Shane Simpson
Special Counsel
Shane Simpson, LL B (Hons) M. Jur. established the firm in 1986.
Shane is chairman of The Song Company, chairman of the Peggy Glanville-Hicks Composers’ Trust, chairman of First Mortgage Services, a director of the Australian Writer's Foundation, a boardmember of the New Zealand Film Commission, and a trustee of the Freedman Foundation, the Aboriginal Benefits Foundation and the Dictionary of Sydney.
He has lectured extensively on the law relating to intellectual property, new technology, publishing, visual arts, music and museums. Shane has written or edited numerous books including: Music Business, Museums and Galleries: a Practical Legal Handbook, The Visual Artist and the Law in Australia, Discovery and Interrogatories, Music - The Business and the Law, and numerous articles in both Australian and international periodicals, most of which tackle various aspects of the often difficult relationship between copyright, innovation, arts practice, and the legal system. He headed the Federal Government Inquiry into "Copyright Collecting Societies in Australia" and acts as a consultant to governments, NGO’s, other law firms, institutions and major corporations, both nationally and internationally.