Telecommunications

A&O Shearman has a significant telecoms practice that frequently acts on infrastructure transactions all over the world, advising on projects across Europe, Asia, Africa, the Middle East and Latin America. It advises on the structuring of new fibre optic joint ventures and on both the buy and sell sides of telecoms towers transactions. The team also assists with the negotiation of network sharing or outsourcing agreements. The lawyers can leverage corporate and competition law expertise to advise on major M&A deals that follow the trend towards consolidation of the telecoms sector. The team represents clients in satellite finance or capital markets transactions.