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• UK firm Berwin Leighton Paisner scoops up projects expert Andrei Baev

  Dec 14 2011 UK firm Berwin Leighton Paisner has boosted its projects practice with the hire of Allen & Overy partner Andrei Baev. Baev’s practice focuses on power and mining... more

• Four firms lead $3.6bn deal for sale of spectrum licenses

  Dec 05 2011 Verizon Wireless is set to purchase wireless spectrum licenses from a consortium of cable carriers known as SpectrumCo for a sum of $3.6 billion. According to Verizon,... more

• Taylor Wessing to launch tech practice in London

  Oct 25 2011 Taylor Wessing is set to boost its technology capacity with the launch of a second office in London. The office, in east London's 'Tech City' will offer expertise in... more

• Jones Day boosts Paris M&A practice with Norton Rose hire

  Sep 15 2011 Jones Day has boosted its M&A practice with the hire of partner Hervé Castelnau, the former head of Norton Rose's telecommunications, intellectual property and IT... more

• Cali firm Best Best & Krieger acquire Washington DC boutique

  Jun 06 2011 California law firm Best Best & Krieger has acquired boutique telecommunications law firm Miller & Van Eaton in Washington DC. This will be the first time that BB&K... more

• Amarchand and Luthra kick-start the new year with accolades

  Jan 25 2011 Amarchand and Luthra have been on an award winning spree, beginning 2011 with Amarchand winning the Indian Business Law Journal’s 2010 Law firm of the year award and... more

• India: Justice Gokhale confirms Raja trying to influence Justice Regupathi

  Dec 27 2010 Supreme Court Justice Gokhale who was former Chief Justice of the Madras High Court, has contradicted the claim made by former CJI Balakrishnan. In his complaint... more

• Justice Gokhale confirms Raja trying to influence Justice Regupathi

  Dec 15 2010 Supreme Court Justice Gokhale who was former Chief Justice of the Madras High Court, has contradicted the claim made by former CJI Balakrishnan. In his complaint to... more

• Three firms assist in negotiations for potential $3bn CommScope deal

  Oct 26 2010 Telecommunications equipment maker CommScope is negotiating with The Carlyle Group regarding a potential transaction that would result in CommScope becoming a private... more

• Akin Gump and Cleary Gottlieb lead $21.5 billion telecom merger

  Oct 07 2010 Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld and Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton have taken lead roles on a merger between Amsterdam-based VimpelCom with Weather investments.... more

• Freshfields leads $6.6bn China Mobile sell-off

  Sep 10 2010 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has taken a leading role in the $6.6 billion sale of Vodafone’s 3.2 per cent stake in China Mobile. Seventy per cent of the proceeds... more

• Four firms guide biggest telecom deal in two years

  Apr 22 2010 Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, and Jones Walker have taken key roles on the $10.6 billion... more

• Telecoms group from Womble Carlyle moves to Arent Fox

  Apr 19 2009 US firm Arent Fox indicated that a seven-lawyer telecommunications group from Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice will be joining Arent Fox. In addition, Womble Carlyle... more

• Chadbourne & Parke expands telecommunications practice

  Dec 04 2008 The international law firm of Chadbourne & Parke LLP announced today that James A. Stenger has been named counsel at the firm in its communications, media and... more

• Ashurst secures senior Clifford Chance telecoms hire

  Jun 05 2008 Dhana Doobay, director of the international telecommunications projects at Clifford Chance, is set to leave the firm and join Ashurst as a partner. With the... more

• M&P Bernitsas advises Greek Government on Deutsche Telekom bid

  May 18 2008 Greek firm M&P Bernitsas Law Offices has continued a strong surge in local M&A over the last month, this time advising the Government on Deutsche Telekom’s (DT’s)... more