Nicholson y Cano Abogados has a long TMT track record and has advised key mobile phone companies and national telecommunications operators on a wide range of privatisation, regulatory and transactional matters for more than three decades. The team provides clients in the sector with comprehensive counsel spanning corporate, transactional, labour, contractual, regulatory, public tender and union-related matters. The firm has been particularly influential in the roll-out of 5G technology, where is helped to shape the regulatory framework for the technology. The practice is co-led by public law veteran Eduardo Koch, who specialises in infrastructure, telecommunications, construction and energy matters; Alfredo Vítolo, a vastly experienced TMT practitioner who was deeply involved in the privatisation of the Argentine telecommunications industry in the 1990s; and Francisco Muruzeta, an expert in contractual and competition law. Administrative law-focused Daniel Tomassini; and Carolina Rivera, who covers infrastructure, telecoms, and energy; are the key names at associate level.

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Key clients

  • Telefonica
  • Movistar
  • Iconectiv
  • Smig Life
  • Globalstar

Work highlights

  • A key adviser on the merger between fixed-line operator Telefonica and mobile network provider Movistar
  • Represented Iconectiv in the negotiation and signing of the contract for the administration of the number portability database in Argentina.
  • Advised SMG Life on the contractual and regulatory aspects of a programme to digitalise its operations.

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Eduardo Koch, Alfredo Vitolo, Francisco Muruzeta