Sean is a partner in our Corporate and Commercial Team who specialises in the areas of information technology, intellectual property, and telecommunications law. Sean also has broad company and commercial legal experience spanning over 19 years, including experience in the energy and infrastructure sectors too.

Sean has worked for large law firms both in New Zealand and in the UK and has acted for a large range of corporate clients including large multinationals, both in New Zealand and in the UK, assisting them with some of their largest projects. He has also worked in-house for several large UK FTSE 100 companies.

Sean is also a certified and experienced PRINCE2 ('Projects in Controlled Environments') project manager, which enables Sean to better understand project related risks and issues to ensure they are reflected in proposed agreements.

Sean’s skills and experience enable him to act pragmatically, commercially and professionally for his clients in order to successfully conclude their desired commercial arrangements.

Sean has significant experience in:

• Advising clients on a wide range of commercial legal matters, particularly in relation to IT contracts including, software development, licensing and distribution agreements, outsourcing agreements and other agreements relating to the provision of managed IT and telecommunications services or the licensing of intellectual property;
• Advising on regulatory and compliance issues in the IT and telecommunications industries;
• Energy law matters, including electricity and gas supply agreements and lines/connection agreements;
• Drafting and advising on construction contracts as well as infrastructure repair and maintenance agreements;
• Drafting and advising on a wide range of supply and licensing arrangements; and
• Advising and assisting clients with joint ventures and other business structures.