Telecommunications

The telecommunications industry is a critical enabler in helping businesses, governments and individuals interact, collaborate and compete in the digital world. We are at the forefront of legal services in this rapidly evolving industry.  

Our market-leading global team combines deep sector knowledge with cutting-edge legal acumen to deliver innovative solutions for clients across the telecommunications ecosystem. 

Our work for these clients means we have preeminent telecommunications experience and insight in all of our key markets. We have one of the largest teams of telecommunications advisers globally and are regularly ranked at the top of the independent legal directories. 

Our capability includes: 

• Telecommunications infrastructure transactions (including across terrestrial and subsea fibre, mobile and data centres) 
• Network modernisation and network rollout  
• Data centre rollout (including site acquisition, development, operations and regulatory) 
• Commercial contracts, including enterprise and government customers, telecommunications supply (eg, wholesale access, such as MVNO, and facilities access)  
• Telecommunications regulatory 
• Telecommunications-related competition, FDI, investigations and disputes, including crisis management 
• Spectrum regulation, auction strategy and process, and spectrum trading 
• Satellite access, capacity, licensing, construction and launch 
• Subsea cable system projects (including fibre pair swaps and other commercial arrangements) 
• Telecommunications-related financing and tax