Elite Advocacy Stands Out For Its Exceptional Proficiency In Handling Legal Matters Related To Technology, Media & Entertainment, And Telecommunications (TMT). Our TMT Practice Is Recognized For Its Depth Of Knowledge, Industry Insight, And Ability To Provide Innovative Legal Solutions That Address The Rapidly Evolving Landscape Of These Sectors.
We pride ourselves in being one of the market leaders in the UAE TMT sector,covering all areas of the industry, from transactions to advisory, to contentious work. Elite Advocacy stands out for being one of the few UAE law firms with a wide-ranging scope of Intellectual Property related matters including but not limited to; anti-trust and competition disputes related to media broadcasting, criminal and regulatory offences, privacy, internet cables infrastructure projects, sports media law and media productions disputes, assistance to news agencies and media outlets, telecom regulation, and other transactional, advisory and contentious work.
Moreover, Elite Advocacy is the only UAE firm to be involved in the only two investigations launched by the COMESA Competition Commission in Egypt in relation to media and sports broadcasting contracts, acting for both rights holders and licensees, and achieving unprecedented success in both investigations. In addition, our firm is known for not shying away from politically sensitive cases involving media companies and news agencies, and our lawyers have served as counsel and experts in such highly politicized disputes against various government entities, including in cases involving Al Jazeera, and the Wall Street Journal, and Thomson Reuters.
Our Firm is also involved in advising telecom companies on the requirements of installing subsea cables and infrastructure installations and technology and telecom licensing, military technology, sports and broadcasting matters, compliance with UAE newly enacted privacy law, transfer of technology legislation, cybercrimes and media laws and criminal provisions contained in same. In addition, the Firm secured a large number of successful litigations, notably for leading media outlets and news agencies such as MBC, the Middle-East’s largest media company.
Elite Advocacy is also among the few law firms in UAE with a wide range scope of services in TMT, including but not limited to:
- Anti-trust and competition disputes related to media broadcasting
- Criminal and regulatory offences
- Privacy
- Internet cables
- Infrastructure projects
- Sports media law and media production disputes
- Assistance to news agencies and media outlets
- Telecom regulation