Andrew Taylor

Senior Lawyer

Andrew has over 20 years’ experience as a lawyer.
He specialises in business and technology law, intellectual property law, corporate advisory and regulatory advice. He specifically enjoys complex contract drafting, business structuring and restructuring, mergers and acquisitions and IP commercialisation.

Andrew’s experience includes:

  • Business and Technology Law

  • Intellectual Property Law

  • Corporate Advisory

  • Regulatory Advice

  • Business Structuring and Restructuring

  • Mergers and Acquisitions

  • IP Commercialisation

CREDENTIALS

Education

  • Bachelor of Laws, Commercial/Corporate Law, The University of Queensland, 1998-1999 (Honours II)

  • Admitted - Solicitor of the High Court of Australia

  • Admitted - Solicitor of Supreme Court of Queensland - 2001

  • Masters in Bioethics, Healthcare Law and Ethics, Monash University, Incomplete, 2004-2011

  • Certificate, International Comparative Law, University of Queensland/University of Wisconsin, 1999

EXPERIENCE

Some of his recent assignments have included:

  • Acting as lead counsel for a vet aggregation company in the acquisition of over 40 veterinary practice in Australia and New Zealand including all aspects of the transaction including HoA, transaction documents, property and due diligence.

  • Successfully prosecuting numerous trade mark applications after receiving adverse reports from IP Australia.

  • Acting in the merger of two lead market share distribution companies in Queensland, including scrip-for-scrip rollover relief structuring, shareholders agreement for the new joint venture and an exit agreement for future succession planning.

  • Acting on the divestment of shares in a polymer distribution company to Indian interests.

  • Acting as effective Australian in-house counsel for a Canadian solvents company which distributes leading brands in retail stores like Bunnings, including drafting blending agreements, international distribution agreements and terms of trade.

  • Defending one of Australia’s most recognised financial planners in a trade mark dispute.

  • Providing regulatory advice for a private hospital group and previously a member of the advisory board.