Victoria Chylek
Director and Legal Consultant

Victoria is a legal consultant and non-executive director and was instrumental in setting up Authors Legal in 2021. Victoria is a publishing law specialist and has provided extensive advice on publishing contracts, copyright, defamation, and legal and industry issues facing authors, illustrators, artists and creators. Victoria has worked in private legal practice and in-house, including as a senior lawyer at DLA Piper, Simpsons Solicitors and more recently as a sole practioner.  Victoria is passionate about assisting not-for-profits and registered charities and continues to work with the ASA and help its members to forge sustainable creative careers.

Over the years Victoria has legalled innumerable manuscripts and provided pre-publication reviews and has acted in defamation, copyright infringement and contempt of court litigation on behalf of publishers and creators.

She is also a prolific reader, a pragmatic and approachable lawyer and passionate about supporting the Australian creative and charitable industries.