Legal Director at Adroit Lawyers
Sydney Area, Australia
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- Legal Director at Adroit Lawyers
- Past
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- Lawyer specialising in business, media and technology law at - Private Consulting
- General Counsel at Global Television Limited
- Solicitor at Henry Davis York
- Solicitor at Gadens Lawyers
- Education
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- University of Melbourne
- Southern Cross University
- University of New England
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Mark Toohey’s Summary
I have extensive experience in the television outside broadcast industry and was responsible for structuring, negotiating and drafting production contracts for major international events, Australia's national sporting competitions, top rating TV shows, major award ceremonies and broadcast engineering contracts.
My practical experience in website management and design means I revel in the opportunity to work with technology based clients (OK... I admit I am a geek at heart).
My other passion is business development and the drama of corporate strategy and business building. I can really relate to clients who are fast growing SMEs or those doing the hard yards of establishing and building a new business. That's exactly what we're also doing at Optim Legal: we're walking the talk....
Visit my blog: www.accelawrate.com
Mark Toohey’s Specialties:
Shareholders Agreements, Sale of Business, Commercial Contracts, Terms of Trade, Employment Agreements, Business Structuring, IT Contracts, Website Design Agreements, Engineering Contracts, Service Contracts, Tenders and Company Secretarial.
Mark Toohey’s Experience
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Legal Director
Adroit Lawyers
(Law Practice industry)
July 2008 — Present (6 months)
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Lawyer specialising in business, media and technology law
- Private Consulting
(Law Practice industry)
August 2007 — June 2008 (11 months)
Advising a range of clients in the publishing, event management, IT and television industries including a major award-winning television production company.
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General Counsel
Global Television Limited
(Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Broadcast Media industry)
December 1999 — August 2007 (7 years 9 months)
General Counsel
TV production contracts:
• International Events – M2006 Commonwealth Games
• Broadcasters - Nine, Ten, Seven, SBS, ABC, Fox Sports and Foxtel
• Global TV and Seven Network JV
• TV shows - Big Brother, Australian Idol, Neighbours, Hi-5 and Rove
• Sports – NRL, AFL, Australian Grand Prix, Indie Cars, V8 Supercars
• MTV , ARIAs, Logies and AFI Awards
Broadcast engineering contracts:
• IBC for M2006 Cth Games and FINA World Swimming Championships
• Stadium AV - Olympic, MCG, Suncorp and Bruce Stadiums
• Maintenance
Advising:
• independent directors - private equity takeover
• managers - corporate, litigation, employment, visa, trade practices, IT and IP
Company Secretary – Studio complex JV in Melbourne
Worked with Chinese Embassy and CCTV to organize the 2006 China-Australia Media Forum attended by Minister of Information, Ambassador, over 50 of China’s most senior media figures and CEOs of Australia’s major television, radio and newspaper companies. -
Solicitor
Henry Davis York
(Partnership; 201-500 employees; Law Practice industry)
1998 — 1999 (1 year)
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Solicitor
Gadens Lawyers
(Partnership; 201-500 employees; Law Practice industry)
1996 — 1998 (2 years)
Mark Toohey’s Education
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University of Melbourne
Grad Dip Finance Law, Post grad law, 1994 — 1995
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Southern Cross University
LLB, Law (Honours), 1993 — 1995
- Activities and Societies:
- Research Assistant to the Dean of the Faculty of Law and Criminal Justice
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University of New England
B Bus, Banking/Finance, 1991 — 1993
- Activities and Societies:
- Student Rep - Board of Studies - Faculty of Business and Computing
Additional Information
Mark Toohey’s Websites:
Mark Toohey’s Interests:
television production contracts, outside broadcasting, media and corporate law, new media, content development and production, digital photography (see my flickr portfolio), dancing (Latin, Ballroom and Tango), international travel, modern history (particularly Australian, Asian and WWII history), reading books (fiction and non-fiction), cinema (particularly Chinese and Italian cinema), current affairs, web development and computer programming.
Mark Toohey’s Groups:
Law Society of New South Wales, Society for Computers and the Law, Australian Space Industry Chamber of Commerce., Digital Producers Forum, Meet up, OpenCoffee Forum Sydney
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On Startups - The Community For Entrepreneurs -
Australian New Media -
ThoseInMedia (The Who's Who in All of Media) -
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Australia Business and Professional Network -
Sydney Media People
Mark Toohey’s Honors:
B Bus (Banking/Finance), LLB (Hons), Grad Dip Finance Law, GCLE
Solicitor Supreme Court of New South Wales
Solicitor High Court of Australia
Licensed Migration Agent
Mark Toohey’s Contact Settings
Interested In:
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- new ventures
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