Robert Walker has joined the intellectual property and technology team at Gadens in Melbourne, where he is a partner. Walker joins from Baker & McKenzie, where he headed the technology group. He was also a partner at Andersen Legal and legal counsel at McIntosh and IBM. His work has included assisting major information management system providers with innovative master services agreements, advising Australian companies providing high-bandwidth communication infrastructure, preparing IT outsourcing and service level agreements, and acting on negotiations of software exploitation and licensing arrangements.