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Legal Services Unit

Located: Level 4 (within Finance), Building 36, Wollongong campus.

Staff Roles and Responsibilities

Angela Taylor
BA LLB (Hons 1), Grad Dip Legal Practice Wol
Ph: 4221 3277
angelata@uow.edu.au

Legal Counsel
- Managing all administrative, reporting, budgetary and related administrative functions.
- Providing general commercial legal advice, including offshore contracts, collaborations, memorandums of understanding, complex contracts, grants advice, contract litigation, intellectual property matters.
- Student intellectual property deeds for scholarships.
- University's officer for Freedom of Information and privacy matters.
- Assisting with intellectual property and commercial research policies, training etc.

Jovanka Naumoska
BSc LLB (Hons), Grad Dip Legal Practice Wol
Ph: 4221 5817
jovanka@uow.edu.au

Commercial Lawyer
- Assisting the Legal Counsel
- Processing standard contract requests for higher value contracts (>$50K)
- Reviewing contracts provided by other parties
- Negotiating low value contracts where terms are non standard
- Providing general commercial legal advice, drafting and negotiation of terms including consultancies, contract research, collaborations
- Advice on intellectual property registration such as patents

Kristine Sheridan
Ph: 4221 3131
kristine_sheridan@uow.edu.au
Monday - Thursday

Commercial Lawyer
- Assisting the Legal Counsel
- Processing standard contract requests for higher value contracts (>$50K)
- Reviewing contracts provided by other parties
- Negotiating low value contracts where terms are non standard
- Providing general commercial legal advice, drafting and negotiation of terms including consultancies, contract research, collaborations
- Advice on intellectual property registration such as patents
- Process Subpoena’s, Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDA’s) and Material Transfer Agreements (MTA’s)

Aleithea Leonardi
Ph: 4221 4368
aleithea@uow.edu.au
Days in the Office
Monday - Thursday
9 am - 2.15 pm

Personal Assistant
- Assistant to Legal Counsel
- Diary management for lawyers
- Office administration
- Receipt of subpoenas, summons, warrants, privacy and FOI requests and assisting Managing Lawyers with any related investigations, determinations or statutory reporting.

Shelley Rae King
Ph: 4221 5202
sking@uow.edu.au

 

Legal Assistant / Justice of the Peace
(JP Service is for Staff Only)

- Assisting Legal Counsel and both Commercial Lawyers
- Drafting of template contracts
- Office administration including file and records management
- Arranging for contract signing per Delegation Policy and management of signed contracts

Key Staff in Legal Services Processes from Other Teams

Kim Gray
Ph: 4221 3198
kim_gray@uow.edu.au

Commercial Analyst, Finance
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Management and compliance of University's insurance portfolio
- Management of project control systems for contract milestones, invoicing and reporting

VACANT
Ph: 4221 5236

 

Finance and Insurance Officer
- Assisting commercial analyst
- Insurance claims processing and management
- Assisting in insurance policy management and renewal
- Assisting in maintenance of commercial activities register

Stuart Parker
Ph: 4221 4983
Will commence work on 25th June 08

Commercial Research Officer
- Costing advice
- Assist with the preparation of Approval Forms for UOW researchers
- Administration of the fast-track process for <$50K projects.

Managers of Innovation and Commercialisation (link to staff page)

 

 
   

Last reviewed: 27 May, 2008 

 
   
 
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