Telecommunications, Media, Entertainment & Technology

At the forefront of industry developments

Representing household-name clients around the world, Mallesons has one of the leading international TMET practices, with a long history of advising clients in this dynamic sector. We advise on all aspects of the telecommunications, media, entertainment, and technology sector, and we have substantial cross-border capabilities. Whatever your niche in the sector, we have experience within our global team to support your needs. You will benefit from our deep industry knowledge, strategic thinking, technical advice and commerciality.

As one of the largest international full-service telecommunications and digital infrastructure law practices, we advise on M&A, regulatory reform and compliance, spectrum, network access agreements and disputes, wholesale access arrangements between carriers, and much more.

Our Singapore based TMET team has a strong focus on Technology and FinTech transactions, having represented multiple investors or strategic partners across South and South East Asia. We have worked on market leading regional FinTech transactions for financial institutions. This is supplemented by our strong FinTech offerings in China, Hong Kong and Australia making Mallesons a formidable FinTech player across Asia.

We also regularly advise governments and supranational bodies on the development of regulatory regimes in emerging economies in Asia Pacific.

We are at the forefront of regulatory changes relating to data including the consumer data protection, privacy and data breach notification regimes.

Our team is also renowned for the significant value it brings to clients across the full range of technology law issues. On the supply-side, clients include international and domestic technology consulting and IT outsourcing providers (including SaaS providers) and international software developers. On the demand-side, they include government, major international companies and banks. We specialise in helping clients to procure and implement complex IT systems, particularly where there are significant risks and risk allocation issues.

The media and entertainment environment is evolving at a relentless pace – and we can guide you through it. Digital technology and globalised content are helping to create a vibrant and disruptive marketplace full of opportunities across all aspects of the media industry – such as broadcasting, print, social media, gaming, and internet. We have the credentials to help clients achieve those opportunities locally and globally. Integrated and effective, our international team of media and entertainment lawyers has a long and successful history of working with major industry names.

All areas of law, all markets

With a full team specialising in this area, we advise on:

• Advertising
• Digital Commerce
• Entertainment
• Media
• Technology
• Telecommunications
• Space

The TMET sector is subject to constant innovation and flux, but you can count on us to provide a point of reference you can trust.