James North
Partner. Sydney.
+61 2 9210 6734 | james.north@corrs.com.au | vCardIn the extremely fast-paced world of communications and technology, James North succeeds by staying ahead of the pack.
He has lent his depth of knowledge and experience to corporations and government clients. In particular James is a key advisor for NBN Co, Vodafone Hutchinson Australia, Woolworths, Perpetual, Travelex and others.
In the extremely fast-paced world of communications and technology, James North succeeds by staying ahead of the pack.
He has lent his depth of knowledge and experience to corporations and government clients. In particular James is a key advisor for NBN Co, Vodafone Hutchinson Australia, Woolworths, Perpetual, Travelex and others.
James has deep expertise in communications including telecommunications infrastructure projects, commercial agreements and regulatory matters; outsourcing, including information technology outsourcing, data centres, cloud computing and business process outsourcing; and procurement including advising on procurement processes and probity issues.
James has been recognised as a leader in the “converging” industries of communications, media and technology by distinguished legal industry publications such as the Australian Legal Business Magazine and Chambers Global.
– TMT Telecom-
munications” Chambers Global 2011
James's Expertise
- National Broadband Network implementation Advising the Commonwealth Government and the National Broadband Network Co on the rollout of the National Broadband Network Project.
- Vodafone network infrastructure contracts Advising Vodafone on a number of network infrastructure contracts including the procurement and rollout of its 2G and 3G mobile network, Vodafone’s mobile network-sharing alliance with Optus, and outsourcing the operation and maintenance of its networks to Nokia.
- Vodafone-Hutchinson 3 merger Advising Vodafone on its merger with Hutchison’s 3, including on the post-merger integration of network technologies and IT systems.
- Woolworths’ “EveryDay Mobile” Advising Woolworths on the launch of its telecommunications business “EveryDay Mobile”, on its data centre requirements and on major IT and business process procurements.
- Advised Austar on its satellite capacity and contact sharing arrangements with Foxtel and Optus.
- Singapore OpenNet Fibre project Advising United Group on its commercial agreements with Singtel relating to the OpenNet Fibre to the Home project in Singapore.
- Advising a leading Energy company on a project to deploy submarine cables to its offshore exploratio
What others say
- “James North impressed clients with his very deep and long knowledge of the telco industry and how it worked together” Australian Legal Business Magazine, July 2009
- “Leading Lawyer - TMT: Telecommunications” Chambers Global Guide, 2011 & 2012
James's Leadership
- Communications and Media Law Association Member
- Communications Alliance Member
- Network Insight Institute Member