Joanne Dunn is a solicitor and registered Trade Marks Attorney, with more than 14 years’ experience practising at top-tier and boutique law firms and as in-house counsel for an ASX listed entity with international operations. She has also worked for a government regulatory organisation. Joanne has experience in intellectual property and all areas of trade mark law, and commercial practice including contracts, marketing, compliance and consumer law.

Ian Wylie practised as a partner in Norton Rose Fulbright followed by Ashurst for 16 years, then as a barrister at the New South Wales Bar for 11 years. He has experience in a range of industry sectors advising on dispute resolution management and strategy, and appearing in regulatory investigations and competition and consumer protection, intellectual property and other commercial litigation.

Elizabeth Sarofim has over 15 years’ experience in competition and consumer law. Prior to joining Practical Law, Elizabeth held senior roles at the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission before entering private commercial practice, ultimately becoming a Partner and Head of the Australian Competition practice at a major global law firm. Elizabeth has experience across all aspects of competition and consumer law and has handled complex front and back end matters. In addition to her writing and editorial commitments, Elizabeth is a Tribunal Member in NCAT’s Commercial and Consumer Division.

Tyrilly joined Practical Law Australia from IBM, where she held the role of lead counsel managing consulting services, hardware, and software licensing transactions across ANZ, with a special responsibility for privacy, data incidents and cybersecurity. Tyrilly has extensive practical IT law experience, with over 10 years' commercial experience in both private practice and in-house, advising on IP, competition and consumer laws, and PPSA.

Leela Cejnar's career background includes 20 years’ in legal practice, both with leading law firms and with the Australian Public Service (notably with the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission and Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade). Leela joins Practical Law after ten years in academia, where her primary area of legal research was competition law. Leela holds a PhD in competition law and has published widely on this area of the law. Leela is admitted as a Solicitor of the Supreme Courts of New South Wales and Victoria, the Federal Court of Australia and the High Court of Australia.