David Andrews

Senior Associate (Australia)

London

David is an Australian-qualified senior associate in the Technology, Media and Telecommunications team.

David is an Australian-qualified associate based in London with a corporate and commercial background and specialised Technology, Media and Telecommunications experience in the public and private sectors. David's experience spans software licensing, data sharing and IT outsourcing arrangements through to telecommunications outsourcing and infrastructure procurement projects, digital solutions, and centralised and decentralised fintech products.

David's experience spans the Australian and the South-East Asian markets, and includes advising clients on

IT outsourcing projects
managed services outsourcing and related integration and implementation services
software and other licensing arrangements
general commercial service and equipment supply and distribution arrangements
cross-border data sharing, including the offshoring of data from Australia to the EU
transitional services arrangements
public IT procurement projects.

Background

David holds Master of Laws and a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Sydney, and a Bachelor of Laws from Western Sydney University. David is admitted as a solicitor to the High Court of Australia and the Supreme Court of New South Wales, Australia.

Experience & expertise

Selected matters

an Australian telco on the procurement and support of 5G radio access and core network equipment, as well as outsourcing and sharing regional telecoms infrastructure
a major Australian bank on transitional services arrangements for software and IT infrastructure arising from the divestment of part a business from the banking group
Australian state government departments on the procurement, integration and support of IT and telehealth equipment
multinational payment network on the establishment of an e-wallet across South-East Asia
several cryptocurrency exchanges as to the nature of tokens, asset-backed and crypto-currencies under the financial services laws in Australia.