Goltsblat BLP has extensive experience of advising and representing telecommunications companies. Our firm’s team of lawyers participates regularly, actively and reliably on the telecommunications services market and has extensive experience and a profound understanding of all aspects of the telecommunications business, from the corporate and commercial to the technical side of the activities of telecommunications companies, as well as the relevant legal framework.

Our approach to providing services in this area allows us to offer our clients comprehensive legal services in the sphere of telecommunications, media and technologies, this being of particular significance because projects involving telecommunication convergence are accounting for a growing proportion of our work.

Our lawyers provide consultations, in particular, on the following:

• Full support for acquisition, sale and reorganisation of telecommunications companies within the framework of various corporate/M&A procedures
• Liaising between telecommunications companies and government authorities
• Advising telecommunications companies on obtaining business licences and other permits, approvals and registration documents
• Structuring relations between market players in creating and using copyright and neighbouring right items, and with respect to exercise of the rights of right-holders (licensors) and licensees
• Advising on and representing interests in disputes with consumers
• Participation in developing a regulation policy with respect to the activities of telecommunications companies
• Anti-monopoly legislation
• Project finance