Lucy Harris

Lucy’s experience includes representing*:

Digital Infrastructure, M&A and Private Equity

• BHP on the US$43 billion divestment and merger of its oil and gas portfolio with Woodside, including all transitional and integration arrangements, cloning of critical enterprise technology systems, key IPR and data transfer issues and implementation for completion. 
• National Australia Bank on its US$900 million acquisition of Citigroup’s Australian consumer business, including regarding technology, IPR and data due diligence, IPR transfer and licensing issues, competition, and prudential regulatory issues, and arrangements to effect transition support, separation, and data migration.
• BGH on multiple acquisitions of cybersecurity-focused businesses, including all IT, IPR, key supplier, and material customer contract aspects of due diligence. 
• NEXTDC on a major debt refinancing, including due diligence across its suite of key customer contracts and leases.
• An APAC AI data center business on establishing its suite of APAC customer contract documentation. 
• Allianz on its acquisition of an Australian bank’s general insurance business, including establishment of arrangements to facilitate data segregation and migration, transitional services, IPR transfer and exit support. 
• National Australia Bank on the separation, technology, data, and IPR aspects of the US$1 billion carveout of its wealth management business to IFS, and the post-acquisition aspects of the US$1.5 billion carveout of its life insurance business to Nippon Life, including structuring and negotiating exit, data migration, and transitional services arrangements, advising on regulatory and data segregation issues, establishing stand-alone operations for the separated business units, and developing novel enduring data access arrangements.
• A large Australian bank on the renegotiation of critical transitional support and technology separation and exit arrangements with a divested entity. 
• Australian Unity Limited on IT and IPR due diligence and transitional, separation and integration aspects of its acquisition of an investment bond business from IFS. 
• Pact Group on the divestment of a stake in its crate operations business, including transitional support and IT, IPR and data aspects of separation and exit.
• A global private equity firm on its acquisition of a software investment company, including IT and IPR aspects of due diligence and the sale agreement.
• A global investment company on IT and IPR due diligence aspects of its bid to acquire a stake in transport infrastructure, including critical embedded technology. 
• APG on IT and IPR due diligence aspects of its acquisition of a stake in Ausgrid.

Technology and Outsourcing Transactions

• A global mining company on the IPR, data, and technology aspects of a series of joint industry-first trials of reduced-emissions mining equipment.
• A global IT services provider on the renegotiation of its whole-of-enterprise services agreement with a large telecommunications company, including IPR and data aspects of build-and-run services incorporating novel AI components. 
• A global airline on the negotiation of a new business-critical passenger reservation system.
• A global mining company on the consolidation and re-negotiation of licenses to patented technology and other IPR incorporated into key mining equipment.
• A large Australian bank on the strategic renegotiation of its whole-of-enterprise IT managed services.
• A large Australian bank on the build, implementation and run of an innovative customer offering utilizing a white-labelled SaaS platform, including advising on all aspects of strategy, vendor management and project planning.
• A global transportation company on the build and implementation of its new cloud-based, end-to-end ticketing solution, involving parallel negotiations with the ticketing-as-a-service provider and prime integrator.
• A large Australian bank on the implementation of an integrated SaaS solution to upgrade and modernize post-trade settlement operations of an Asian branch.
• A large sportswear brand on establishing its new e-commerce stores in China, involving local wholesale distribution, logistics, and payment arrangements.

*Some of the above matters were handled prior to joining Sidley.