Ms Hayley Miller > Dentons New Zealand > Auckland, New Zealand > Lawyer Profile

Dentons New Zealand
18 VIADUCT HARBOUR AVE
PRIVATE BAG 92101
AUCKLAND 1142
New Zealand

Work Department

Information Technology; Privacy and Cybersecurity

Position

Partner

Career

Hayley is a technology and commercial lawyer with particular focus on innovation. She has developed a multi-disciplinary practice which is often at the intersection of technology, privacy and consumer law.

Hayley has extensive experience working collaboratively with developers, suppliers and purchasers of technology hardware, software, infrastructure, products and services, including licensing, development, commercialisation, supply and acquisition and various ‘as a service’ offerings.

Hayley has acted for a number of well-known companies procuring new software platforms to underlie their business operations and the related outsourcing of services (including large financial institutions, manufacturing entities, SOEs and others).

Hayley is experienced in balancing agile software development contracts to reflect the reality of the agile model, while still giving the customer enough certainty to satisfy the business case.

Hayley also assists clients with the commercialisation of their technology, including IT, medical, Fintech and other innovative technology products across a broad range of industries and sectors.

Hayley is an expert on New Zealand privacy law, regularly advising on regulatory compliance, cybersecurity, data sovereignty and other considerations to the use of cloud based technology. She assists clients utilising big data within their organisations or as the base for new ventures utilising big data analytics.

Languages

English

Education

LLB (Hons), University of Otago (1999), BCom (Hons)

University of Otago (1998), Barrister and Solicitor of the High Court of New Zealand (2000)

Lawyer Rankings

New Zealand > Data protection and cyber security

Trading banks, tech companies and household name brands are among the clients who trust the ‘vastly experienced practitioners’ at Dentons New Zealand with mandates ranging from advising on the implications of New Zealand e-commerce regulations, to advising on compliance with privacy laws and regulatory frameworks such as BS11. Campbell Featherstone and Hayden Wilson oversee matters from the firm’s Wellington office. Featherstone frequently works at the nexus between health information and data privacy, whilst Wilson is a key contact for privacy breach responses. The third co-head Hayley Miller applies her trade in Auckland and is well-placed to advise clients on their use of big data.

New Zealand > TMT

(Leading individuals)

Hayley Miller – Dentons New Zealand

Praised for its ‘responsive and pragmatic’ approach, the team at Dentons New Zealand is noted for its wide-range of capabilities in the full spectrum of TMT matters, which includes advising on matters involving privacy issues, compliance, the procurement and deployment of tech, and e-commerce regulation. Leveraging the firm’s extensive global network, the practice regularly assists international clients on a host of complex tech-related transactions. In Auckland, the ‘excellent and really pragmatic’ Hayley Miller leads the practice. Miller is recommended for her expertise advising on the law relating to the development, use, procurement and deployment of tech, with a particular focus on the launch of SaaS offerings.