United Kingdom - Northern Ireland • TMT (technology, media and telecoms)

Cleaver Fulton Rankin

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Cleaver Fulton Rankin has key strength in the telecoms sector, and acts for major clients in this area such as BT and Telefonica. Team lead Joe Marley advises clients on all aspects of non-contentious real estate, with experience in investment and infrastructure. Paul McBride is well known for his M&A expertise. Aaron Moore specialises in dispute resolution.

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  • 'Very approachable and reactive to specific requests.'
  • 'Personable, knowledgeable and react quickly to requests. Progress instructions in a timely manner.'

Key clients

  • BT Plc
  • Vodafone Limited
  • Cornerstone Telecommunications Infrastructure Limited (“CTIL”)
  • Telefonica
  • Virgin Media o2 (VM02)
  • Invest Northern Ireland
  • Urban Innovation Company (UIC) limited
  • Vox Financial Ltd
  • IRP Commerce Limited
  • Logicearth Learning Services
  • JC Deceaux
  • Atos IT Services
  • Hewlett-Packard
  • Catalyst Inc

Work highlights

  • Advising a joint venture company made up of Vodafone and Telefonica (O2) on all aspects of its telecommunications sites throughout Northern Ireland.
  • Acting as Counsel for all real estate issues for BT’s NI portfolio.
  • Acting as sole external legal advisers in Northern Ireland for VMO2 and have already been instructed on a number of matters relating to the management of their real estate portfolio throughout Northern Ireland.

Lawyers

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Paul McBride

Paul McBride

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Paul is a Director and Head of the Corporate & Commercial team at Cleaver Fulton Rankin. Paul is recognised as a leading lawyer in Corporate & Commercial, specialising in corporate governance, mergers & acquisitions, private equity and venture capital, with particular experience in the technology sector. Paul has advised leading local, national and international businesses on mergers & acquisitions, equity finance and intellectual property.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Joe Marley

Other key lawyers

Paul McBride, Aaron Moore, Shane Conlan