AREAS OF PRACTICE

AVA's team possesses relevant experience in the technology, media and telecommunication sectors. AVA legal services in these sectors always have also in regard the ongoing market evolution together with the always changeable needs of its clients.

AVA's services include, in Technologies and Telecommunication, hardware and software agreements, licensing, maintenance and professional cooperation services agreements and outsourcing, e-commerce and internet services in general, along with register and protection of domain names.

Concerning Data Protection, AVA contributes to the construction and analysis of global data protection policies to be implemented at corporate levels, drafting and analysing international policies for personal data cross-border transfers, drafting and presenting requests for notification and authorization for the purposes of data processing before the Portuguese Data Protection Authority (Comissão Nacional de Protecção de Dados) and advising on any related disputes.

AVA also gives legal advice in Media and Advertising, including advertising campaigns, counselling on requests for authorization of promotions before the relevant authorities, drafting of competitions and promotions regulations and of sponsoring agreements and image related rights.

"TMT practice mainly focuses on multi-jurisdictional IT projects and commercial structures" - Chambers Europe 2011, TMT Editorial