Lyn Nicholson is a General Counsel in the Corporate & Commercial group of Holding Redlich with a broad wealth of corporate and commercial experience. Lyn has significant expertise advising on complex corporate transactions.
Experience
Lyn’s commercial experience has focused on intellectual property and information assets which have involved various technologies and regulatory regimes. Lyn’s experience includes developing and implementing privacy and information security policies and negotiating contracts for the exploitation of information assets. Lyn has significant experience in privacy and spam regulation.
Lyn advises on directors’ duties and a range of practical governance issues for both listed and unlisted companies.
Lyn advises clients on a range of corporate issues including:
Data protection and privacy
data breach planning, investigation and response
responding to regulator investigations and enquiries
policies, procedures and playbooks for common issues
data security advice
GDPR documentation and advice
information governance frameworks.
Mergers and acquisitions
sale of business
restructuring, demergers and spin-offs
documentation for shareholder meetings to obtain approvals for significant transactions
joint ventures.
Corporate governance
advising boards on corporate governance principles and ASX Corporate Governance Council's recommendations
developing corporate governance policies, charters and procedures, and assisting management in practical implementation
auditing existing corporate governance practices and procedures and providing recommendations for improvement
acting as independent expert to assess regulator enforceable undertakings for ASIC and ACCC.
Regulatory compliance
advising and acting in regulatory investigations and complaints by the OAIC, ASIC and ACCC
advising on responses (written and verbal, including appearances before) government enquiries
Privacy Act, Spam Act and GDPR
Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) and ASIC regulatory requirements
ASX Listing Rules
constituent documents.
Company secretarial
acting as secretary and registered office for foreign corporations
preparing board and committee meeting papers, notices and agendas and minutes
drafting notices and explanatory memorandums for shareholder meetings
management of shareholder meetings
preparing ASX announcements and ASIC notifications
liaising with ASIC, ASX and other regulatory bodies.
The NSW Government has invested $88 million on fixed and portable cameras that detect motorists using mobile phones, to be placed at approximately 45 locations across the state by this December. Unlike speed cameras, there will be no warning signs to alert motorists of their locations as they move around the state.
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has released guidance for upcoming changes to the Corporations Act that will require large proprietary and public companies to have whistleblower policies in place by 1 January 2020.
In our last instalment on the IAPP EY 2019 Privacy Governance Report, we look at why enforcement actions don’t catch up with the high number of data breaches.
