Admitted to Bar: 2006

Appointed Senior Counsel: 2020

Floor Member Since: 2011

Experience

• Barrister, Tenth Floor Selborne/Wentworth Chambers; 2006 – present
• Freehills (2000 – 2006), Senior Associate, Intellectual Property
• Judge’s Associate, Hon. Justice Lehane, Federal Court of Australia (1999)

Teaching
Guest lecturer, Comparative Intellectual Property Law, Humboldt-Universität, Berlin; Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Germany (2007-present)
Friedrich-Schiller- Universität Jena, Germany (2017-present)

Publications
(2008) 75 IP Forum 42
(2008) 21 International Journal for the Semiotics of Law 1
Bar Brief No. 140 May 2007, 7
(2001)14 Aust. Intellectual Property Law Bulletin 1
(1999) 7 Journal of Law and Medicine 53

Professional memberships
Intellectual Property Society of Australia and New Zealand
Law Council of Australia Intellectual Property Committee; Europe Focus Group
Deutsch-Australisch-Pazifische Juristenvereinigung e.V.

Education
New South Wales Bar Examinations, 2006 (P. Lashki Prize)
Humboldt Universität, Berlin, LLM (University Medal) (2004-2005)
University of Sydney, BA (1st Class Honours, University Medal), LLB (1st Class Honours) (1992 – 1997)
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NAATI qualified translator, German-English

Mr Lang practises in commercial and intellectual property matters. He is recognised in Chambers & Partners 2023 Asia-Pacific rankings for Intellectual Property Law. Doyle’s Guide 2023 has named him as Recommended Intellectual Property senior counsel for NSW, and he is also listed in Best Lawyers Australia 2025 for his work in Intellectual Property Law. Legal 500 2023 also recognises him as a leading silk in Intellectual Property.