Wednesday, 27 August 2025
*Original Content was created in November 2024
Description
Attend and earn 0.5 CPD hour
* This interactive online recording includes questions and quizzes requiring critical thinking about the topics, so you have no annual limits to the number of points/hours you can claim with this format of learning. Please verify with your CPD rules
* This interactive online recording includes questions and quizzes requiring critical thinking about the topics, so you have no annual limits to the number of points/hours you can claim with this format of learning. Please verify with your CPD rules
Chair
John Steadman, General Manager of Procurement, Spark New Zealand
Drafting and Managing Privacy and Confidentially Clauses
- Where do you need to focus your attention
- What are you actually putting in the contract
- How uncontrolled disclosure can lead to financial losses, missed opportunities, and reputational damage
- The essential parts of confidentiality clauses, including broadly defining "confidential information," specifying the narrow purpose for disclosure, and setting a realistic timeframe for obligations
- Different business scenarios, different drafting, different solutions
- Protecting sensitive information like pricing, intellectual property, and innovations
- Enforceability and best practices
Presented by Dr. Maria A Pozza, Director, Gravity Lawyers
Learning Objectives:
- Understand the key components of effective confidentiality and privacy clauses
- Learn how to tailor drafting strategies to different commercial and legal scenarios
Presenters
John Steadman, General Manager of Procurement, Spark New ZealandJohn has 20 years’ experience in law. He spent 8 years in private practice in a variety of commercial and litigation roles before moving in-house to support the ICT business arm of Telecom New Zealand. John spent 8 years working for the Telecom/Spark in-house legal team in a variety of roles before moving into a commercial role for three years as the Head of Strategic Projects where he was responsible for the negotiation and contracting of $2b+ 4G network contracts, online media platforms Lightbox and Spark Sport and ran the 5G network negotiations. He is an experienced technology and telecommunications lawyer and was working for the Chorus legal team supporting the roll out of fibre across New Zealand before returning to Spark. John also regularly speaks and writes on legal topics. He has taught negotiation for the College of Law since 2011 and has studied at the Harvard Negotiation Institute.
Dr. Maria A. Pozza, Director and Principal Lawyer, Gravity Lawyers
Dr Maria Pozza is a seasoned corporate and commercial Lawyer in New Zealand. She’s the director of law firm - Gravity lawyers. Maria has a wealth of experience as both a private and in-house practitioner with a passion for contracts. Her goal is to simplify the complexities around contracts for her clients. Her expertise extends to space law, cyber, tech, IT, data and privacy.
