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Randy Segal
Work Department
Corporate Transactional - Northern Virginia
Position
Partner
Career
With 18 years of in-house general counsel experience, Randy Segal brings a unique perspective to every matter she handles, both as outside counsel and as someone who has walked in her clients’ shoes.
With a focus on satellite, wireless, drone, and technology transactions, Randy provides commercially practical solutions in industries where technological change is ever-present. Randy’s practice often involves multi-level chess games, where every move needs to be considered from a multitude of angles to be successful.
Randy’s practice is reflected in three segments. First, as co-leader of the space and satellite practice, Randy handles transactions from day-to-day matters to the most complex international transactions for industry operators, investors, and technology providers. She has been involved in taking companies public, advising on acquisitions, divestitures, and complex cross-border joint ventures, as well as large satellite system development, deployments, and funding.
Second, as adviser to technology investors and their portfolio companies, Randy has advised on transactions focused on big data analytics, wireless systems, spectrum licenses, artificial intelligence, drone technology, and other innovative technologies.
Third, Randy provides advice to global clients, working seamlessly across borders to develop tailored solutions for the most complex of legal regimes. Randy’s transactional and advisory experience spans the most complex of international programs and legal issues across North and South America, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East.
Languages
English
Memberships
Bar admissions: New York, Virginia, District of Columbia, California
Education
J.D., Columbia Law School, James Kent Scholar, Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar, 1981
M.S., Cornell University, 1978
B.S., Cornell University, Ford Foundation Grant Recipient, 1977
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: regulatory
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.
United States > Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: transactions
(Leading lawyers)Hogan Lovells US LLP boasts ‘broad capabilities’ on both the transactional and regulatory side. The firm advises an impressive roster of key industry players, including Vodafone and T-Mobile and notable new entrants to the sector, on network transactions, tower purchases and sales and MNO arrangements. Ari Fitzgerald leads the Washington DC-based practice, with a diverse clientele of communications network operators, equipment manufacturers, industry trade associations and investors. Mark Brennan heads of the technology and telecoms industry sector team, as well as the firm-wide AI group. Michele Farquhar brings knowledge of spectrum auctions and licensing to the team. With particular expertise in emerging technologies, Katy Milner advises telecoms and tech companies and trade associations, while George John, John Castle and Ryan Thompson are other names to note. The firm also fields a market-leading space and satellite practice, including a satellite finance team, that remains at the forefront of key market developments and transactions in the sector; as well as handling procurements and acquisitions, the team advises on innovative space applications, such as space-based solar power collection and transmission and investment in the ‘new space’ sector. Randy Segal and Alexis Sáinz co-head the space and satellite practice, and Steven Kaufman strengthens the team’s offering, advising satellite clients and representing investors and companies in new space transactions.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading lawyers United States > Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: transactions
- Telecoms and broadcast: regulatory United States > Media, technology and telecoms
- Telecoms and broadcast: transactions United States > Media, technology and telecoms
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Transport > Aviation and air travel: litigation and regulation
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Corporate governance
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Industry focus > Education
- Government > Government relations
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: consumer products (including tobacco)
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Transport > Rail and road: litigation and regulation
- Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: regulatory
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: transactions
- International trade > Trade remedies and trade policy
Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Antitrust > Cartel
- International trade > CFIUS
- International trade > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Energy > Energy regulation: oil and gas
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- Government > Government contracts
- Healthcare > Health insurers
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Healthcare > Service providers
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: global offerings
- Energy > Energy litigation: oil and gas
- Energy > Energy regulation: electric power
- Environment > Environment: litigation
- Finance > Fintech
- Labor and employment > Immigration
- Dispute resolution > International litigation
- Tax > International tax
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Venture capital and emerging companies
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Finance > Structured finance: derivatives and structured products
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Finance > Financial services regulation