Arthur Cox’s telecoms team handles regulatory, transactional and litigation matters for some of the largest operators, investors and lenders in Ireland. Patrick Horan specialises in telecoms regulation and jointly heads the practice with Aaron Boyle, who regularly handles complex and high-value investment and acquisition transactions in the Irish telecoms sector, with support from Connor Manning and Maeve Moran. Bridget Clinton and Ronan Scanlan are other key contacts.

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Testimonials

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  • ‘The team is very expert, capable and very client-focused.’
  • ‘Patrick Horan is very expert in his respective fields.’

Key clients

  • Aqua Ventures Limited
  • Avaya
  • Brookfield
  • Cellnex
  • Cubic Telecom
  • Digital 9 Infrastructure plc
  • Eir
  • Enet / Speed Fibre Group
  • Granahan McCourt
  • Imagine Telecommunications
  • InfraVia Capital Partners
  • Irish Rail
  • National Broadband Ireland
  • Openet
  • Phoenix Tower International
  • Strencom
  • Telus International
  • Tetra Ireland
  • Vodafone
  • Welltel

Work highlights

  • Advised John Laing Group on its acquisition of Towercom.
  • Advised Vodafone on a major wholesale fibre services agreement with Virgin Media Ireland.
  • Advised National Broadband Ireland on all aspects of the sale of the majority stake in the project to Asterion, a Spanish infrastructure investor.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Patrick Horan, Aaron Boyle

Other key lawyers

Connor Manning, Maeve Moran, Bridget Clinton, Ronan Scanlan