Andrew Hynd

Andrew Hynd is a Partner in the Corporate & Commercial group, with specialist experience in information technology, data and privacy, and procurement and probity.

Andrew has over 20 years’ experience acting for a range of public and private sector organisations on IT projects, especially software as a service, and privacy and data advice. More than three quarters of his work has been acting for government clients at the local, state and federal level. He is highly regarded for the commercial and pragmatic advice he provides, with a specific focus on strategic procurement and the development, negotiation and implementation of complex contracts.

Andrew regularly advises local and international clients on privacy compliance issues, as well as a broad range of issues relating to data – including value capture, management, security and breaches. He also advises clients on software licensing and support contracts, ICT services and cloud computing and offers clients a wealth of expertise and a strong commercial focus on all aspects of ICT projects.

Andrew is very experienced in government ICT contracting, having advised on the development of the Queensland Information Technology Contracting (QITC) Framework in Queensland and the equivalent framework in New South Wales (Procure IT). He also assist clients in the startup ecosystem, providing initial advice on structuring, IP protection, fund raising and funding agreements, NDAs and employment arrangements, regulatory issues and services agreements.