IT & Telecommunications

Our specialists in technology and telecommunications law advise clients in this sector operating in or looking to enter the African market. With extensive experience of the regulatory landscape in many African jurisdictions, we assist our clients to get to market quickly while avoiding many of the pitfalls of operating in a new jurisdiction.

We advise on licensing requirements and policy and market developments in this highly regulated sector. We also assist in a wide array of corporate mergers and acquisitions and commercial agreements in the sector taking into account the applicable regulatory requirements.

The transactions on which we advise range from all forms of infrastructure sharing arrangements, to fibre optic network deployments (on an EPC, EPCM, BOT or simple design build basis), to system integration, software development, software or platform licensing, IT services (in all forms including outsourcing) to providing comprehensive advice on data protection, compliance and data breach and incident response.

In the telecommunications sphere, our close relationships with government agencies and industry regulators are a significant factor in our ability to provide exceptional advice to our telecommunications clients regarding the environments in which they operate. We have extensive experience advising on regulatory requirements, particularly in relation to licensing as well as compliance. We regularly advise the South African regulator, ICASA.