About

DirecTV holds a leading position in the Chilean home entertainment market as the first telecommunications company to offer direct-to home satellite service in Latin America. The company serves more than 37 million people in the US and in Latin America and it is here where the legal department continue to act as a backbone for the company, supporting its expansion of product lines to offer more channels, unique content and video streaming services across the country. With a leading legal team to match its national reach, the function is led by the highly commended general counsel, Gianpaolo Peirano who joined the company in 2014 and was responsible for efficiently and rapidly streamlining the legal function to achieve quicker response times, an achievement that enabled him to establish an internal reputation for excellence within the company. At the forefront of antipiracy efforts, Peirano has publicly spoken on panels on the topic of helping to protect against content theft, leading the team in forming the company’s distinct content differentiation strategy.