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 Pozza is the Director and Principal lawyer of Gravity Lawyers. Her expertise includes: Commercial international space law, international military space law, domestic legislative frameworks over military and commercial uses in space as well as international law space law dealing with armed conflict and aggressive uses. She provides expertise in legal and technical frameworks concerning cybersecurity and IT, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), and technology laws. She has been the course coordinator for the University of Victoria‚ Cyber Security and International Relations, as well as a lecturer for the International Relations course. As a prolific publisher, Dr Pozza has edited and published a book on Risk Management in Outer Space Activities, An Australian and New Zealand Perspective, as part of her Book Series titled Space Law and Policy. She has been involved in the development of numerous space law publications that range from academic articles, professional publications, guidance materials, and books. Dr Pozza has supervised at master level and is currently supervising at the PhD level with the University of Otago. Her expertise on international and national space law, is often called upon by a wide range of domestic and international clients and institutions.
