Theo Dorizac

Theo Dorizac was appointed General Counsel of SBS in September 2020. Theo leads the Legal, Rights Management, Archives and Records Management teams which encompass key legal capabilities including prepublication advice, commercial and technology transactions and dispute resolution; rights and licensing, archives, document management, retention and governance.

Theo joined SBS in 2014 and has extensive experience collaborating with and advising media executives, producers and journalists. Prior to joining SBS, Theo was a Corporate Counsel at Nine, legal and compliance lawyer at Channel 4 in the UK and started his career as a solicitor in private practice in New Zealand.

Theo represents SBS on ‘Australia’s Right to Know’ (ARTK) coalition of media organisations, is a member of the Media Law Resource Centre, Association of Corporate Counsel (Australia) and regularly presents at legal and industry conferences.