Media and Entertainment

The firm provides services to the media and entertainment industries. Our team includes lawyers and intellectual property agents with expertise in a wide range of regulatory, intellectual property, contractual, financial, antitrust and consumer matters pertaining to these activities. Our professionals are capable of providing transactional assistance as well as litigation advice and representation to companies and individuals engaged in the different areas of the entertainment industry, including television and radio, internet, film, multimedia, music and publishing. Our professionals have participated in several projects, transactions and conflicts relating to such areas and have acted before administrative agencies, courts and other relevant institutions (such as AFSCA –and its predecessor Comfer-, CNC, INCAA, SADAIC, and Argentores, among others) in connection with a variety of matters, including securing access of services to the Argentine market, regulatory compliance, administrative approvals, intellectual property rights-related matters, infringement and penalty processes, observance of restrictions limiting telecoms’ participation in media industry, use of satellite facilities, restrictive practices (including tying agreements, refusals to deal and abusive pricing), and several other matters from entertainment project contracting to multi-million debt restructurings of media companies. Our client base includes an array of companies and individuals acting in these areas, including important media companies, MSOs (Multiple System Operators), air and cable channels, radios, providers of videos on demand, film production companies and other entertainment production companies and producers, and artists, among others.