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Paul Thevathayan

Associate
About

Paul Thevathayan advises on general commercial contracts and IT law, including franchising, agency and distribution, data protection, e-commerce, cloud computing and cyber security law. Paul has advised corporates and government entities across healthcare, financial services, technology, infrastructure and energy.

Areas of FocusTechnologyHealthcareFinancial ServicesAerospace and DefenseConsumer Goods, Food and Retail

EXPERIENCE

  • Advising an US multinational fashion house on its KSA franchising arrangements.
  • Advising a Korean industrial manfacturing company on its commercial agency arrangements in KSA.
  • Advising a human resourcing multinational on data breach notification obligations under KSA data protection and cybersecurity laws.
  • Advising a Brazillian multinational cosmetics company on its distribution arrangements with a KSA business partner.
  • Advising a UAE-based airline on a major ICT outsourcing arrangement.
  • Advising an Australian government entity on funding agreements and corporate governance arrangements in relation to a $400m Australian government grant program in the education sector.*
  • Advising an Australian government entity in relation to a memorandum of understanding between the Australian Government and a foreign state-owned entity to jointly co-invest in critical minerals infrastructure.*
  • Advising an Australian government entity on the implementation of an AI tool to conduct supply chain risk mapping and negotiating the terms of a data licence from an offshore financial data broker.*
  • Advising an Australian government entity on key privacy, security and data risks regarding the implementation of a generative AI tool in relation to a proposed $8bn+ government outsourcing arrangement.*
  • Advising a research institution on data protection and data governance aspects of a major health research project.*
Languages
  • English
Education
  • G.Dip Legal Practice, College of Law, 2022
  • BComm, Monash University, 2020
  • LLB, Monash University, 2020

Prior Experience

  • Lawyer, International law firm, 2022-2024
  • Analyst, Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, 2021-2022

Memberships

  • Member of the Law Society of the Australian Capital Territory

Connect

Phone

+ 966 539 838 789
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