Preiskel & Co LLP

Preiskel & Co is a business law firm, based in the City of London, which specialises in UK and international corporate, commercial (including IPR) and regulatory matters with a focus on TMT. The firm also has strong dispute resolution and film and TV departments.

The firm: Preiskel & Co was founded in 2004. Since inception, the firm’s practice has expanded beyond its core telecoms, media and technology expertise to build a leading competition law practice, as well as developing its general IPR, fintech, retail, franchising and cleantech practices.

There is also a significant international element to the firm’s work, with clients in continental Europe, Latin America, Russia, US, Africa and the Middle East. It advises governments, multinationals, regulators, and owner-managed businesses as well as other law firms and major consultancies. It is internationally recognised for its experience in the telecommunications sector, has won various awards such as UK Telecoms Law Firm of the Year, and is known for its TMT practice generally, including data protection, IPR protection, and commercial expertise.

Preiskel & Co is internationally recognised in leading guides such as The Legal 500 for its experience in the telecommunications and technology sectors, competition law including merger control, and in social media.

The firm’s competition team is advising marketers for an Open Web in relation to its CMA complaint about Google’s Privacy Sandbox, and the ensuing CMA investigation. The team also runs competition law damages cases in the CAT and High Court, and advises on merger control laws and their applicability to client transactions, in particular in light of recent reforms.

The dispute resolution team, led by Robert Dougans, has been instructed in relation to a number of high profile commercial court actions, including one of The Lawyer’s top 20 cases for 2021.

The firm benefits from the film and TV expertise of Peter Dally and Hannah Leader, who both have an impressive range of experience advising in the industry. The firm was credited for its legal work on the award-winning film “Blinded by the Light”.

On the social media side, the firm boasts one of the UK’s leading legal bloggers and commentators, David Allen Green, who also writes for the Financial Times. His practice includes advising on high-profile defamation cases, including Twitter-related defamation cases.

Types of work undertaken: The main industry sectors in which Preiskel & Co has expertise are telecoms and IT; complex telecoms regulatory advice; media (including social media); fintech; cleantech; retail (including restaurants, furniture and fashion); gambling including online gaming; and film and television.

The firm’s main practice areas are competition law (including merger control); commercial (including IT, data protection, telecoms, and franchising); regulatory (including telecoms and data protection); corporate; intellectual property (including filing trade marks and patents); online gaming; employment; film and TV and dispute resolution.

Preiskel & Co is internationally recognised for its international telecoms work advising some of the world’s largest telecoms operators and handset manufacturers as well as telecoms regulators/ministries. The firm boasts one of Europe’s leading EU competition lawyers, Tim Cowen, whose practice focuses on complicated second phase merger investigations, EU advocacy challenges, and competition damages claims. Daniel Preiskel and Ronnie Preiskel are also recognised in their own right as leading telecoms lawyers.

Preiskel & Co plays a leading role in various telecoms and other industry associations including: MEF (Mobile Ecosystem Forum), the International MVNOx Association, ISPA (ISP Association), ITSPA, FCS, Spanish Chamber of Commerce, the International Institute of Communications, the British Institute or International and Comparative Law,  as well as being on the Communications Law Committee of the IBA.