Slaughter and May’s cross-practice TMT offering is routinely engaged by high-profile UK corporates and multinational technology clients, particularly on major cross-border matters. The team advises on a wide array of matters spanning commercial arrangements, M&A, compliance, digital infrastructure, and contentious issues. The group is co-led by Victoria MacDuff, who spearheads the telecoms work; Rob Sumroy, who focuses on technology and digital matters; and Paul Dickson, who takes the lead on media-related matters.

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Key clients

Vodafone
Daily Mail Group
Equinix
Google
Meta
Ascential
Motorola
RELX
JCDecaux
Dentsu Aegis
Netflix
ITV
Tencent
Softbank
Star India
Reach PLC
Arm
HH Global
Booking Holding
Videndum

Work highlights

Advised Vodafone Group in connection with all aspects of the ongoing merger of Vodafone and Hutchison 3G UK (‘3’), creating the UK’s largest telecoms company.

Advised Daily Mail Group, the multinational conglomerate which owns one of the UK’s biggest media operations, in respect of its joint venture with News UK (one of the leading media businesses in the UK and Ireland).

Advised Google on several high-profile technology-related regulatory and anti-trust matters in the UK including advising on the CMA’s ongoing and complex investigations into Google’s conduct in the adtech sector.

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