At the forefront of telecoms issues in Brazil, the team at Veirano Advogados acts for major mobile and telephone providers as well as pay-TV services, network infrastructure, broadband services, and satellite communications companies in the entire spectrum of sector-related mandates. The practice is particularly skilled in regulatory issues, new product launches, and administrative and judicial litigation, but its expertise in the telecoms sector also extends to corporate, transactional and antitrust matters. The practice is under the joint leadership of industry veterans Elinor Cotait and Ana Claudia Beppu; Cotait is noted for her knowledge of telecoms regulations, while Beppu stands out for her experience in administrative and constitutional law-related matters. Other key practitioners include Beatriz Faustino França, who excels in regulatory issues within the satellite industry, and Francisco Sampaio, who assists with the development of telecoms services in Brazil, including spectrum and orbital auctions.
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Testimonials
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‘Veirano Advogados has an exceptional structure with great professionals, which provides security in their opinions and services provided in general. The work is always of high quality, purposeful and technically based. Furthermore, it is a firm with an excellent reputation.’
‘Veirano's team as a whole is exceptional, but I highlight the following names: Francisco Sampaio, Elinor Cotait, Ana Claudia Beppu are all complete professionals, super qualified, helpful, purposeful, assertive, with extensive experience in the telecoms sector. They are exceptional lawyers.'
‘Elinor Cotait, Ana Claudia Beppu, Francisco Sampaio and Beatriz Faustino França are the partners I highlight for their credibility with companies in the sector, relationships with public bodies and unquestionable technical capacity. Added to these characteristics is the sense of being business partners with its clients.’
‘As an international institution, it is very important to have reliable and excellent legal and regulatory experts. Veirano is that and more, they are truly our partners in Brazil.’
‘The telecoms team is a highly knowledgeable and experienced group that provides excellent advice, guidance and solutions to complex regulatory and corporate issues, including proceedings before ANATEL. They are prompt in their responses and available when there is a sudden request.’
‘Veirano is an amazing firm in Brazil. They have provided us advice in an array of practices ranging from litigation to tax and telecoms. Very reliable, the team is outstanding!’
‘Ana Claudia Beppu knows every detail of our operations in Brazil and has helped us navigate very complex issues, she is smart, works fast and always available. Luiza Martorano is the lead associate helping us. She has a considerable expertise and works very well with Ana Claudia making a wonderful first response team.’
‘The firm has highly qualified lawyers with well-known knowledge of the telecoms sector on the most diverse fronts - regulatory, competition and others - and the experience of the relationship and returns is always positive.’
Key clients
- TIM
- SKY
- Siga Antenado (EAF – Entidade Administradora da Faixa de 3,5 GHz)
- Claro
- Inter-American Development Bank - IDB
- Telefônica Brasil (Vivo)
- Alloha Fibra
- Vodafone
- AT&T
- Microsoft
- Pirelli
- Cogent Communications
- Elea Digital / Piemonte
- Nice inContact (Nice Solutions)
- Talkdesk
- OneWeb
- Inmarsat
- Iridium
- KVH Industries
- SpeedCast
- Gogo
- Ituran
- British Telecom (BT)
- Gilat
- Tencent (China)
Work highlights
- Representing TIM in investigations carried out by ANATEL and CADE against the three main mobile providers in Brazil regarding an alleged refusal to deal with a provider of value-added service.
- Advised EAF on the entity’s obligations and goals, defined in the tender invitation of the auction carried out by ANATEL to authorise the use of the frequency bands destined to the implementation of 5G technology in Brazil.
- Assisted IDB with the structuring of the credit expansion programme for investments in telecoms networks.
Lawyers
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Practice head
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Elinor Cotait, Ana Claudia Beppu