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Telekommunikation
Vor dem Hintergrund einer zunehmenden Diversifizierung, Konsolidierung und Globalisierung der Telekommunikationsbranche kommt Mandanten die grenzüberschreitende Expertise von Cleary Gottlieb bei der Verfolgung ihrer wirtschaftlichen Ziele besonders zugute. Mit zwölf global vernetzten Büros auf drei Kontinenten sind wir Experten für Transaktionen, die mehrere Rechtsordnungen und unterschiedliche aufsichtsrechtliche Vorgaben zugleich betreffen. Aufgrund der großen Bandbreite unserer Beratungstätigkeit werden Mandanten aus der Telekommunikationsbranche regelmäßig von Anwältinnen und Anwälten aus allen Praxisbereichen der Kanzlei unterstützt. Hierzu zählen insbesondere die Bereiche der Unternehmenstransaktionen, der gewerblichen Schutzrechte, der Umstrukturierungen und der Prozessführung.
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Selected Experience
- Counsel to TPG Capital and Goldman Sachs Capital Partners in their $27.5 billion acquisition of Alltel—the largest-ever U.S. telecommunications buyout and named Telecom Deal of the Year by Investment Dealers’ Digest and in the subsequent $28.1 billion sale of Alltel to Verizon Wireless.
- Counsel to a consortium of investors, comprised of TPG Asia, AIG Asian Opportunity Fund, AIG Asian Infrastructure Fund II, TVG Asian Communications Fund II, and the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation, in their $1.1 billion sale of a controlling stake in hanarotelecom incorporated to SK Telecom.
- Counsel to Grupo Iusacell, S.A. de C.V. and its subsidiaries, Grupo Iusacell Celular, S.A. de C.V. and Iusacell Infraestructura, S.A. de C.V., in an $800 million debt restructuring through two exchange offers and consent solicitations and two concurso mercantil (bankruptcy) proceedings in Mexico.
- Counsel to Helios Investment Partners in the acquisition by Helios of a 22% stake in a joint venture vehicle established by Portugal Telecom to hold all of its telecommunications assets and interests in sub-Saharan Africa valued at $1.2 billion.
- Counsel to T-Mobile in $2.4 billion SunCom acquisition.
- Counsel to América Móvil in several acquisitions, including its acquisition of Verizon’s interest in telecommunications companies in the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico totaling $2.9 billion and in a series of debt offerings and financing transactions.
- Counsel to American Tower,a leading owner and operator of broadcast and wireless communications sites in North America and Mexico, in a series of debt offerings and financing transactions.
- Longstanding counsel to Deutsche Telekom in various matters, including a series of debt and equity financings.
- Counsel to Nokia, Texas Instruments and Broadcom on questions of 3G mobile standardization and licensing and related litigation in the European Union and United States against Qualcomm.
- Counsel to the French Treasury on State aid issues relating to the financial restructuring of France Télécom.
- Counsel to Telecom Italia in several litigation matters, including landmark victories against Vodafone in both the Court of Rome and in Milan Arbitration Court, preventing Vodafone from providing fixed-to-mobile number portability to customers.
- Counsel to KDDI Deutschland, a German subsidiary of one of Japan's largest mobile telecommunications companies, in its victory in German Appeals Court regarding a shareholder litigation.
- Counsel to a creditors committee in the $3.4 billion debt restructuring of Telecom Argentina and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Telecom Personal—Latin America’s largest private restructuring.
Telecom Deal of the Year
(TPG & GS Capital Partners' acquisition of Alltel)
Investment Dealers Digest (2007)
Best Local Currency Deal
(América Móvil’s 8 billion peso 2036 Offering)
LatinFinance (2007)
Domestic M&A Deal of the Year
(Embratel’s acquisition of Telmex Do Brasil and stake in Net Serviços de Comunição)
Latin Finance (2006)
“‘Involved in cutting-edge issues across the board in TMT [technology, media and telecommunications].’”
Chambers Global (2008)
“The firm boasts a long history representing Indian clients in the telecoms, pharmaceuticals and engineering sectors as well as advising foreign clients investing in India.”
Chambers Asia (2008)
“This especially large TMT group is renowned for its ‘tenacious approach and thorough teamwork,’ and can offer advice and litigation services in a wide range of areas, from digital signature issues to domain names, e-contracts and telecoms matters.”
Chambers Global (2007)
“Clients believe [Cleary's] ‘astute’ lawyers ‘provide thorough analyses of the issues’ and are ‘excellent for complicated and strategic cases.’”
Chambers Europe (2008)
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