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Matthew Nicholls, Principal
Matthew has earned a reputation as a lateral thinker, as a commercial lawyer and has produced a number of industry firsts in the areas of e-commerce transactions and telecommunications regulation. He is also a director of Mergents Pty Ltd, a boutique corporate advisory firm established in 2006 to provide advice and consultancy services to the communications industry in the areas of mergers, acquisitions and management strategy. Matthew's particular expertise in the field of communications includes negotiating and drafting agreements, litigation and providing specialist regulatory and trade practices advice. This has included advising the Department of Communications Information Technology and the Arts, the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission and serving as a director on the board of the Australian Communications Information Forum, ACIF (now Communications Alliance). Matthew has acted for many of the major telecommunications players in Australia. These include AAPT/PowerTel, Soul/TPG, NEC, Primus Telecom, Hutchison 3G Australia, Macquarie Telecom, TransACT, Uecomm, Virtual Communities, WestNet, WorldxChange and the Competitive Carriers' Coalition. In 2007, Matthew represented a number of parties in successfully defending against Telstra's High Court Challenge to Part XIC of the Trade Practices Act. From 2008 through 2009, Matthew provided the lead legal and regulatory advice to TransACT in its bid for the Federal Government's NBN. Matthew also acted for the Victorian State Emergency Service in relation to the Royal Commission into the 2009 Black Saturday Bushfires. Matthew is admitted to practice in the Supreme Court of Victoria, the Federal Court and the High Court of Australia. Matthew is a member of the Law Institute of Victoria, Communications Alliance, the Australian Computer Society and the Telecommunications Society of Australia. Matthew may be contacted direct on:
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Bronwyn Cannon, Office Manager Bronwyn Cannon is the Office Manager for Nicholls Legal. She maintains and oversees the day to day functions of the Nicholls Legal office and works closely with the Principal, Matthew Nicholls. Bronwyn joined Nicholls Legal in 2009 after 14 years in the UK, where she held Administration Manager roles with London law firms McFarlanes and Campbell Hooper. Bronwyn has a B. Bus.(Acctg.) from the University of Technology, Sydney. Bronwyn may be contacted direct on:
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Rebecca Measday, Law Clerk
Rebecca is currently completing her final year of a Media and Communications/Laws Bachelor degree at the University of Melbourne. Rebecca's combined passion for media and the law is a great asset to Nicholls Legal. Rebecca was dux of her college in 2004 and received the International House excellence scholarships at the University of Melbourne in 2005 and 2006. Rebecca has developed skills in team-work, problem solving and intercultural communications. She voluntarily took on the position of Communications Officer whilst at International House Residential College, essentially acting as the link between the college and the general public. Rebecca may be contacted direct on:
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Rebecca is a Law Clerk at Nicholls Legal. 
