KING & WOOD MALLESONS
Solicitor October 2016 - June 2019
Law Graduate February 2016 - October 2016 | Paralegal November 2015 - January 2016
King & Wood Mallesons is a multinational commercial law firm headquartered in Hong Kong with over 30 offices across Asia, Australia, Europe, the Middle East and North America.
Secondment at Bank of Queensland in IT procurement contracting and general commercial
Settled in the Intellectual Property & Technology team
Rotated through Projects & Real Estate (Native Title) and Banking & Finance teams
GI & SANICKI LAWYERS
Legal Intern
September 2015 (two weeks)
GI & Sanicki Lawyers (now Sanicki Lawyers) is a boutique law firm providing services across a range of practice areas, particularly entertainment, intellectual property, commercial and property. The firm is based in Melbourne, Australia.
Developed the firm's trade marks portfolio management platform
QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
Research Assistant to Dr Nicolas Suzor
July 2015 - August 2015
Dr Nicolas Suzor is a Senior Lecturer in the Law School at QUT and a Chief Investigator of QUT's Digital Media Research Centre, where he leads a research program on the regulation and governance of the internet and social media.
Co-authoring a 2016 academic publication on global trends in intermediary liability for online copyright infringement
NORTH QUARTER LANE CHAMBERS
Barrister's Chambers Assistant
February 2014 - September 2015
North Quarter Lane Chambers is the largest, and one of the leading, sets of commercial chambers in Queensland, at the heart of the Court Precinct in Brisbane, Australia.
Legal research
Proofreading letters of advice and submissions
Arts Law Centre of Australia
Legal Clinic Intern
February - June 2014
Arts Law is a not-for-profit company established in 1983 to provide specialist legal and business advice and referral services, professional development resources and advocacy for artists and arts organisations. Arts Law is based in Sydney, Australia.
Researching and developing an Alternative Dispute Resolution model catered for individuals and organisations in media, communications and arts industries.
PUBLICATIONS
N Suzor, R Choi and K Pappalardo (2016) "Moments of Flux in Intermediary Liability for Copyright Infringement in Australia" in M Perry (ed.) Global Governance of Intellectual Property in the 21st Century.
S Wood, N Suzor and R Choi (2015) "Reality bites: when copyright law and reality cooking meet, only the lawyers win" The Conversation, 12 August 2015.
N Suzor and R Choi (2015) "The Down Under book and film remind us our copyright law’s still unfair for artists" The Conversation, 29 July 2015.