The digital economy transactions team at Ashurst advises an impressive roster of blue-chip clients on a range of domestic and cross-border work, encompassing M&A, product rollout, and financing deals. Nick Elverston co-heads the team and advises on the roll-out of new services, network shares, joint ventures, acquisitions and disposals, as well as providing the sector input on financings and disputes. Amanda Ludlow also co-heads the team and leads on all aspects of data regulation, including data protection and privacy, and cross-jurisdictional data breach notifications.

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Key clients

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  • Google
  • Meta
  • Amazon
  • Uber
  • Virgin Media
  • O2
  • City Fibre
  • 3
  • VMO2
  • 1&1 Drillisch
  • Axiata
  • NTT DoCoMo
  • Wireless Infrastructure Group
  • Telxius
  • Digital Colony
  • TDF Infrastructure
  • Uber
  • NYC Metropolitan Transport Authority
  • Boldyn Networks
  • Babcock
  • Amey Keolis
  • CPPIB
  • Brookfield
  • Macquarie Capital
  • Basalt Infrastructure Partners
  • Abrdn plc
  • John Laing
  • Equitix

Work highlights

  • Advised Meta in connection with 2Africa and a project concerning a 45000 km subsea cable system.
  • Advised Boldyn on its provision of dark fibre services to various London Boroughs following the successful award of the 20 year concession with Transport for London to deliver mobile connectivity on the Underground and across London.
  • Advising Meta on a number of telecoms infrastructure deals across EMEA.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

 , Nick Elverston, Amanda Ludlow.