Sectors

TMT

Telecommunications, Media, Technology: Advising Industry Leaders TMT – Band 1, Kommersant Legal Rating 2022

Telecommunications, Media, Technology: Resolving Key Disputes in the TMT Industry – Top 15, Kommersant Legal Rating 2022

Our team has years of experience advising TMT sector clients at all stages of the development and in all aspects of their business. We understand the specific challenges faced by companies in the TMT sector as well as the complex legal and regulatory issues related to their activities, including digitalization, ensuring comprehensive security and data protection.

Our lawyers provide support services for complex projects related to information and communication technologies primarily including projects related to the acquisition, expansion, and sale of businesses, as well as projects to create joint ventures in the field of information technology.

Our team is highly competent in pre-trial dispute resolution and litigation, supporting ongoing operations, advising on regulatory requirements and obtaining necessary permits and approvals.

We are well versed in all major branches of the TMT sector:

Technology
Telecommunications and networks
Media and entertainment
Games and streaming

Selected experience

advising an international technology company on the acquisition of a terminal block business
assisting YIT with establishing a joint venture with a Russian IT company producing software in the housing and utilities sector
assisting Tochka Bank in the acquisition of an advertising company which became one of the major deals in online advertising in 2022
assisting eShopWorld with setting up a Russian subsidiary and determining its corporate structure, providing extensive legal advice on major legal areas of the company’s operations in Russia and supporting day-to-day corporate requests
assisting a Finnish manufacturer of automated material handling systems with negotiations for design, supply, installation and service agreements with various Russian producers to expand and renovate their factories
assisting the world’s leading data storage systems provider with structuring its business activities in Russia due to the enforcement of new VAT rules for e-services for b2b operations in Russia
assisting one of the largest Russian software and computer equipment companies with analyzing the current structure of its business processes regarding the circulation of intellectual property in the area of IT (from creation to usage)
conducting due diligence for a FinTech start-up prior to its acquisition by a major Russian bank, including the verification of rights to its key developments including the rights to its employees’ IT products and open-source software along with the associated limitations
preparing a checklist for a major IT software company to allow financial institutions to review the possibility of acquiring cloud services
providing full scale legal support to Avito Work with the acquisition of a controlling stake in HR Messenger, a recruitment and staff adaptation automation service. This is the first-ever deal of this magnitude involving chatbot design companies
advising Gazprom Neft on launching a joint venture with ZYFRA to develop an oil and gas digital industrial platform and promoting new process solutions (2020)
assisting GS-Invest upon its entry into a joint venture involving the Cloud Platform created by Rostelecom, the largest Russian telecommunication provider, and YADRO, a leading manufacturer of high-tech equipment for data storage and processing
assisting one of the leaders of the network solutions market with the multi-jurisdictional purchase of a software company
advising a Finnish multinational telecommunication, information technology, and consumer electronics company on issues related to importing Wi-Fi devices, describing regulatory information that must be presented to the consumers and reviewing their warranty notice
advising the world's largest telecommunications company on corporate matters and drafting multiple documents to ensure the smooth functioning of the representative office
assisting a large international media company that holds exclusive rights in many famous Russian TV series and films with conducting IP due diligence of its Russian subsidiaries
advising a leading provider of communications and technology solutions for investors on reviewing and amending the service agreement and its annexes under which our client has licenses to certain software and IT support for financial IT solutions
assisting the worldwide leader in IT, networking, and cybersecurity solutions with reviewing an addendum to a lease
assisting the largest electronic payment system with drafting answers to questions related to data privacy in the area of investigations and gathering evidence against employees
advising an American digital maps provider for in-car navigation systems, mobile and Internet map applications for more than 24 countries and its Russian subsidiary on technology licensing in Russia and compliance with Russian regulatory requirements as well as advising this client on a regular basis on different contractual issues relating to the sublicensing and distribution of digital maps in Russia
assisting a world-leading Internet provider in several projects relating to the public Internet projects which involved complex measures relating to concept development, drafting rules, polices and a set of Copyrights License Agreements, as well as providing daily advice to this client on software development and licensing issues
advising Alt Telecom on the sale of its mobile communications and electronics retail chain to its strategic investor Euroset
advising Open Mobile Platform LLC and RUSINTECH LLC (ESN Group) on the sale of 75% in Open Mobile Platform and 75% in Votron LLC to Rostelecom PJSC who stood to gain control over the developer of Sailfish OS and Sailfish Mobile OS RUS (now – Aurora OS) through this transaction (2018)
advising GetCourse co-founder and CEO Sergei Mikhailov on a private equity deal with Goldman Sachs, Winter Capital Partners and Baring Vostok Capital Partners. The amount of the relevant investment round is USD 50m
representing a Skolkovo resident (Double Data) in a high-profile, precedent-setting dispute against the VKontakte social network over the use of Big Data and the functioning of search engines. The case has evolved into one of the most talked about disputes in recent years over the use of Big Data and the functioning of search engines. The Court for Intellectual Property Rights approved the settlement agreement
advising a Finnish production center on their entry into the Russian market in the area of online trainings
assisting a global digital publisher of Harry Potter and the Wizarding World with conducting due diligence audit on compliance with personal data protection and consumer protection legislation
advising an international motion picture studio with regard to NDAs and ensuring the development of materials to reduce the risks of idea theft
advising a large media group on a complex matter on trademark licensing issues as well as on proper licensing of copyrights for TVCs and movies
representing a subsidiary of a major Russian media conglomerate in a dispute against a film director who violated their contract obligations
successfully protecting the rights of the leading Russian publishers of educational literature, who filed against another major publisher of educational literature, EXAM Publishing House, for the infringement of the client’s exclusive rights to design the covers of its books. The claim was fully satisfied, and the client was awarded RUB 64m as compensation for the violation of its rights. The dispute was finally resolved amicably when the parties agreed on the client’s acquisition of a share in Exam Publishing House
representing an international publishing house in a dispute against a claim regarding an unethical trademark holder for the compensation of RUB 2m