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Brian Bero is a commercial lawyer with extensive experience advising major corporations including Telstra, Oracle and Qantas on a broad range of legal matters such as litigation, negotiations and compliance. His background encompasses significant work within the telecommunications and information technology sectors. Brian has represented prominent banks, technology and telecommunications companies, airlines and government bodies on complex issues including intellectual property assignments and licenses, customer and supplier agreements, technology-related advice and privacy compliance. His practice has spanned New South Wales, Queensland and Victoria. He has experience working in the Federal Court of Australia and the Supreme Court of Victoria, and has held positions at the Victorian Government Solicitor’s Office as well as with Gilbert+Tobin Lawyers. Brian currently serves as a director on the Board of Community Housing Ltd and has previously held leadership roles with the National Indigenous Lawyers Corporation of Australia, Lagaw Kodo Mir Torres Strait Islander Corporate Resource and Cultural Centre, Indigenous lawyers and law student associations in both NSW and Victoria, and the Collingwood Industrial Magpies. As a Meriam man from the Torres Strait Islands, Brian is dedicated to advancing Indigenous self-determination and promoting socially responsible economic development for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.
Advisory Board Member - Centre for Commercial Law and Regulatory Studies
Monash University
Jul 2025 - Present • 1 year 4 months
Director
Indigenous Business Australia
Feb 2025 - Present • 1 year 9 months
Advisory Panel Member - First Nations Trade and Investment Advisory Group
Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Jan 2025 - Present • 1 year 10 months
Advisory Panel Member
Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA)
Jul 2024 - Present • 2 years 4 months
Director
Original Power
Feb 2024 - Present • 2 years 9 months
Steering Committee Member
First Nations Clean Energy Network
Feb 2022 - Present • 4 years 9 months
Deputy Chair
ILBIJERRI Theatre Company
Aug 2021 - Present • 5 years 3 months
Director
Aboriginal Community Housing Ltd
Sep 2019 - Present • 7 years 2 months
Principal
Jaramer Legal
Oct 2018 - Present • 8 years 1 month
Legal Counsel
Telstra
Jul 2016 - Oct 2018 • 2 years 3 months
Legal Counsel
Oracle
May 2014 - Aug 2016 • 2 years 3 months
Lawyer
Gilbert + Tobin
Jun 2012 - Jul 2013 • 1 year 1 month
Legal Counsel
Qantas Airways Limited
Feb 2009 - Mar 2014 • 5 years 1 month
Associate to the Honourable Justice Robert Osborn
Supreme Court of Victoria
Dec 2008 - Dec 2009 • 1 year
Solicitor
Victorian Government Solicitor's Office
Feb 2007 - Mar 2009 • 2 years 1 month
Associate
Federal Court of Australia
Dec 2005 - Dec 2007 • 2 years
Paralegal
Maurice Blackburn Cashman Lawyers
Dec 2002 - Jan 2006 • 3 years 1 month
GAICD
Australian Institute of Company Directors
Master of Laws - LLM, Environmental Law
University of Melbourne
2023
LLB, Law
QUT (Queensland University of Technology)
2001 - 2005
Last checked: 15 May 2026 • Checked with Victorian Legal Services
