Maria Poniros

Contact
mxp@bwslawyers.com.au
(02) 9394 1013

Assistant
Amy Toner
ajt@bwslawyers.com.au
(02) 9394 1014

Maria is a Partner at Brown Wright Stein.  Maria has extensive experience providing commercial advice to private and public sector clients across a wide range of industries including, but not limited to retail, IT and health.

She advises clients on various areas including:

  • Information Technology
  • Trade Practices Compliance
  • Superannuation
  • Asset Protection and Structuring
  • Estate Planning

Maria has acted on a range of commercial matters including the following:

  • Assisted in the design of a procurement framework for Australia's leading retail chain that was seeking to develop and enhance its global merchandise and supply chain management software system.
  • Provided commercial advice across a wide range of areas including confidentiality, software licensing, privacy, escrow arrangements and master services agreements, in an IT transformation project valued at $50M for a leading retail chain.
  • Acting on behalf of a software development and IT consultancy negotiating contracts with various customers, including government agencies and departments.
  • Implementing trade practices compliance programs across a range of industries to assist clients in identifying and reducing the risk of breaching the Competition and Consumer Act 2010.
  • Provided advice to a number of Self-Managed Superannuation Funds.

Qualifications
LLB, University Technology Sydney
BSc (CompSci), University Technology Sydney

Memberships
Women Lawyers Association NSW
The Law Society of New South Wales