Described as a ‘rising star’ by nominating sources, Tiago da Mota is responsible for providing legal support for the operations of Fox Networks Group in Portugal and Portuguese African countries, overseeing all legal and external affairs matters including regulation, contract matters, trade issues, compliance and litigation. He is involved in all areas of company activity, including Pay TV and OTT distribution, advertising, sales, TV production, business development, marketing and on-air, digital, corporate finance amongst other areas.

As Fox acts as an international broadcaster in a cutting-edge and innovative business in the context of a fast changing industry, with new services, rights and concepts discussed in each negotiation transactions and litigations, da Mota is also recognised for his ‘business sense, diversified background and updated legal knowledge [where he] adopts a position and encourages the adaptability and innovation with the right amount of versatility,’ by nominators. The recommendations for da Mota are not limited to this, he is further described as a ‘competent, charismatic professional’ with technical skills combined with a strong will to succeed and vision to help the business. ‘His vision to help the business allows him to always find new solutions to the most complicated problems and work as business catalyst, thus working in a proactive manner instead of reactive’ says another nominator.

He is a legal counsel with a developed, robust network with close ties to both other heads of legal in the industry, key partners in relevant law firms, as well as regulatory bodies. This has allowed da Mota not only to be constantly updated about the industry and its agents, ‘but also make his contributions much more impactful industry-wise than what standard in-house legal counsel typically is able to achieve’ adds a nominator. In another notable milestone in his career, da Mota helped facilitate the merger between two of the largest telecommunication companies in Portugal – ZON Multimedia and Optimus, which created the current largest telecommunications group in Portugal, NOS.