Bruchou & Funes de Rioja handles a broad mix of telecom, broadcasting, IP, data protection and technology matters, supporting clients with submissions for authorisations, permits and licenses for the provision of broadcasting and telecoms services. The team also takes on work involving radio electric spectrum regulation, the installation of telecoms equipment and infrastructure, and IP and data protection; with litigation and transactional matters in the TMT space also covered. A multi-disciplinary team is co-headed by Santiago Balbi, who has led the launch of a new advisory service to support new technology start-ups and their investors; Dámaso Pardo Correa, who handles conflicts regarding trade marks, patents, advertising and marketing law, as well as privacy and internet law; and young partner Juan Zocca, who has a strong background in administrative law and primarily works with clients in highly-regulated sectors. Data privacy and new-technologies partner Alejandro Barrientos is another key name, as is public law veteran Ignacio Minorini Lima.

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Key clients

  • Grupo Werthein
  • Lumen Technologies
  • Deutsche Telekom Global Business Solutions
  • SITA
  • Encompass TIBA Latin America
  • Thomson Reuters Foundation
  • Compañía Industrial Cervecera
  • Bizland
  • Prisma
  • Lewis Silkin
  • Extreme Reach - Toyota
  • Supercanal Pedidos Ya
  • Telefónica Argentina
  • Travel X
  • Lemon Cash
  • Zeropointzero
  • Agrotoken

Work highlights

  • Advise DirecTV Argentina on regulatory matters related to telecommunications, broadcasting, and media content, as well as IP and data privacy matters.
  • Advising Cirion Technologies on several telecommunications, privacy, data protection and general regulatory issues, including litigation matters involving government agencies.
  • Advising technology start-up TravelX on its integration with FlyBondi for the first-time provision of tokenized NFT tickets to customers in Argentina

Lawyers

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Junior partners with significant recognition from clients and peers in the market and key roles on multiple matters.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Dámaso Pardo Correa, Santiago Balbi, Juan Zocca