Thomson Geer hires top technology and cyber law team

Thomson Geer has hired top Queensland based technology and cyber lawyer Hayden Delaney and his team of eight, bolstering the firm's national Intellectual Property and Technology team and providing greater depth to the needs of clients.

Hayden and the team will join Thomson Geer in the new year, with Hayden joining as a Partner. He and his team are highly regarded and considered one of Queensland's best technology law practices.

Thomson Geer Chief Executive Partner Adrian Tembel said: "The technology sector is rapidly evolving, with themes around digitisation, artificial intelligence and cyber security of keen interest for clients. With Hayden and his team on board, we will be able to better serve our clients on such critical issues."

Hayden advises on complex technology transactions, privacy, cyber security and data protection, intellectual property strategy and enforcement. He has been recognised in a number of legal directories including Best Lawyers in Australia for IP Law, Information Technology Law and Privacy and Data Security Law; Doyles Guide as a Leading Technology, Media and Telecommunications Lawyer in Brisbane and Queensland; and World Trademark Review's WTR 1000 as one of the world's leading trade mark professionals.

World Trademark Review describes Hayden as: "One of Australia’s leading IP and technology lawyers, whose breadth of skill and experience is top notch"..."He – along with the team he supervises – is responsive, pragmatic, creative and professional; they know their stuff and deliver it in a way that suits their clients.”

The team joining Thomson Geer consists of Hayden, Partner Steven Hunwicks, Special Counsel Briar Francis, Senior Associate Hannah Fas, Associates Sarah Buchanan, Thomas Copley and Monica Nery, Lawyer Jacob Currie and Paralegal Sarah Lucas.

This is the second group Thomson Geer has taken out of HopgoodGanim. In 2022 Thomson Geer strengthened its Perth corporate practice by appointing resources sector specialists Paul Harley and Sarah O'Brien-Smith and their team of eight, including a mining tenement management team.

Paul and Sarah joined as Partners, adding deep resources knowledge to the firm and complementing the extensive transactional experience of Thomson Geer's Perth corporate team.

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