Telecommunications

Our group incorporates the firm’s extensive transactional and regulatory experience in wireless and wireline telecommunications, drawing upon the expertise of attorneys in several of the firm’s departments, including litigation, business counseling, tax, intellectual property, labor and employment, environmental, land use and zoning, and commercial law.

We work with clients in the many areas of telecommunications, including leasing, regulatory proceedings, setting of utility rates, siting and land use, interconnection, environmental law, real estate, taxation, business, project and operational finance and litigation. Over the years, our attorneys have represented clients before the FCC, the courts, state legislatures and state commissions on a wide range of issues.

Our team regularly assists clients with a broad range of services, including, but not limited to:

• Rights-of-way access and permitting
• Negotiating real estate and other land use agreements
• Obtaining certificates of public convenience and necessity
• Negotiating interconnection agreements
• Negotiating end-user agreements
• Government services, including state and federal relations
• Federal and state consumer regulations and compliance
• Commercial litigation, including antitrust, construction, and contract and licensing disputes
• Data privacy and security
• Tax matters
• M&A, project finance and development
• Patent licensing, enforcement and defense
• Trademark portfolio development, clearance, enforcement, and defense