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Digital Transformation 2025 Legal Trends Benchmarking Survey

• 14 July 2025 • 2 min read

With productivity being front of mind for all Australian businesses, technology transformation is key to enhancing efficiency, reducing costs and improving service delivery, as well as assisting organisations to mitigate the impacts of global economic uncertainty. Embracing digital transformation helps to ensure long-term growth, economic stability, and the ability to meet future challenges effectively.

The legal industry plays a crucial role in ensuring that digital transformation projects comply with laws and regulations and guard against risks. With the rapid rise of AI, alongside significant changes to the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) and the introduction of the Cyber Security Act 2024 (Cth), it is clear that we are facing a truly fascinating and complex time in the technology legal landscape.

Maddocks’ Digital Transformation 2025 Legal Trends Benchmarking Survey identifies key themes that organisations are facing with digital transformation projects. Our insights reveal the prioritisation of cyber security in technology projects, and the rise in adoption of AI. The report also uncovers the concerns organisations face in the rise of technology disputes and the challenges they contend with in relation to technology contracts and compliance. Our expert partners and lawyers have considered the findings from the survey and the evolving landscape and make recommendations in the report to help organisations navigate the key challenges.

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Digital Transformation 2025 Legal Trends Benchmarking Survey Authors

  • " Cyber security spend has become a top priority for both technology and legal teams as the increased risk of threats and recent legislative changes make it apparent that privacy and cyber security is no longer just a problem for IT departments. "

    Brendan Tomlinson
    Partner & Technology Sector Lead

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Sonia Sharma

Sonia has wide ranging experience advising on technology, cyber, telecommunication and general commercial matters, specialising in cyber and data resilience advice.

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Brendan Tomlinson

Brendan advises on a wide range of IT transactions and supports clients with IP protection, commercialisation, privacy and cyber security.

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Shaun Temby

Shaun has over two decades of expertise in commercial disputes, competition, and consumer law and provides strategic legal solutions to franchising and consumer markets clients.

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Robert Gregory

Rob is an experienced commercial lawyer who advises Australian and international public, private and for‑purpose clients across education, technology, media, telecommunications and consumer law.

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