Licensed to practice law. Australian-qualified law firm partner with over 10 years' experience combined legal and commercial experience at leading law firms, multi-national corporations, inhouse and for government on complex legal matters (5PAE legal practitioner only). Brings outstanding commercial & strategic thinking to legal analysis. Advises at the forefront of innovation in technology, telecommunications, data, privacy, IoT, AI, IP and M&A. Proven record delivering advice on time, in the most effective format and obtaining the trust of C-suite, senior executives, General Counsel, senior partners, peers and junior lawyers. Excellent legal knowledge, skills and client service. Serves as an ED of SAAS start-up, operating in the UK, Europe and Australia.
Specialist expertise: digital transformation; technology procurement (including AI, biometric and behavioural driven tech); business process outsourcing; privacy, data protection, data breaches and international transfer within governance frameworks; corporate governance, risk management and compliance, AML/CTF; digital content distribution across multiple platforms; complex commercial contracting for mobile/fixed line services in regulated environments; regulated third party access to public infrastructure; consumer contracts; intellectual property strategy, protection and commercialisation (copyright to trademarks and patent licensing); social media integration and reputation management; litigation/dispute resolution; coordinating legal advice across multiple jurisdictions; digital business and asset sales/acquisitions/M&A, designing tokenomics and protocols & crypto monetary policies, complex white paper writing, DeFI, ethereum, layer solutions, L0s, L1s, L2s, L3s, dapps, smart contracts (writings of Nick Szabo, Vitalik & Mark Miller), interoperability (or its illusion/multi-sig wallets), NFTs, gaming & the metaverses, crypto fundraising, crypto scams, Investigations and cybercrimes, and crypto regulations.
BA/LLB with honours from a reputable Australian university and Law School. Commenced career at boutique leading litigation firm. Continued as 2IC to the founding partner at a large firm. Several years overseas, including in Europe, in-house and freelancing. Resumed Australian career as a court-appointed mediator and moving to a principal partner role at Square Pegs Legal. Jamie is a Fellow of the World Crypto Council, and has been awarded prizes and awards in negotiation, mediation, advocacy, for her work. Jamie prepared the first-ever program teaching blockchain technology to lawyers (>5,000 lawyers) and ‘Launch Your ICO in a Weekend’ teaching startups how to bootstrap the launch of their crypto and blockchain projects.
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