Capability
I leverage the corporate and commercial experiences gained in both private practice and in-house legal roles within New Zealand and in the United Kingdom, to provide practical commercial legal advice. I partner my commercial legal experience with an understanding of software development and a strong interest in technologies - I believe there is considerable scope for technology to improve the delivery of in-house legal services. My experience researching and developing software, as well as my time within different in-house teams across a range of different businesses, has afforded me the opportunity to understand the pain points of in-house legal functions, automate processes and improve systems. It is my goal to help as many in-house legal functions to focus on adding value to their respective business in a collaborative way.
Juno Clients
Office Max, Mediaworks, Oceania Football Confederation, Discovery NZ, Spark
Before Juno
The Compliance Company | Financial Compliance Adviser
British Telecom (UK) | Commercial Lawyer
Elevator App Development (UK) | Director – Co-Founder
Clifford Chance (UK) | Legal Discovery
Tompkins Wake Lawyers | Solicitor
Areas of Expertise
- ICT / TMT law
- Systems review and legal automation
- Commercial contract drafting and negotiation
- Mergers, acquisitions and restructuring
- Privacy and data protection
- Governance
What Mitch Julian's clients say
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Mitch is a highly commercial, helpful and client focused lawyer. He helped introduce a new contract management system and had a strong understanding of legal technology which helped with our digital transformation and innovation roadmap.
Troy Swan
General Counsel, Office Max
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Mitch has been an incredible asset to both our legal team and the MediaWorks business. He began working for us on a merger transaction over 12 months ago and then we just kept finding reasons to keep him around. His commercial nous and problem solving abilities are true strengths. He is a pleasure to work with and would be a good fit for any commercial or legal team.
Wade Turner
Head of Legal, Media Works
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We've been incredibly fortunate to have Mitch as part of the team at Discovery. His calm-thinking and commercial approach were a real asset.
Mitch is extremely systems-focused, and with his deep knowledge of technical solutions, and his ability to develop and deploy them, he really helped our team and our business to work smarter. His expertise was invaluable as we transitioned to new ownership, and rebuilt the legal team.
Mitch was a great team-player. He fit into our business really well and he’ll be missed by us all.
Tom Turton
Director, Head of Legal ANZ, Discovery NZ
