Telecommunications Law Professionals PLLC (“TLP”) is committed to assisting clients in meeting the substantial challenges they face in the rapidly changing wireless, wired, technology, media and content industries.  Landmark legislative and regulatory initiatives, and unprecedented industry developments, present both major business opportunities and significant risks for the providers and consumers of communications and information services regardless of whether they are provided by wire, terrestrial wireless networks or satellite.  The background and experience of TLP’s professionals enables the firm to provide the quality of services associated with top-tier, international law firms, while the low overhead of our boutique practice enables us to maintain a flexible, client-friendly rate structure.  All TLP professionals have devoted their professional careers to communications law regulatory, transactional and litigation issues, and the diverse team of professionals offers multiple levels of practice experience, which means that TLP can staff any matter in an efficient, cost-effective manner.  The result is that TLP has been favorably recognized in rankings by Chambers, The Legal 500, U.S. News & World Report and other peer review rating agencies.

TLP’s professionals have substantial experience representing clients across the entire spectrum of the telecommunications, media, and Internet sectors including:

• Cellular, PCS, AWS, 700 MHz and unlicensed spectrum users
• Large users of telecommunications services
• Carriers, resellers, MVNOs and agents
• Local and long distance wireline telecommunications service providers, including CLECs and VoIP providers
• Broadband service providers and various Internet-based services
• Commercial satellite operators
• Equipment manufacturers
• Broadcasters
• Cable television multiple system operators
• Suppliers of goods and services to the communications industry (site owners, billing vendors, etc.)
• Private equity and venture capital firms with communications-related portfolio companies
• Underwriters and financial institutions active in the telecommunications sector

Our clients range in size from start-up companies to major publicly-traded corporations, and we provide a broad range of services to them.  We have extensive experience in:

• Merger and acquisition transactions
• FCC carrier and equipment licensing proceedings
• Intercarrier agreements
• Telecommunications facility acquisitions
• Legislative and regulatory policy issues
• Federal, state, local and appellate court litigation
• Regulatory complaints and investigations
• Notice and comment regulatory proceedings
• Regulatory compliance issues, including U.S., foreign investment and national security reviews
• Privacy issues
• Spectrum auctions
• International and foreign regulatory policy and licensing maters
• SEC reports and disclosures for FCC licensee
• Submarine cable development and implementation projects

We have enjoyed considerable success in devising and implementing creative legislative, public policy and regulatory initiatives on behalf of our clients, and in securing changes in the law and applicable regulations to the benefit of our clients.  We have litigated important cases before federal and state regulatory agencies, in state courts and in federal district and appeals courts.  We regularly counsel clients to help them identify significant regulatory developments and issues that may affect their businesses, which allows them to anticipate and plan for, rather than merely react to, matters that are important to their businesses.  Our lawyers advise on compliance with numerous rules and procedures, including those concerning transfers of control and corporate restructurings.