Complex projects.
Clear direction.

RSD Advisory supports companies, investors and institutions on complex projects and decisions at the intersection of digital infrastructure, technology and regulated markets.

Digital business has layers. Decisions do not.

Where we add value

01

Digital Infrastructure and Complex Projects

We structure and support the development, investment and operation of connectivity and digital infrastructure projects, bringing together licensing, contracts, access, financing, stakeholders and technical dependencies.

02

Regulatory Strategy and Market Access

We assess how the regulatory framework applies to the business model and recommend the most efficient and sustainable way to implement it in operations.

03

Digital Compliance and Governance

We design and implement governance and compliance frameworks for data, cybersecurity, resilience and AI, translating requirements into responsibilities, processes, controls, contracts and evidence.

04

Regulatory Proceedings and Disputes

We advise companies on positions before regulators and other public authorities, and in disputes, drawing on the legal and regulatory framework, technical and economic aspects and business impact.

DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURECONNECTIVITYDATA CENTRESCLOUDDATA & PRIVACYCYBERSECURITY · NIS2 / DORAAI GOVERNANCEDIGITAL MARKETSEMERGING AND DISRUPTIVE TECHNOLOGIESREGULATION AND PUBLIC POLICY
How we work

We take on the complexity.
The decision is yours.

We start with what the business or project needs to achieve and bring together the legal, regulatory, technical and commercial perspectives that shape the decision.

Advice organised around the decision, not around specialist boundaries.

CONTEXTUnderstandObjective, project and framework.
READINGIdentifyDependencies and constraints.
CRITERIAAssessOptions, feasibility and exposure.
DIRECTIONRecommendA reasoned path forward.
EXECUTIONExecuteSupport to make it happen.
01

WE BRING IT TOGETHER

We look at the context as a whole, bringing together the legal, regulatory, technical and business dimensions.

02

WE STRUCTURE OPTIONS

We turn complexity into practical scenarios, with a clear assessment of risks, constraints and opportunities.

03

WE MAKE IT HAPPEN

We work with the client to put the chosen direction into practice, coordinating what is needed to implement it.

Why RSD

An approach built around the decision.

Digital businesses increasingly bring together infrastructure, technology, regulation and operations.

RSD organises its advisory work around the client's objective and the specific decision the business needs to make. We bring together the knowledge needed to define a clear, workable direction.

We look at what is changing and what that means for decisions being made today.

This approach combines experience advising on complex decisions with first-hand experience making them within regulated and digital infrastructure businesses.

Perspectives

What the rules change. What their application requires.

Selected publications in our areas of practice, informed by experience in designing legislative and strategic frameworks and preparing their implementation, from governance to operations.

Angola

White Paper on Information and Communication Technologies

PLMJ, jan. 2025. With Renata Valenti, PLMJ Colab Angola, RVA Advogados.

Portugal

Trends for 2024 in telecommunications and electronic communications

PLMJ, nov. 2024. With Pedro Lomba.

20 jan. 2026

Novo modelo para a governação da cibersegurança em Angola: Portal de TI

18 fev. 2026

Portugal aprova Agenda Nacional de Inteligência Artificial e Plano de Ação 2026-2030

Mar. 2025

The AI act: a new regulatory model for data centers?

Apr. 2025

Critical infrastructure resilience: implementation of the directive in Portugal

Dec. 2024

Cyber Resilience Act: segurança cibernética na economia digital

Aug. 2024

Personal Data and Cybersecurity in Angola

More publications (19)
Jan. 2025

Number Portability: ANACOM approves new Regulation

Oct. 2022

Strategic Spectrum Plan: Public consultation

2022

ICLG Telecoms, Media & Internet: Portugal

2023

ICLG Telecoms, Media & Internet: Portugal

2015

Estudo sobre o Serviço Universal na CPLP e em Macau

Co-authored with Magda Cocco and Tiago Bessa. ITU and ARCTEL.

Oct. 2021

New rules on consumer rights when buying and selling digital goods, content and services

Jan. 2022

Angola | Regulation of the Video-Surveillance Law

Jan. 2022

Regulation on number sub-allocation: Extending competition in the provision of electronic communications services

Jan. 2023

National Strategy for digital connectivity

Jan. 2023

The approval of the new '49' ranges in the NNP for M2M services

Nov. 2023

ANACOM's Multi-Year Activity Plan for the three-year period 2024-2026

Jun. 2024

Consulta do ORECE: regime de autorização geral

Sep. 2024

ANACOM’s public consultations and regulatory plan

May 2025

European regulator proposes new guidelines for high-capacity networks

Jun. 2025

Guidelines for the protection of minors under the Digital Services Act

March 2020

Regulação e (des)informação: o que é que o coronavírus tem a ver com isto?

16 December 2021

5G: finalmente no bom caminho para reduzir o dividendo digital?: Jornal de Negócios

Oct. 2025

El sector de los centros de datos en Iberia: Andersen Iberia, in Spanish

Interviews and public discussions

2025

Atlantic Convergence, Lisboa

OEID. 28-30 outubro 2025.

View programme
2025

Blockchain Summit

PLMJ. Blockchain uses in the communications sector.

View programme
2024

Carrier Community, Woman in Tech

Interview. Spring/Summer 2024.

View publication
2024

Africa Tech Festival

PLMJ. Speaker and opening chair.

View programme
2020

Financiamento Colaborativo: Vantagens e Desafios

CMC. World Investor Week, 7 October. Founders Institute Luanda.

View programme
Recognition
The Legal 500 EMEA · recommended, TMT/Telecoms e Privacy2025
The Legal 500 EMEA · recommended, Privacy2023
Best Lawyers · Telecommunications Law2025 and 2026
Contact

Have a complex project or decision?

For a specific project or ongoing support with data, cybersecurity and AI, speak with us.