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Hogan Lovells US LLP
Hogan Lovells US LLP‘s ’deep bench of very experienced attorneys‘ counts key market players, sovereigns, ECAs and private equity and venture capital funds among its clientele, offering both regulatory and transactional advice across the telecoms, broadcast and satellite sectors. The firm fields an established policy practice, advising on FCC matters and proceedings and providing federal and state advocacy on various issues, such as 5G spectrum, universal service and network resiliency. With deep experience in communications, internet and media law, Ari Fitzgerald leads the Washington DC-based team. Practice co-head Mark Brennan leads the technology and telecoms industry sector group and is the driving force behind the firm’s AI initiative. With extensive public-sector experience, Michele Farquhar advises on regulatory strategy and policy initiatives. Randy Segal and Alexis Sáinz co-lead the space and satellite practice, expanding the team’s satellite finance capabilities and focusing on satellite, wireless, drone and technology transactions. Also an expert in space and satellite matters, Steven Kaufman advises on new space technologies and represents investors and companies in NewSpace transactions. Katy Milner excels in the representation of clients before the FCC, Congress, and federal agencies. George John, John Castle and Ryan Thompson are active members of the team.
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Testimonials
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‘Hogan Lovells has excellent attorneys with a deep bench of very experienced attorneys who know the industry, regulations, and regulators.’
‘Ari Fitzgerald and John Castle have second-to-none knowledge of the FCC and its regulation of the wireless industry and in particular with regard to communications with drones/UAS. They have shown great ability to develop creative strategies to provide solutions for clients.’
‘Mark Brennan and his team are incredibly responsive and consistently provide thoughtful, creative solutions on some of our most pressing matters. Mark and his team provide strategic counsel to our global government affairs and public policy, legal, and product teams on a broad range of key priorities. Among other areas, Mark advises on AI, social media regulation, telecoms and privacy laws, IoT and connected device issues,’
‘The group provides a high caliber of support to their clients. They have deep knowledge of regulatory issues and provide wise counsel efficiently.’
‘Ari Fitzgerald and Ryan Thompson. Ari is an excellent lawyer with deep FCC and telecommunications background. He also has extensive business experience and leverages that to provide very thoughtful advice on both legal and strategic issues.'
- 'Ryan has extensive knowledge of regulatory matters. He goes above and beyond the call of duty to be responsive and thorough. He has provided excellent advice and counsel and works to make sure the client has considered all angles of an issue but once the client has made the call, Ryan is very effective in executing on the plan.’
Key clients
- Columbia Capital
- Florida Power & Light
- Newspace clients
- T-Mobile US
- SNR Wireless
- Rivada Space Networks
- Vodafone and Vodafone Americas
- NextNav
- TCN
- LiveVox
- SES
- Blue Origin
- Ovzon
- Gogo LLC
- Advance Publications
- Export-Import Bank
- Export Development Canada
- Pavlov Media
- Edison Electric Institute
- CTIA
- Intrado
- Drone Racing League
- United Launch Alliance (Joint venture of Lockheed Martin and Boeing)
- Leading trade associations, including US Chamber of Commerce, American Association of Healthcare Administrative Management (AAHAM), Edison Electric Institute, Cargo Airline Association, ACA International.
- Innovative and entrepreneurial NewSpace companies, e.g., ABL Space, Akash, Beetlesat, Firefly Aerospace, Fleet Space, Inspiration 4, Isotropic Systems, Kepler, Leaf Space, Lunasonde, Orbite, Plus Ultra Space, Ramon Space, Rogue Space, Sateliot, Space Villages, Turion, Xona Space System, and Zeno Power
Work highlights
- Advising Florida Power & Light (FPL) on FCC spectrum issues raised by its desire to integrate innovative commercial drones more extensively into its core business operations in order to allow FPL to efficiently inspect and ensure the integrity of its extensive power transmission network, and forecast and address weather emergencies that can disrupt service.
- Advising Rivada Space Networks (Rivada), which is seeking to deploy a satellite constellation, with its major contracts, capital raising transactions and strategic matters.
- Advising Gogo on communications regulatory and policy issues, including compliance matters and participation in rulemaking and policy proceedings across multiple agencies and advising Gogo on a major new spectrum leasing opportunity with a satellite operator.
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Ari Fitzgerald, Mark Brennan