Senior Associate: Al Tamimi & Company

Qualified to practice under English and South African Law, Roberto has gained extensive experience in a diverse range of TMT transactional and regulatory work, both in private practice and senior in-house roles. Roberto has developed expertise in areas such as network, channel and/or content distribution transactions, technology procurement, system/solution implementation and software licensing, advertising and sponsorship, digital media, privacy and data protection, e-commerce, carriage agreements, content production/acquisition and telecommunications.

Roberto is a dual Italian/South African citizen who has lived and practiced in Johannesburg, Bucharest and Doha. Prior to joining Al Tamimi & Company’s Qatar office, he worked at a prominent commercial law firm in South Africa, at the Bucharest office of a leading Romanian law firm and at the Qatar office of a global law firm.

After his most recent in-house position at Al Jazeera Media Network, Roberto joined Al Tamimi & Company to assist with developing the firm’s TMT practice; and, he also works closely with the Sports Law and Events Management practice on a number of regional matters.