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Norton Rose Fulbright

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Norton Rose Fulbright advises on legal, regulatory and commercial issues across the tech, telecoms, media and entertainment sectors. The tech team, led by Sean Murphy, advises on IT projects, joint ventures and supply chain matters. Madeline Bailey focuses on digital transformation and strategic change with extensive knowledge of disruptive technologies. Oliver Stacey specialises in privatisation and restructurings while James Russell  handles outsourcing matters. Caroline Thomas  is well-versed in competition law issues including merger control and state aid.

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Testimonials

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  • ‘Stand-out partners: Clementine Hogarth and Sean Murphy. Stand-out associates: Thomas Widdows and Michael Stevens.’

Key clients

  • Airband Community Internet Limited
  • AT&T
  • Cognizant
  • Community Fibre Limited
  • Coveo
  • Etisalat
  • Etrading Software
  • 777 Partners LLC
  • Modern Times Group
  • National Digital Infrastructure Fund
  • Orange S.A
  • PayPal Inc.
  • Safaricom
  • TowerShare
  • Vodafone
  • Qualcomm

Work highlights

  • Instructed by Qualcomm in defending an opt-out collective claim which has been brought against it in the Competition Appeal Tribunal on behalf of a class of consumers by the Consumer Association.
  • Advised a consortium, led by Kenya’s Safaricom and including Vodafone, Vodacom, BII and Sumitomo, on its winning bid for Ethiopia’s first telecoms license for $850 million.
  • Advised Cognizant on its agreement to acquire Mobica.

Lawyers

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Sean Murphy

Other key lawyers

Madeline Bailey, Oliver Stacey, James Russell, Caroline Thomas, Clementine Hogarth, Thomas Widdows, Michael Stevens