My professional goal is to assist Australia's media and entertainment industries to be innovative, dynamic and successful. An experienced media, entertainment and corporate lawyer who heads the media, entertainment and communications practice of national law firm, Holding Redlich and is also the managing partner of the firm's Sydney office. A career working in and for the media and entertainment industries, including in the 1980's as the in-house corporate legal counsel of David Syme & Co Limited, publisher of "The Age" newspaper in Melbourne, and as a senior executive of the video, post-production and facilities company, AAV Australia Pty Ltd. Partner of Holding Redlich in Melbourne since 1990 who established the firm's Sydney office in 1994. Currently holds, and has held, a number of public and private sector board appointments, predominantly related to the media and entertainment industries and is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. Specialties: Media law, entertainment law, communications law, advertising law, corporate law, competition law, sports law, regulatory.