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Télécommunications
Le secteur des télécommunications s’étant diversifié, consolidé et devenu de plus en plus mondial, Cleary Gottlieb à mis en oeuvre son expertise internationale pour aider ses clients à faire progresser leur activité. Fort d’un réseau de 12 bureaux intégrés sur trois continents, Cleary Gottlieb fait preuve d’une compréhension approfondie des opérations impliquant plusieurs juridictions dotées de réglementations différentes. Compte tenu la diversité des opérations que nous effectuons dans le secteur des télécommunications, des avocats spécialistes du droit des affaires, de la propriété intellectuelle, des restructurations et du contentieux assistent régulièrement nos clients dans ce secteur.
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Selected Experience
- U.S. bankruptcy counsel to Nortel Networks Inc. and affiliates in their U.S. Chapter 11 proceedings, which are closely coordinated with proceedings in Canada, the United Kingdom and France. Cleary Gottlieb is also representing Nortel Networks on the pending sale of its wireless infrastructure assets through a bankruptcy auction to Ericsson for $1.13 billion and on a stalking horse sale agreement with Avaya for the purchase of its global Enterprise Solutions business.
- 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 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—one of Latin America’s largest private restructurings.
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)
“With Belgian and EU capability, this impressive US firm advises a variety of high-profile communications and technology clients on competition, regulatory and data protection issues, as well as litigation and M&A matters. Clients say its ‘astute lawyers provide thorough analyses of the issues’ and are ‘excellent for complicated and strategic cases.’”
Chambers Global (2009)
“‘The lawyers know how the competition business works inside-out’ explained one client, ‘and they also really understand highly technical matters in complicated industries such as the software sector.’”
Chambers Europe (2009)
“‘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)
“Clients believe [Cleary's] ‘astute’ lawyers ‘provide thorough analyses of the issues’ and are ‘excellent for complicated and strategic cases.’”
Chambers Europe (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)
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