Global Lawyers
287 Block # 2
Lawyers Chamber,
Delhi High Court
New Delhi, INDIA
CELL (0091) 9810153965
The advent of new communications technologies over the past 30 years has fundamentally changed the way people in India and globally learn, shop, socialize and conduct business. The pace and scale of these changes, together with convergence of the underlying technologies and markets, has led to unprecedented legal tensions between legacy industries and the new economy, including unsettled regulations and ambiguous legislation. The 21st century will see even more accelerated convergence of the telecom, information technology and energy sectors, with data, voice and media content delivered via circuits and protocols that just a few years ago represented completely separate industries.
The legal skills necessary to navigate this complex technological landscape cannot be acquired overnight. Global Lawyers has an array of attorneys with the depth of experience, in both private practice and government, required to counsel and advocate for clients positioned throughout the IT-communications-media spectrum. Whether the matter involves regulation, dispute resolution or corporate transactions, our group of versatile, multi-discipline attorneys can address such commercially complex challenges in an integrated, strategic and efficient manner.
The firm's telecommunications and media clients include telecommunications carriers, broadcast station owners, satellite communications systems, ISPs and Internet content distributors, wireless and optical equipment vendors and service providers, trade associations, financial institutions, venture-backed start-ups, schools and universities, entrepreneurs and government entities.
Regulatory and Advocacy
Global
Lawyers advises clients on interpretation and
state public utility commission rules and policies affecting
their operations, and counsels them on regulatory
compliance. The firm's attorneys have extensive experience
guiding common carrier, broadcast and corporate user clients
on their rights and obligations, as well as preparing
regulatory comments, license applications and other filings
for submission and state commissions.
Our media practice includes the preparation and prosecution of applications for new and modified broadcast facilities, and associated requests for rule waivers. We regularly provide advice regarding compliance issues such as with respect to equal employment opportunity, enhanced underwriting and translator protection. When client matters become contested, Global Lawyers attorneys handle all aspects of the ensuing litigation.
The firm's lawyers have been active in telecommunications policy issues for decades and have frequently been called upon to represent the interests of industry participants, corporations and trade associations in connection with rulemakings and other regulatory proceedings. This work has entailed advocacy before the Congress and its oversight committees (principally Judiciary and Commerce), state legislatures, other Executive Branch agencies and courts throughout the country. Our lawyers have spearheaded the formation of coalitions and associations to advocate industry views and have developed innovative approaches to compliance with, or waiver of, applicable communications regulations when needed to facilitate client business expansion.
Global Lawyers attorneys have been involved in nearly every major administrative rulemaking and associated judicial proceeding over the past three decades affecting telephony, Internet services and industrial radio systems. We have represented clients in connection with spectrum policy and auctions, local number portability, Voice over Internet Protocol regulation, broadcast licensing, wireless rate regulation preemption, cable open access and "net neutrality," alternative rate regulation and price caps, interconnection and interoperability, access charges, unlicensed equipment authorization, mobile and digital television, universal and e-rate services, calling cards, payphone compensation and broadband over power line services.
Litigation and Enforcement
The firm regularly represents telecommunications and
media clients and state administrative enforcement
proceedings, trial and appellate courts, international
forums and arbitrations. Our lawyers' experience in
regulatory enforcement includes defense of Fortune 500
companies involving alleged violations of communications
regulations and federal and state laws, industry
participants seeking to protect their intellectual property
and standards, and emerging growth companies pursuing
licenses or spectrum waivers needed to develop and
commercialize new communications technologies.
Transactions
Global
Lawyers represents corporate clients
in transactions involving the purchase or sale of
communications properties, mergers and acquisitions,
privatizations, project finance and infrastructure
development. On behalf of both buyers and sellers, the
firm's lawyers have handled multimillion-dollar deals for
cellular systems, broadcast stations and cable and satellite
providers. We coordinate all aspects of the transactions -
from the letter of intent to contract negotiation and
drafting, through preparation of applications for regulatory
approval to the closing table. Working with public
companies, we have handled stock swaps and other
arrangements. Our attorneys also represent venture capitalists,
lenders and borrowers on issues relating to investment in
and securitization of loans to communications companies.
Our attorneys represent clients in negotiating and other contracts among telecom carriers, corporate users and Web-based content providers. We advise on wholesale and end user service agreements, including Voice over Internet Protocol service agreements, managed service and outsourcing contracts, ATM broadband, fiber optic and wireless network connectivity issues, various interconnection agreements between carriers, and a variety of other corporate and commercial transactions.
