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NRF appoints global tech and innovation head
The global law firm has announced that one of its Sydney partners has been appointed the global head of its technology and innovation industry group.
Emma Musgrave
Norton Rose Fulbright has confirmed Sydney partner Nick Abrahams (pictured) will take to the role, bringing with him commercial expertise and global networks in the technology space. He was previously head of the firm's technology and innovation group for the Asia-Pacific region.
The statement also noted that Mr Abrahams has worked on over $3 billion of TMT-related transactions globally since 2012. He also co-created the world’s first AI-enabled privacy chatbot (built on IBM Watson) and co-founded Australia’s leading online legal service, LawPath.
“Mr Abrahams is the only private practice lawyer on the Australian federal government’s consultative working group on Cyber Safety; and has been appointed by the NSW Finance Minister to the NSW government’s Procurement Advisory Board. He was also on the Committee for Sydney’s Financial Services Knowledge Hub and is the past president of the Australian Communications and Media Law Association,” the statement said.
Commenting on his new role, Mr Abrahams said: “Right across our firm, we are focused on working with the big global technology companies as well as those fast-growing scale-ups that are going to be the global players of the future.”
“We are leveraging our global capabilities in disruptive technologies like artificial intelligence, autonomous vehicles, blockchain, fintech and cryptocurrencies to ensure our clients get best-of-breed advice from our market-leading lawyers around the world,” he added.
Emma Musgrave
Emma Musgrave (née Ryan) is the managing editor, professional services at Momentum Media.
Emma has worked for Momentum Media since 2015, including five years spent as the editor of the company's legal brand - Lawyers Weekly. Throughout her time at Momentum, she has been responsible for breaking some of the biggest stories in corporate Australia. In addition, she has produced exclusive multimedia and event content related to the company's respective brands and audiences.
Prior to joining Momentum Media, Emma worked in breakfast radio, delivering news to the Central West region of NSW, before taking on a radio journalist role at Southern Cross Austereo, based in Townsville, North Queensland.
She holds a Bachelor of Communications (Journalism) degree from Charles Sturt University.
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