Arthur Cox offers comprehensive advice on regulatory compliance, transactional, and litigation matters, representing major operators, institutional investors, and lenders in Ireland’s telecoms sector. The group is particularly active in high-value investments, acquisitions, and corporate transactions and regularly assists clients with developing telecom products. Telecoms regulation and competition experts Patrick Horan and Aaron Boyle, who focus on complex investment and infrastructure transactions, lead the practice jointly.
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Testimonials
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- ‘Leading, wide and deep market and regulatory knowledge and experience.’
- ‘Very reactive, flexible, knowledgeable and experienced.’
- ‘Patrick Horan is very knowledgeable on telecoms regulatory issues. He is adept at providing accurate legal analysis of highly complex issues and devising practical solutions to issues faced by our business. His availability and responsiveness are also excellent.’
- ‘The telecoms team has experts in this field, including Patrick Horan and Connor Manning. From the outset, they actively listen to your requirements, make every effort to understand your internal business workings, collaborate closely to understand your risk appetite and adopt a commercial solution-focused approach.’
- ‘Patrick Horan is unmatched in his knowledge of the regulatory framework.’
- ‘Connor Manning has a good understanding of our industry.’
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 Phoenix Tower International on its €971m acquisition of Cellnex Ireland.
- Advised Vodafone on a 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.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Patrick Horan, Aaron Boyle