We support and their legal teams
About
We help *tech founders and CXOs who are:
- leading a newly formed entity
- scaling rapidly
- looking after legal (happily, or unhappily)
- preparing for a new funding round
- entering new markets or redomiciling
- setting up a share or option scheme to incentivise staff
- dealing with other shareholders and/or founders (happily, or unhappily)
- looking to protect and enhance their valuable IP.
We help *tech legal teams who are:
- short staffed and need help
- wanting to create an efficient and innovative legal function
- exploring legaltech as part of operational improvements
- part of a global business looking for AU counsel
- part of a global business expanding AU operations.
About
We are technology lawyers who assist tech businesses with all their commercial legal needs.
We live and breathe high-growth tech start-ups.
We are data, privacy and contracting specialists.
We speak your language and understand your challenges.
We deploy technology solutions to make our client’s legal functions more efficient.
We form long-term partnerships and add real value.
We see legal as the ultimate growth activator, not blocker.
We get you
We will truly grasp the complexities and needs of your tech-driven business unlike any other legal partner…
We have deep practical experience across top-tier law and strategy consulting, and we’ve also held operational and leadership roles in scaling some of the most exciting start-ups to come out of Australia and conquer the world.
We’ve been there
We will get your deal done the way you want: commercially, strategically, and cost effectively…
We thrive in high-growth environments. We’re nimble, agile, and responsive. We know boot strapped, keep things lean, and offer billing solutions to suit you.
We’re with you
We will focus on your growth to reach new heights — as your decision making partner, problem solving workhorse and operations specialist — to transform legal in your business.
We have a unique legal and operations skill set, drawing on a network of specialist lawyers and tech partners across the world to support you through every stage of development.
The
Anthony Bekker
Founder & Managing Director
After helping raise $5M while still a student at university, Ant launched his corporate legal career spending a decade covering e-commerce, technology, finance and litigation at Mallesons Stephen Jaques, followed by in-house stints at global behemoth (BT) and for the UK competition and consumer regulator (the OFT).
An MBA at INSEAD led to a change in direction spending time at a top global strategy consulting business, and projects in the Netherlands, Singapore and the US. Ant then got his feet wet in startups, joining marketing technology business Rokt as inaugural General Counsel and Head of Operations, building both divisions from the ground up. A few funding rounds and 10x growth later, this quickly turned into a global scale-up valued at US$250m+ and 175 staff.
Ant founded Biztech Lawyers in 2018 to bring this experience to bear — to enable tech-driven companies to use legal to grow exponentially as a decision-making partner rather than a commercial blocker.
Ant now works out of Sydney and when he’s not getting in and amongst the tech community, you’ll find him down at the beach with his wife and two daughters, travelling, or taking up some random challenge like cycling across the Simpson desert!
Alexandra Mills
Director (Strategy & Operations)
Alexandra (‘Lexi’) has led some of the fastest-growing start-ups to come out of Australia, notably some Rocket Internet ventures as well as being the CEO of a $60m portfolio of companies for Lux Group that included The Home and Brands Exclusive.
Her first career as a professional ballet dancer in Germany has made her an avid supporter of the power of experiences and transferable skills, and she has seen how her days as a ballerina shaped her innovative leadership style and out-of-the-box thinking.
Since ‘retiring’ from the stage she graduated from the University of Oxford, completed a masters at EADA business school in Spain, worked as a strategy consultant with a top global firm, and as an operations expert at Biztech Lawyers she is passionate about helping online businesses scale from the ground up, where no task is too big or too small!