Helen Clarke

Helen is a Partner at Corrs Chambers Westgarth, Partner-in-Charge of the firm’s Brisbane office and member of the firm’s National Executive Leadership Team.  She is a technology, intellectual property and data privacy specialist, with extensive experience acting for high profile government and corporate clients in a diverse range of industries including health, energy, telecommunications, financial services, education and manufacturing.

Helen’s legal practice has a focus on core system and digital transformation projects, advising clients on projects to replace or upgrade core technology systems.  She is experienced in major ICT procurement, systems integrations, outsourcing and cloud services, and data privacy. Helen also is one of the lead partners of Corrs Cyber, a rapid-response multidisciplinary team of data breach management specialists including legal advisors, IT forensic investigation specialists, cyber risk, incident response consultants, and crisis and reputation management services.

Publications

• Privacy Law Bulletin – various privacy regulation articles
• Corrs Chambers Westgarth Thinking (2017-2018):
  • Is cyber security the greatest threat for autonomous vehicles?
    • 10 August 2018
  • All roads lead to the internet: privacy in the age of autonomous vehicles
    • 15 May 2018
  • Three cyber security priorities for Defence contracting
    • 17 April 2018
  • Does robotics and artificial intelligence have a future in the healthcare space?
    • 20 February 2018
  • Five important lessons from media reaction to data breach notifications
    • 15 February 2018
  • Spend it wisely: the true meaning behind ‘value for money’ in procurement
    • 9 February 2018
  • Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation: what Australian businesses need to know
    • 1 February 2018
  • Mandatory data breach notification: how will the new laws in Australia impact your business?
    • 17 February 2017

Awards & Recognition

• Leading Individual – TMT: IT & Telecommunications
  Asia Pacific Legal 500, 2018
• Brisbane Intellectual Property Lawyer of the Year
  Best Lawyers Peer Review, 2019
• Brisbane Information Technology Lawyer of the Year
  Best Lawyers Peer Review, 2018
• Brisbane Telecommunications Lawyer of the Year
  Best Lawyers Peer Review, 2017
• Best Lawyer – Intellectual Property, Outsourcing and Privacy & Data Security
  Best Lawyers Peer Review, 2018-2019
• Best Lawyer – Information Technology
  Best Lawyers Peer Review, 2013-2019
• Best Lawyer – Telecommunications
  Best Lawyers Peer Review, 2014-2019
• Preeminent – Leading TMT Lawyers, Brisbane, 2017-2018
  Doyle’s Guide to the Australian Legal Profession

Speaking Engagements

Helen is a regular presenter at industry conferences and to key government and corporate clients on a range of technology, data privacy and cyber security topics including:

• Privacy compliance;
• data breach response and notification;
• cyber security and the role of in-house counsel;
• navigating the legal risks in using cloud computing;
• overseas disclosures of personal information;
• legal risks in the use of social media;
• privacy compliance in health services;
• ICT contracting;
• Agile software development contracting;
• IP issues in government contracting.

Professional Organisations & Memberships

• International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) ANZ – Member
• Intellectual Property Society of Australia and New Zealand (IPSANZ) – Member