Tim Clark and Andrea Beatty lead the privacy and data protection team at Piper Alderman, from Melbourne and Sydney respectively. With expertise in areas including spam legislation as it applies to marketing activities and workplace surveillance, the team represents clients within Australia and internationally, supported by overseas associates. Notably, it has particular experience assisting clients setting up overseas businesses with understanding foreign data laws, including EU GDPR and the UK’s Data Protection Act. Beatty acts for a range of financial services clients and Clark has extensive intellectual property protection experience.
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Testimonials
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- 'Piper Alderman are responsive, able to shift work across team members based on specific skill sets and areas of expertise, and are willing to understand a company so that they can provide the most appropriate advice.'
- 'Tim Clark and his team were very responsive, delivered on time, and also responded to specific feedback and scenarios in order to tailor the advice.'
- 'Piper Alderman assisted us greatly with a privacy breach situation, providing timely and clear advice, and guiding us through the necessary response steps - providing a holistic solution.'
- 'Collaborative and proactive matter management.'
- 'Working with the practice is always easy and engaging. There's a great team spirit and 'can do' attitude.'
Key clients
- Caesarstone
- Epi-Minder Pty Ltd
- Perx Health
- TotalCyber
- Web3 Security Alliance / A16Z Crypto
Work highlights
- Advised and assisted Web3 Security Alliance/A16Z Crypto on a number of complex legal issues, including financial services regulations, anti-money laundering and sanctions laws, cyber crime and data issues, and the legal status of decentralised autonomous organisations (DAOs).
- Provided advice on the update of Epi-Minder’s privacy policy to reflect its current level of activities, and create a baseline on which the company could build as its activities increased in scale and spread.
- Advised Caesarstone in relation to the Australian law requirements for its Terms of Use document and its Privacy Policy.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Tim Clark, Andrea Beatty