Grant McAvaney is a senior media and entertainment lawyer with extensive litigation and commercial law experience. Grant heads the litigation team at the ABC; he has just returned to this position after spending 18 months as the CEO of the ACC where he remains as the Company Secretary. Prior to joining the ABC the first time, Grant held positions as both a Partner of Minter Ellison, and Senior Legal Counsel of Ninemsn. He has a wealth of varied legal experience including pre-publication, court appearances, defamation, contempt, newsgathering, intellectual property, privacy, production contracts, copyright licensing, and legislative/policy reviews.Grant has also been active in the wider profession, including lecturing media law to University students and members of the Media & Entertainment Arts Alliance, and he was recently awarded a 2018 Pro Bono Award by the Arts Law Centre of Australia.