Alex Horder
Clayton Utz
Alex has over twelve years' experience advising public and private clients in Australia and overseas on the design and execution of a range of technology and general commercial transactions, including as-a-Service and business process outsourcing, digital transformation, software and systems procurement, IT integration and separation, media rights, sponsorship, and IP licensing and commercialisation.
Alex also advises clients and their boards on legal and regulatory issues across the digital economy, including in respect of privacy, cybersecurity and digital regulatory matters, as well as AI procurement and contracting, implementation and risk review, and governance matters.
Alex is known by his clients for providing practical, commercial advice in relation to complex legal, commercial and operational issues, and for his ability to craft bespoke contracts to address them. He has negotiated against most major global technology vendors and consulting firms, and is an experienced advisor to APRA-regulated and financial services clients, having been retained previously for secondments at two of Australia's 'Big 4' Banks.
Australian Banks: Alex is regular advisor to a range of Australian Banks, including the 'Big 4', in relation to various business-critical technology, telecommunications and procurement matters, including in respect of their strategic arrangements with key technology and telecommunications providers.
Australian Consumer Body: Alex advises in relation to key strategic technology and procurement matters, including the digital transformation of its core business systems, the implementation of its technology arrangements underpinning one of its core operational purposes, its arrangements with its key enterprise technology vendors, and the design of its AI governance frameworks in relation to the use of AI.
NSW Government Entity: Advised in relation to the integration and delivery arrangements for the upgrade of the card reader system infrastructure for key public transport systems.
Australian Insurer: Advised in relation to the parallel renegotiation of its arrangements with each member of its telecommunications services panel.
International Insurer: Advised in relation to a multi-vendor outsourcing of its production and disaster recovery data centre capabilities throughout the Asia-Pacific region.
Australian electricity distributor: Advised in relation to the procurement of a hybrid Software-as-a-Service/on-premise ERP and EAM solution, as well as the related multi-vendor, staged, implementation project.
Global Pharmaceutical Company: Advised in relation to the design of its global internal AI policy suite.
Global Data Security Company: Advised in relation to the privacy issues relevant to the establishment of an offshore delivery centre.
Global AI Company: Advised in relation to the Australian privacy regime in the context of the establishment of its business presence in Australia.
Global IT Services Provider: Advised in relation to the technology-related aspects (including due diligence, separation and transition) of its joint venture with a key Australian telecommunications provider, directed toward the expansion of the provider's existing technology services business.