PAUL GRAY

PRINCIPAL

BUSINESS LAW

Paul is a corporate and commercial advice specialist who draws from experiences as a business owner, private legal advisor and in-house counsel. Having worked with management teams over many years, Paul is valued for distilling issues down to what is really important and being prepared to make a call based on judgment and experience.

Paul acts for government and private clients and has specialist industry experience in technology and the digital economy, waste and the circular economy, asset maintenance, tendering, and procurement.  Paul also regularly advises large charities and not-for-profits on establishment, growth, and expansion opportunities.

Paul’s key areas of practice include:

  • commercial contracts, transactions, and advice, including government procurement, contract management and competition

  • acting for vendors and procurers of technology;

  • corporate governance, shareholders agreements and directors’ duties

  • corporate transactions and restructures, private capital markets and company corporate matters, including Corporations Act advice;

  • privacy and data protection.

Before working in private practice, Paul spent almost a decade working for Telstra in technology contracting, product development, media and marketing

Paul’s professional commitments include:

  • Chair, Geelong Connected Communities

  • Member of the Australian Charity and Not for Profits Commission (ACNC) Consultation Panel

  • Mentor and Faculty Member, Runway

  • Member of the Law Institute of Victoria

  • Member of the Law Institute of Victoria’s Technology and the Law Committee

  • Member and Committee member, Geelong Business Club

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