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Technology, Media and Entertainment (TMT)

In a world driven by digital transformation, the Technology, Media, and Entertainment (TMT) sectors are converging and reinventing themselves at an exponential rate. At Mazzucco & Mello, we understand that this dynamic generates not only opportunities for innovation and growth, but also sophisticated and multidimensional legal risks. Our TMT practice was designed to be a strategic partner for national and international companies leading this disruption process.

With a multidisciplinary approach and business acumen, we offer comprehensive advisory services in technology, media, sports, entertainment, and data protection. We work collaboratively on contractual, regulatory, litigation, and transactional matters, supporting our clients in structuring new digital models, protecting intangible assets, and mitigating risks in constantly evolving regulatory ecosystems.

Our Work

We offer sophisticated, results-oriented legal solutions, with emphasis on:

 

Technology Contracts and Business

Consulting on software licensing, technology development, SLA, SaaS, cloud, and contracts for digital platforms and applications. Drafting terms of use, privacy policies, and legal structuring for new digital products and services.

 

Media and Content Production

We operate across the entire audiovisual and streaming industry value chain, including production contracts, distribution, copyrights, ANCINE regulations, and relationships with artists, influencers, and agencies. We provide legal support to production companies, broadcasters, content platforms, short video social networks, and marketplaces.

 

Sports and E-sports

Legal structuring of leagues, clubs, and sportstech platforms. Negotiation of sponsorship contracts, naming rights, image rights, transfers, and regulation of esports competitions, with a focus on monetization and governance trends.

 

Regulatory and Digital Law

Representation of clients before ANPD, ANATEL, Public Prosecutor's Office, PROCONs, and CONAR. Counseling on topics such as intermediary liability, content removal, moderation, algorithms, artificial intelligence, and digital platform regulation.

 

Data Protection and Privacy

Implementation of LGPD and GDPR compliance programs. Acting as a DPO as a Service. Responding to security incidents, investigations, and regulatory sanctions. Supporting data monetization projects and analyzing the impact of new technologies.

 

Intellectual Property and Unfair Competition

Protection and litigation involving trademarks, software, copyrights, and trade secrets. Actions against fake profiles, illicit content, and anticompetitive practices. Strategies for protecting digital reputation and the integrity of intangible assets.

 

Mergers, Acquisitions and Venture Capital

Legal advice on M&A transactions involving technology, media, and entertainment companies. Support for startups and investors in investment rounds, joint ventures, and the structuring of innovation and content monetization vehicles.

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Our firm has extensive and proven experience in the Technology, Media and Telecommunications (TMT) sector, with a significant focus on the areas of gaming and betting, digital media and telecommunications.

We operate strategically and in a multidisciplinary manner, combining regulatory, tax, litigation, and contractual expertise to offer high-level legal solutions to national and international clients. Some highlights of our track record include:

 

Gaming and Betting – Taxation and Regulation:

  • Tax advisory services to the Gaming and Betting Association in drafting amendments to the Constitutional Amendment Proposal for Tax Reform, with a specific focus on the taxation of... Gross Gaming Revenue (GGR).
  • Regulatory advisory services to a payment institution to obtain licensing and certification as a payment method with the Maranhão State Lottery.
  • Litigation representation of payment providers and institutions in administrative proceedings before the Rio de Janeiro Lottery, involving investigations into the improper operation of games and betting.
  • Structuring a global gaming and betting provider in Brazil, encompassing contractual, regulatory, and tax aspects, as well as labor and executive compensation modeling with implementation of... Long-Term Incentives (ILP).
  • Full advisory services to a Chinese company specializing in sports betting for the filing and licensing process with the Secretary of Prizes and Betting (SPA), including direct interaction with Secretary Regis Dudena and SPA representatives.

 

Digital Media and Online Content:

  • Representation of a short video social network in dozens of lawsuits and administrative proceedings involving content removal, fake profiles, automated moderation, and liability for moral damages, including defense in a public civil action exceeding R$ 7 billion.
  • Defense of an international marketplace before state Public Prosecutors' Offices in investigations of misleading advertising and tied selling, resulting in the dismissal of the proceedings.

 

Telecommunications and Technology:

  • Litigation management of over R$ 500 million for global telecommunications equipment manufacturers, with approximately 700 lawsuits.
  • Performance in leading case Unfair competition involving the distribution of malicious applications in a mobile environment, with a complex technical-expert evidentiary phase.
  • Consulting services for a technology startup in a contractual dispute exceeding R$ 2 million, resulting in an advantageous commercial settlement.
  • Consulting for platform of sportstech in the creation of contractual models for automated content generation with AI for sports statistics and digital broadcasting.
  • Support for the entry of a Chinese multinational into the Latin American market through the acquisition of a large Brazilian e-commerce platform, involving due diligence, contract structuring, and regulatory aspects.

 

Differentials

  • Full-service and international support, with a presence in São Paulo and Beijing.
  • 24/7 support for clients operating across multiple time zones.
  • Business vision integrated with legal aspects, combining strategy, innovation and risk mitigation.