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TMC - Technology, Media & Communications

Technological convergence coupled with the rapid spread of new technologies has opened up a wealth of opportunities in your industry and you must move swiftly to capitalise on them. To stay ahead of the competition, you need to spot and pre-empt legal difficulties before they arise. Innovation is key, but you need to overcome significant regulatory and commercial hurdles.

We are day-to-day advisers for various areas within the industry, including the IT industry leader in Latin America. We have experience in negotiating hardware and software contracts, both foreign and national, as well as in the negotiation and legal structuring of the integration of complex IT service solutions.

The telecom market is currently in full transformation in Chile. The modernisation of the normative framework will continue until it has lowered the barriers to entry for new players, simplifying models for granting licences and modifying them for converged services. We have actively participated in the elaboration and discussion of laws and regulations that govern this industry in Chile.

We can advise you on matters related to M&A, as well as on financing alternatives by way of public offer of shares and bonds in the capital markets.

"CMS has specialists in several areas and clients meet partners directly, which allows us to learn from them and establish a unique trust"

The Legal 500 - 2021

"I find it a very good team – very proactive and committed. They are fast, creative and also good negotiators. They understand our business and technology companies in general"

The Legal 500 - 2021

"The service is focused on the satisfaction of the client and staying flexible to the different scenarios that are presented"

Chambers Latin America - 2020

"The lawyers' expertise in TMT and understanding of the industry, combined with their professional attitude and experience, mean they have had a fundamental role in keeping us ahead of our competition"

Chambers Latin America

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CMS’s FinTech prac­tice area is com­prised of a renowned team in its field, both na­tion­ally and in­ter­na­tion­ally.  In Chile, our team of ex­per
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Per­form­ing ser­vices in a de­cent­ral­ised man­ner un­der Mi­CAR
At the end of April 2023, the European par­lia­ment de­cided on a uni­form reg­u­la­tion of crypto as­sets across the EU by vot­ing on the MiCA reg­u­la­tion (i.e. mar­kets in crypto-as­sets). The in­ten­ded in­nov­a­tions...
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The European Uni­on Coun­cil has re­cently ad­op­ted a reg­u­la­tion on Mar­kets in Crypto-As­sets (MiCA) that ap­plies to crypto-as­sets, their is­suers and ser­vice pro­viders, and cov­ers a range of ser­vices that...
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5G reg­u­la­tion and law in Chile
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Our cryto team lead by Diego Rodríguez con­trib­uted to The Payper­s' the re­port, “Crypto Pay­ments and Web 3.0 for Banks, Mer­chants, and PSPs Re­port”  in the chapter on the Reg­u­lat­ory Land­scape and...
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Tech­no­logy Trans­form­a­tion – Me­dia
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Tech­no­logy Trans­form­a­tion - Con­sumer Products & Re­tail
Di­git­al­isa­tion has trans­formed how con­sumer products are man­u­fac­tured, dis­trib­uted and sold. The push to main­tain a com­pet­it­ive ad­vant­age, drives in­creased in­vest­ment in new tech­no­lo­gies. This in­vest­ment...
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Tech­no­logy Trans­form­a­tion: Man­aging Risks in a Chan­ging Land­scape
Chan­ging tech, chan­ging risks Whilst tech­no­logy is per­vas­ive, we only now un­der­stand with great­er clar­ity its im­pact on fin­an­cial sys­tems, mar­kets and sup­ply chains, al­low­ing or­gan­isa­tions to mon­it­or...
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