LLB, BTech
Corporate & Commercial Law, Government, Technology, Media & Telecommunications, Procurement
Andrew Hynd is a Partner in the Corporate & Commercial group, with specialist experience in information technology, innovation and procurement.
Andrew has over 20 years’ experience acting for a range of public and private sector organisations on IT projects, especially software licensing, implementation and support, cloud services and privacy and data advice. More than three quarters of his work has been acting for government clients at the local, state and federal level. He is highly regarded for the commercial and pragmatic advice he provides, with a specific focus on strategic procurement and the development, negotiation and implementation of complex contracts.
Andrew regularly advises local and international clients on privacy compliance issues, as well as a broad range of issues relating to data – including value capture, management, security and breaches. He also advises clients on software licensing and support contracts, ICT services and cloud computing and offers clients a wealth of expertise and a strong commercial focus on all aspects of ICT projects.
Andrew is very experienced in government ICT contracting, having advised on the development of the Queensland Information Technology Contracting (QITC) Framework in Queensland and the equivalent framework in New South Wales (Procure IT).
Andrew also assists clients in the startup ecosystem, providing initial advice on structuring, IP protection, fund raising and funding agreements, NDAs and employment arrangements, regulatory issues and services agreements.
He is part of the Holding Redlich team that was appointed to the Government’s procurement and probity panel, and is co-presenter of Holding Redlich’s procurement seminar series. Andrew is an experienced presenter, having delivered training to Queensland Health, the Department of Education and the Department of Housing and Public Works and others on various topics, including QITC, privacy (including seminars in Logan, Ipswich, Toowoomba and Townsville), drones and blockchain. He has also presented on legal issues in IT as a guest lecturer to the UQ MBA course, and is co-author of the Australian chapter on Public Procurement in the International Comparative Legal Guide 2019.
Andrew is a member of the Local Government Association of Queensland’s Data Ethics Panel, is recognised in the 2019 to 2022 editions of Doyles’ Guide as a recommended Technology, Media & Telecommunications lawyer in Queensland and has also been listed in the Best Lawyers in Australia 2020 to 2023 editions for the area of Information Technology Law, including Lawyer of the Year 2023 for ICT Law in Brisbane.
Andrew’s experience includes the following: