Scott has acted for a wide range of private and public sector organisations in Australia and the United Kingdom involved in most sectors of the economy including mining, energy and resources, real estate, primary production, health, transport, manufacturing, banking and finance, professional services and government.
He has extensive experience in resolving disputes and in conducting and defending commercial litigation in the superior courts, as well as advising on urgent interlocutory relief and alternative dispute resolution processes, including mediation, arbitration and expert determination. Scott is a skilled advocate who has appeared as counsel in proceedings in various courts and tribunals in England and Australia. He is an Associate of the Institute of Arbitrators & Mediators Australia.
He represents clients in intellectual property litigation including patent, trade mark & copyright litigation and issues associated with departing employees, trade secrets and confidential information.
In his practice, Scott advises clients on a broad range of local and international transactions relating to IT, technology and intellectual property, media, advertising, marketing, distribution & franchising. He advises on the IP and IT aspects of mergers, acquisitions and IPOs. Scott also advises on all aspects of intellectual property law including IP management, licensing & commercialisation, trade marks and branding, trade secrets and confidential information.
Scott represents clients in the financial services sector and advises in relation to financial services regulation. He also advises in relation to regulatory enforcement, competition & trade practices matters.In the public sector, Scott has advised and represented Commonwealth departments and agencies, state agencies, state authorities and statutory corporations, port authorities and statutory marketing authorities.
