MEET OUR AU TEAM
Each member of our Australian team brings a unique blend of legal acumen and industry-specific knowledge. We understand the tech landscape because we live and breathe it every day. When you choose Biztech Lawyers, you’re not just getting legal advice; you’re gaining a team of professionals who are as passionate about your business as you are.
Managing Director | APAC
Anthony Bekker founded Biztech Lawyers after leading both legal and operations at e-commerce marketing unicorn Rokt – helping grow it 10x from Sydney, to Singapore, the US and then Europe.
Anthony loves helping technology companies realise their global ambitions and solve their most complex problems; bringing a practical and highly commercial approach to legal matters. That approach is born of a breadth of experience helping hundreds of startups and scaleups, stints in strategy consulting and banking as well as an INSEAD MBA.
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Andrew has focussed his practice on the intersection between aviation and technology with a specific focus on Data (Privacy and Cyber), Information Technology (Cloud, SaaS, Infrastructure, Outsourcing and IP), and Insurance (Aviation, PI & Cyber).
Andrew has advised airlines like JetAsia and Qantas Airways, and market leading travel sector technology provider, Amadeus. During this period, Andrew was exposed to passenger system (PSS) and Distribution (GDS and NDC) transactions with many leading airlines, including managing data protection and cyber risks.
Prudence Mack
Global Operations & Marketing Director
Prudence has worked across a variety of leadership and advisory roles spanning operations and marketing for leading Australian brands including Coles, Bank of Queensland, Bras N Things, BESIX Watpac and New Zealand Post. She has rebuilt and grown revenues and profits, ushered in company acquisitions, conducted group-wide performance reviews and driven core strategies.
Casper Xiao
Casper is a Lawyer in the Sydney Team with a strong interest in technology and how they can better assist both lawyers and clients alike. His interest in technology to using a no-code development platform to create an app for a Pro Bono law firm to better streamline operations. Prior to joining Biztech, Casper worked as a Lawyer at a law firm specializing in commercial property transactions and at a pro bono human rights law firm assisting asylum seekers and refugees with human rights and immigration matters.
Dion English
Senior Lawyer
Starting his career at international law firm White & Case LLP, Dion’s experience ranges from finance law, M&A and private equity to infrastructure and construction law. Settling in the Finance Team, Dion spent several years honing his expertise in infrastructure and acquisition financing. Having worked both in Hong Kong and Melbourne, and now in Sydney, he has developed a broad understanding of complex cross-border commercial transactions.
Working at Biztech, Dion has translated his finance and M&A experience into the tech world – assisting tech businesses, angel and VC investors and start-ups with strategic acquisitions, equity investments, acquisition financing and corporate advisory services.
Janzyl Go
Jan is a Lawyer in the Sydney Team with a background working in market research, advertising and public relations. She draws on that experience to assist the team with various corporate and commercial matters in M&A, cap raising, IP commercialisation and more. She works closely with senior lawyers to assist clients in their growth and expansion. Her interest in research has also brought her to present her thesis in the International Conference for Business and Economics.
Sherwin Noorian
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Sherwin is the only dual qualified, dual-citizen United States and Australian immigration lawyer based in and practising out of Australia.
Sherwin has ten years of US immigration law experience and has been practising US immigration law out of Australia for nearly five years. Sherwin’s business immigration experience ranges from supporting the US immigration needs of some of the most innovative and ambitious Australian startups doing business in the US through to ASX-listed corporates sending employees to the US.
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Elizabeth is an accredited specialist in Employment and Industrial Law – one of only 40 in New South Wales. With two decades of experience working in the legal industry in the Asia Pacific Region, Elizabeth has first-hand knowledge of the complexities of managing a diverse workforce across several jurisdictions. Elizabeth is an expert in Whistleblowing Law, advising whistleblowing program coordinators on both compliance and practical issues.
