Stuart Blythe > Baker Botts (UK) LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile

Stuart Blythe

+44.20.7726.3682 [email protected] View profile

Work Department

Corporate

Position

Partner

Career

Stuart is dual U.S./English law qualified and advises on a range of corporate and commercial transactions in the Telecommunications and Technology sectors. Often of a global nature, Stuart focuses on M&A, joint ventures, debt financings and infrastructure projects.

Stuart has specific experience in transactions involving the deployment, acquisition and operation of digital infrastructure including with respect to broadband and subsea networks.

Stuart has significant industry experience, having spent nearly ten years in general counsel roles for telecoms multinationals, including as International General Counsel for MCI WorldCom (now Verizon). Stuart has also worked for leading law firms based in both London and New York.

Languages

Fluent French speaker

Memberships

Law Society of England and Wales
New York State Bar
Director, Institute of Telecommunications Professionals
Legal Adviser, SubOptic trade association

Education

Educated at Universities of Leicester and Strasbourg

Personal

Stuart is a frequent speaker at international conferences and webinars with respect to technology and communications issues. In 2019 he was the principal legal instructor for the legal masterclass sessions at the triennial SubOptic industry conference.