lawyer in Queensland and in the 2023 edition Doyle's Guide as a leading Technology, Media & Telecommunications lawyer in Queensland. He has also been listed in the Best Lawyers in Australia 2020 to 2024 editions for the area of Information Technology Law, including Lawyer of the Year 2023 for ICT Law in Brisbane.
Experience
Andrew's experience includes the following:
Job Titles:
- Director of the Australian Industry Development Corporation
Job Titles:
- Special Counsel - Brisbane
Areas of Expertise
Administrative Law, Dispute Resolution & Litigation, Competition & Consumer Law, Regulatory, Technology, Media & Telecommunications, Government, White Collar Crime & Regulatory Investigations, Corporate Restructuring & Insolvency
Job Titles:
- Special Counsel - Sydney
- Special Counsel in the NSW Dispute Resolution & Litigation Team
Areas of Expertise
Administrative Law, Dispute Resolution & Litigation, Royal Commissions & Commissions of Inquiry, Government, Regulatory, White Collar Crime & Regulatory Investigations, Data & Privacy
Helen is a Special Counsel in the NSW Dispute Resolution & Litigation team at Holding Redlich. Helen has more than 15 years' experience acting for government clients in the law enforcement, white-collar crime, health, primary industries, education, financial and entertainment sectors. She has also acted for non-government clients in regulatory investigations and enforcement proceedings, including civil penalty matters.
Job Titles:
- Managing Partner / Victoria
Job Titles:
- Officer in the General Division of the Order of Australia
- Partner and Chair - Sydney
Ian joined Holding Redlich in Melbourne as a lawyer in 1989 and was appointed as a partner in 1990. In 1994 he relocated to Sydney to establish the firm's Sydney office and he was the Managing Partner of the Sydney office until 30 June 2015. He was National Managing Partner from 1 July 2015 until 30 June 2023, and he has been the Chair of Holding Redlich since 1 July 2023.
Job Titles:
- Senior Partner / Melbourne
When Peter Redlich founded Holding Redlich, he began with a vision - to make high quality legal services available to all members of our community, from government and the biggest corporation to the humblest worker. His vision was rooted in his utter conviction that social justice is a precondition to a good and civilised society and that lawyers bear much of the responsibility for making our society fair. Peter worked tirelessly for nearly 40 years to bring his vision to life. Peter was always full of ideas in pursuit of his vision. He often said that "chance is worth a thousand plans" and many of his ideas came from chance meetings or Peter seeing an opportunity before anyone else. Although Peter was dedicated to the firm, he was a man of many other parts. As President and past-President of the Victorian branch of the ALP he was influential in both State and Federal politics. He was a mentor and informal adviser to a number of politicians, both those who had achieved senior positions and those starting out on their careers. Peter also had a strong and enduring relationship with the union movement, particularly with ACTU Secretaries Bob Hawke and Bill Kelty and ACTU President Simon Crean. Many union officials still speak admiringly of Peter's passionate and no-holds barred advocacy of their members' claims. Peter also had time to be, at various times, Chair of the Victorian Arts Centre, the TAB and Film Victoria, a director of the Australian Industry Development Corporation and Telstra and a member of the Monash University Council. He was made an AO for his services to the law, politics and the community - an appointment of which he rightfully was very proud. Peter's death left a big hole. But the firm he created, and the values he has instilled in everyone he worked with continue as a living and lasting monument to his rich life and determination to help build a better and fairer society.
Job Titles:
- Managing Partner - Brisbane
- Managing Partner / Queensland
Job Titles:
- Managing Partner
- Managing Partner - Sydney
Stephen Trew has been named for a number of years in various guides. He has been listed in The Best Lawyers in Australia guide as a leading lawyer for Labour and Employment Law since 2017. Stephen is also listed in the latest Who's Who Legal: Australia directory for Labour, Employment & Benefits.
Job Titles:
- Senior Associate
- Senior Associate - Melbourne
Tess is a senior associate in our Planning, Environment and Sustainability group who specialises in planning, development and environmental law, compulsory acquisition, planning litigation and property matters.
Job Titles:
- National Managing Partner / Brisbane
Vanya is the head of Holding Redlich's off the plan sales team and has successfully managed a number of high volume sales launches (both on site and off site) and settlements.