Telecommunications, Media and Technology
ALRUD has a dedicated TMT team consisting of lawyers from different practice groups who possess resources and know-how to provide full-scale of advice on telecom, media, technology. We advise our clients in TMT industries on various matters related to regulatory, commercial, competition, transactional and other sector specific aspects.
ALRUD advises on different legal issues in TMT-industry including:
Regularly advice on various legal issues related to:
- transactional and content development and distribution in media sector
- advertising and marketing, including misleading, unfair advertising
- protecting rights to intellectual property
- taxation issues, tax benefits in the IT sector
- regulatory and compliance matters, certification and licensing
- data protection& cybersecurity, inspections by the regulatory authorities
- gaming and gambling, including lotteries
- regulatory matters in print, broadcast and digital areas
- state procurement and public sector projects
- blockchain and cryptocurrency regulation
Provide support in M&A transactions, including:
- advice on structuring transactions
- full due diligence with specifics of IT, telecom and media industries
- drafting and preparing all transaction documents
- negotiation on behalf of clients with other parties to transactions
- advising on tax matters in the context of M&A transactions
Provide legal support on commercial issues:
- analysis of the options provided by Russian laws, legal requirements to commercial activities in the market, advice on the risks and legal remedies available in case of breach and termination of contracts
- take part in negotiations with contracting parties, and draft agreements (service, marketing, cooperation and others)
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Newsletters
- 3/3/2025TMT Legal Digest: Key regulatory news in the TMT industry in 2024
- 7/1/2024New legislative changes in the IT sector in June 2024
- 4/9/2024Fines increased for illegal marketing mailing and non-transparent advertising of consumer loans
- 3/13/2024Accreditation of IT companies: possible rule changes and restricting the moratorium on inspections
- 7/27/2023New legislative changes in IT regulation in Russia in July 2023
- 7/11/2023Imposing restrictions on the use of IT-products in the government and financial sectors
- 6/29/2023Liability for violation of online advertisement registration requirements
- 5/16/2023New obligations of technological communication networks owners: data storage and interaction with law enforcement authorities
- 3/2/2023Key changes in the telecommunications, media and technology industry in June 2022 - February 2023
- 12/23/2022New reality for media business in Russia
- 10/10/2022IT accreditation according to the new rules was launched today in Russia
- 12/3/2019Adoption of the Law on pre-installation of Russian applications