Technology, Media & Telecoms

Driving innovation with confidence

Technology is no longer a standalone sector, it is the force transforming every industry, business model and customer experience.

Digital transformation continues to redefine how organisations operate, compete and grow. New technologies create extraordinary opportunities, but they also introduce legal, regulatory and operational challenges that businesses must address. We advise technology companies, investors, telecommunications providers, media organisations and businesses undergoing digital transformation. Our work spans technology transactions, software development, digital platforms, telecommunications regulation, data-driven business models and emerging technologies.

By combining expertise across technology, intellectual property, privacy, commercial and regulatory matters, our tier 1 team helps clients bring innovative solutions to market while managing risk and maintaining compliance. Whether launching a new platform, acquiring or scaling a technology business or adapting to disruptive change, we provide legal guidance designed to support innovation, growth and long-term resilience.

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Advising a global internet and technology giant in connection with product localisation, privacy and data protection, and a range of distribution, consumer protection, competition, tax and litigation matters

Advising a global technology company on radio spectrum frequencies bidding

Advising technology investors in relation to the regulatory constraints, setting-up and implementation of a low-power wide-area network (LPWAN) solution for IoT application

Advising a medical software company on setting-up software reseller and distribution systems in Europe and Latin America

Advising a global leader in technology in relation to electronic registration and reporting of transactions, as well as on various tax and customs issues in its delivery and other logistics operations

Advising a global location-data platform on government licensing requirements

Advising a global technology services leader on service agreements with state agencies, copyright issues, corporate reorganisations, taxation, administrative law, and collective employment disputes within the IT sector

Advising a software solutions and cloud-computing services provider on the implications and risks of a software service agreement with government agencies

Advising an international cloud-computing company in relation to a proposes government cloud programme

Advising a top international media & entertainment company on post-takeover management reorganization, commercial contracts, copyright (producer and performer rights), and advertising and marketing compliance in Romania

Advising an international company specialised in programmatic advertising in connection with the complete overhaul of the contractual documentation for their business and in connection with privacy and data protection issues related to programmatic media trading

Advising the largest regional media and broadcasting group on commercial contracts, channel distribution contracts, advertising and TV rights, and employment and corporate issues, following the corporate restructuring of the company

Acting for a European IT services provider in procurement litigation for an air-traffic control software contract

Advising a global business-software provider on software development issues, contract review, rights over co-developed ERP solutions, and a restructuring process

Advising the founders of the second largest cryptocurrency (by market capitalisation) on the regulatory regime of issuance and trading of cryptocurrency, development JVs, and tax issues

Advising an international operations management and analytics company in connection with the setting-up of operations and BPO activities, including commercial contracts, taxation, group reorganization, and employment

Advising a global business incubator and start-up accelerator on the localisation of warrant agreements with start-up companies