Media & Entertainment
We can help you with
- Regulatory support (licences, permits, investigations)
- Data protection and privacy
- Software protection, licensing, development and maintenance
- Commercial transactions (transfer of rights, service supply, distribution and agency, franchising)
- Sales strategies, trade and marketing regulation, including advertising and PR matters
- Intellectual property protection and enforcement
- Local and EU competition law, including protection against unfair competition
- Consumer protection
- Corporate and employment matters
- Investment, M&A, joint ventures, partnerships
- Project financing and insurance
- Public procurement
- Tax and customs, social security
- Ethics and compliance (anti-corruption/anti-bribery regulations)
- Litigation and representation in courts/arbitration tribunals and before local authorities
Experience
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Providence Equity Partners
Acquisition of Modern Times Group (MTG) Baltic operations (new name All Media Baltics, largest media group in Baltics)
Buyer’s Legal Adviser -
MTV Networks
Licence agreement negotiations with Latvian Copyright and Communication Consulting Agency/ Latvian Authors Association (AKKA/LAA)
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Association of Latvian Journalists (Latvijas zurnalistu asociacija)
Establishing Media Ombud ‒ an independent NGO uniting media companies and aiming to promote ethical and responsible journalism and media self-regulation in Latvia
Legal Adviser -
Nordcurrent
Advising the largest game development company in Baltics on acquisition of mobile game development and animation studio Blam! Games Studios
Legal Adviser -
Betsson Services Limited
Memo on changes in Belarusian gambling legislation
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Facebook
Legal due diligence in connection with acquisition of Masquerade Technologies, Inc. (which has developed MSQRD app in Belarus)
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Havas Media Group
Acquisition of 51% shareholding in Idea Group which was one of the biggest investments in the Baltic marketing and communications market
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US-based global broadcasting company
Advising on regulatory and advertising issues related to broadcasting of foreign mass media channels in Belarus
Legal Adviser