About Bridie
Bridie works on both transactional and litigious matters, advising clients from the private, public and not for profit sectors on a range of matters.
Bridie works extensively for State Government departments and agencies providing advice on the application of various legislation, procurement and prosecutions.
Bridie’s areas of practice include:
- contract and procurement
- IT
- privacy
- general commercial
Experience
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Technology, Cyber and Privacy
- Advising public sector organisations on dealing with privacy and data breaches and responding to investigations by the Office of the Victorian Information Commissioner.
- Advising private sector clients on prviacy obligations under the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) and reporting notifiable data breaches to the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner.
- Advising public sector clients on telecommunications, IT services, and general services agreements.
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Commercial Advice
- Drafting template agreements for public and private sector clients, including goods and services agreements, confidentiality deeds, and information sharing agreements.
- Undertaking contract due diligence of private and publicly funded entities for the purposes of assessing their obligations for proposed sales or winding up of the entities.
- Undertaking legislative compliance reviews of private and public entities for the purpose of assessing the entities’ obligations under legislation.
- Advising various private and public sector clients on intellectual property ownership and disputes.
- Setting up corporate entities, discretionary trusts and Self-Managed Superannuation Funds for private clients and professional service firms.
- Drafting services agreements for a range of public and private sector clients.
- Drafting amendments to company constitutions to reflect appropriate corporate governance.
- Drafting agency agreements for property developer clients
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Energy
- Advising a large consumer interest group on the potential opportunities for consumer engagement in the limited merits review of pricing decisions in the gas and electricity markets.
- Advising a large consumer interest group on the implications of pricing decisions of the Australian Energy Regulator.
- Advising a council client on various issues involved in connecting an embedded generator to the electricity grid.
- Advising a property developer client on embedded network contribution payments from electricity retailers.
- Advising a client on the contractual arrangements associated with the Melbourne Renewable Energy Project
Partner
Melbourne