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Our team acts for a leading independent data, voice and intellectual property provider in a review brought by a state entity challenging the lawfulness of a substantial infrastructure which is in an advanced stage of its implementation. The case includes difficult questions of administrative law as far as the tender is concerned; the misuse of corruption legislation; and a constitutional challenge to the very existence of the state entity.
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