Qualified legal input on IT & Telecommunications

Whilst IT & Telecommunications have become major industries at global level, related legislation has evolved to a fairly comprehensive legal framework, moving the industry to a new age of both stricter regulation and incentives as States, international and regional organizations acknowledged the ever increasing impact and importance of these sectors. Given the highly specialized feature of IT & Telecom, legal advisors need more than just legal knowledge in order to proficiently handle related assignments. Accordingly, our IT & Telecom practice is handled by lawyers who have an intimate understanding of the technicalities involved and who are therefore best positioned to provide advice on related legal matters.

Our attorneys have been thus involved in some of the milestone transactions that have helped shape the very legal framework in place today in the field of IT & Telecom and have acquired in the process sound knowledge, expertize and know-how on a wide array of IT & Telecom related matters, including licensing and IP, e-sales and sales of electronic content, software development and implementation, regulatory, financing, corporate and mergers & acquisitions matters, competition, environment, public procurement, privatization and day-to-day legal advice.

Highlights of the assignments which have been handled by our lawyers throughout their practice include advice and representation to:

• One of the largest international software companies, in connection with licensing matters, consumer law and commercial agreements;
• One of the largest mobile phone producers, in connection with a large number of aspects pertaining to the development, operation, decommissioning and sale of a manufacturing facility in Romania;
• One of the most important players on e-commerce fashion market in CEE, in connection with trademark infringement risks as well as national regulations on e-commerce and registration of internet domains;
• An important domestic software developer, in connection with various public procurement matters;
• The software management branch of a State-owned company, in connection with the multimillion EUR acquisition of a new software platform for its operations;
• The Romanian State, in connection with a detailed assessment of the legal framework in the field of IT, Telecom & Media for the purposes of several state-owned companies;
• One of the world’s leading web portals, in connection with various aspects of the Romanian legal framework related to online advertising;
• A major mobile telecommunications operator, in connection with a wide range of legal aspects related to its specific activity;
• A telecom operator, in connection with various legal aspects, related especially to commercial agreements for the lease, assignment, service and sale of equipment;
• A consumer oriented internet service provider, in connection with the financing of a transaction aimed at establishing a limited mobility telephony network;
• The Romanian inter-banking payment system operator, on a wide range of aspects, including in connection with IP and IT Law, E-Signature and Data Protection etc.;
• A foreign government, in connection with the privatization of its largest state-owned company specializing in telecommunication services.

Publications

• Going digital - Romania's Government cloud secondary legislation in place, April 2023 (ENG)
• Digital Operational Resilience Act or "DORA", March 2023 (ENG)
• TMT 2022 Trends and Developments & Law and Practice, Romania chapters, Chambers and Partners, February 2022 (ENG)
• EU Cybersecurity Joint Unit, July 2021 (ENG)
• Legal memo regarding the scope of Article 5 of the TRIS Directive by reference to Romania’s 5G legislation, May 2021 (RO/ENG)
• The CJEU Advocate General’s opinion in case-392/19 - A step into supplementing European jurisprudence on web linking, May 2021 (ENG)
• The cybersecurity competence centre starts to take shape - regulation adopted by the council of the EU, April 2021 (ENG)
• The Romanian draft law on 5G technology under strong criticism from both public authorities and private stakeholders, April 2021 (ENG)
• The Romanian draft law on 5G technology under strong criticism from both public authorities and private stakeholders, April 2021 (RO)
• EU’s new cybersecurity strategy, February 2021 (ENG)
• NIS directive 2.0, January 2021 (ENG)
• Keeping data safe in the new digital employment environment, December 2020 (ENG)
• Romania: Cybersecurity framework update, December 2020 (ENG)
• Audio-Visual Media field, September 2020 (ENG)
• The Romanian draft law on the authorisation of 5G technology manufacturers and its effects on competition: a challenge for mobile operators and competition regulators, September 2020 (ENG)
• The Romanian draft law on the authorisation of 5G technology manufacturers and its effects on competition: a challenge for mobile operators and competition regulators, September 2020 (RO)
• The Legal 500: TMT 4th Edition Country Comparative Guide, The In-House Lawyer, August 2020 (ENG)
• Copyright protection granted to computer programs, article, July 2020 (ENG)
• When 5G regulations affect mobile operators – legal remedies under the national law and the European Convention on Human Rights, July 2020 (ENG)
• Legal challenges in implementing the 5G EU toolbox, June 2020 (ENG)
• Infrastructure Law - when the telecom and energy sectors cross paths, May 2020 (ENG)
• Implementing the EU’s NIS Directive in Romania, April 2020 (ENG)
• Net neutrality in current pandemic context, April 2020 (ENG)
• Digitalization, a high priority for Europe’s future, February 2020 (ENG)
• ELKB Electronic currency issuing – legislative updates, November 2019 (RO)
• MPR Partners contributes to the Romania chapter of TMT Country Comparative Guide of The Legal 500’s In-House Lawyer, August 2019 (ENG)
• ELKB Cyber-security – Romanian legislation on network and information systems security: a work in progress, July 2019 (ENG)
• Technology Country Guide, The In-House Lawyer, The Legal 500, August 2018 (ENG)
• Cryptocurrencies – current status in Romania, Legal Marketing, May 2018 (RO)
• Will drones start to be part of our daily lives by 2019? Disruptive Technology – The In-House Lawyer, May 2018 (ENG)
• Technology in Romania (ENG)
• ELKB Romania – striving to become a better host for R&D investments (ENG)
• ELKB IP Protection in Romania: an Overview (ENG)

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