General Information

Our practice areas

• Providing strategic advice for new players on the electronic communications market (telecommunications, audiovisual or e-commerce)

• Managing relations with the regulatory authorities for the relevant sectors in France (Electronic Communication and Postal Services Regulatory Authority, Audiovisual Board, General Directorate on Competition, Consumption and Fraud Prevention, Data Protection Authority, Competition Board, etc) and in Europe (European Commission, European Parliament) in particular relating to:
  - requesting licences or sector-specific authorisations (UMTS, BLR or WiMax licences, agreements with the Audiovisual Board, right to use terrestrial frequencies, access to the public domain to construct or install communication facilities, etc.)
  - activity declarations required by regulations
  - checking the validity of taxes and fees collected by operators
  - settling disputes between operators, in particular with regard to network or interconnection access
  - representing our clients' interests in the European legislative process (negotiating directives and other texts) and the national legislative process (transposition of EU texts into French law, requests for commentaries made by the public authorities)
  

• Negotiating and entering into contracts between operators or with their suppliers, in particular relating to:
  - purchases of specific facilities
  - access to access to land or mobile networks (unbundling agreements, MVNO-style, etc.)
  - interconnection
  - supplying capacities, on fixed, terrestrial or satellite networks or mobile networks
  - infrastructure sharing
  - technology transfers or partnerships, etc.
  

• Providing representation in proceedings brought with regard to competition law (agreements in restraint of trade, abuse of dominant position, unfair competition) before the Competition Board, the European Commission and/or the commercial courts

• Providing assistance with regard to relations between operators and their customers:
  - drawing up general terms and conditions of sale or service
  - complying with regulations relating to e-commerce and, in particular, the protection of privacy (relations with the Data Protection Authority)
  - approving distribution, marketing, distance sales activities, etc.
  

• In general, managing dispute resolution procedures:
  - before the national administrative authorities (Electronic Communication and Postal Services Regulatory Authority and Audiovisual Board)
  - before the European authorities (European Commission's Competition General Directorate and Information Society General Directorate)
  - before the arbitration courts
  - before national civil, commercial or administrative courts
  - before European courts (Court of First Instance of the European Communities and the Court of Justice, European Court of Human Rights)
  

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