Cameron Abbott

Background

About Cameron Abbott

I lead the Australian team of technology and communications lawyers at K&L Gates and the co-lead of the global K&L Gates Outsourcing group. I regularly partner with clients in the technology industry to ensure market leading solutions are implemented in to their businesses. I am an expert at managing and negotiating complex technology solutions, which regularly span multiple jurisdictions. I am very familiar with working on transactions to and from Asia especially India. I advise on a range of e-commerce, privacy and software procurement issues including licensing terms for Allego, Microsoft, SAP and Oracle as well as major system integration and outsourcing transactions. Our particular experience in the ERP space means regular engagements to remediate troubled projects. Specialties: I specialise in assisting corporations and vendors in managing their technology requirements and contracts. Examples include advising clients on- outsourcing needs - business process outsourcing (BPO) transactions - information technology procurement including SAP and Oracle licence terms- broadcast rights agreements and the issues around convergence - cloud agreements, data security issues and privacy law - Agile contracting methodologies - Privacy - all aspects of compliance and breach management