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Nilton C. Huaman Navarrete

Legal manager, business and legal affairs | Televisión Federal -TELEFE

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Nilton C. Huaman Navarrete

Legal manager, business and legal affairs | Televisión Federal -TELEFE

What are the most significant cases or transactions that your legal team has recently been involved in?

At the local level, our team is always involved in many important projects initiated for our business and production teams, which always seeks to keep and consolidate the leadership obtained by TELEFE. In this regard, many of these proposals seek to adapt to new consumption habits, new entertainment formats, and the competition proposed by streaming, which demands we advise them at each step of the process to prevent contingencies that may undermine the project’s success.

Furthermore, I can also mention that the team has actively participated, along with external lawyers, in carrying out projects defined by the parent company for our region, such as the case of the acquisition of Chilevisión.

Which recent political, economic or regulatory changes have impacted the company and the team the most?

It is inevitable to refer to the pandemic, and the effects it has had on our lives, and in the country as well. In Argentina, the pandemic aggravated the economic situation, which was already grim before, and therefore changed the projects of the company. However, it is important to highlight that despite all these difficulties posed by our uncertain economic future, the company was able to find a way to take care of us, generate new business, and resume its projects.

On the other hand, the team showed their professionalism and their great capacity for adaptation which allowed us to solve the challenges imposed by working from home or organising ourselves, so that the dynamics that we used to have in the office were not lost.

If you had to give advice to an aspiring in-house lawyer or general counsel, what would it be and why?

One of those pieces of advice is to learn the business of the company and always be attentive to the objectives that the company sets, because law school prepares us to be lawyers and find solutions to legal problems, however, such knowledge is useless if we do not understand our client and we are not capable of anticipating their needs, and especially, if we are not capable of accompanying them in the development of new business.

Another important aspect is to develop effective communication, seeking to ensure that our message is concise, clear, and precise. Finally, update our knowledge, as in recent years we have all seen that technology has come to play a significant role in our lives and businesses. What used to seem like the language of a science fiction movie, nowadays is a regular part of our lives and conversations. Hence, it is necessary to understand those changes and their legal effects.

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