Ms Eugenia Kolivos > Corrs Chambers Westgarth > Sydney, Australia > Lawyer Profile

With practitioners sitting in Brisbane, Perth, Melbourne and Sydney, Corrs Chambers Westgarth’s broad practice encompasses licensing work, patent litigation, and trade mark filings and prosecutions. Eugenia Kolivos oversees the group and is experienced in intellectual property data protection and compliance, franchising, and outsourcing work. Stephen Stern in Melbourne leverages over four decades of experience to assist clients with anti-counterfeiting work, trade mark litigation and brand protection. Odette Gourley’s areas of expertise include trade mark clearance, management, and registration, while David Fixler in Melbourne routinely acts in revocation proceedings before the Federal Court. All of the individuals that have been mentioned are located in Sydney, unless stated otherwise.

The team at Corrs Chambers Westgarth is noted for its ‘excellent, deep and holistic subject matter expertise’, acting on a range of data and cyber matters for both public and private sector clients. Team head James North in Sydney has particular expertise advising on the data aspects of cross-border M&A transactions alongside a wider information security practice. Also in Sydney, Eugenia Kolivos ‘is an expert in this field‘, advising on privacy reforms, privacy policies and data protection in addition to cross-jurisdictional data protection and overseas data disclosure. Melbourne-based Philip Catania is praised as an ‘absolute expert‘ and has a strong track record on large data breaches, both domestic and international, and bolsters the team’s international expertise providing advice for clients in regards to GDPR compliance. Arvind Dixit in Melbourne focuses on information technology work.