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Colin Long

Colin Long
Firm:
Office:
Olswang
90 High Holborn
City:
London
Country:
England
Tel:
+44 20 7067 3179
Fax:
+44 20 7067 3999

Biography: Regulatory Communications

Colin Long is an independent legal and regulatory consultant as well as being of counsel to, and previously a partner and head of the telecommunications practice at, the UK law firm Olswang. In a law career so far spanning several decades, more than half of which have seen his involvement in advising some of the best-known companies in the telecommunications sector, he has guided such companies in a variety of high-profile deals related to fixed, mobile and satellite-based services.

Colin's work is broad and encompasses regulation and competition law, as well as commercial and corporate transactions, in the communications, IT and high-tech sectors. His experience and insight into the industry mean that he is regularly sought after for advice on critical projects, transactions and disputes: recent experiences include advising on network and other telecom outsourcings; network sharing; mobile virtual network transactions; a technology transfer project for a UK mobile operator; a multimillion-dollar financing of a fixed line operator, and advising on the multi-jurisdictional corporate and regulatory aspects of various pan-European acquisitions and reorganisations.

He has also advised the European Commission on a mobile satellite services project; various UK public operators on challenges and appeals of decisions by the UK communications regulatory authority, OFCOM, particularly concerning access issues; and on unbundling, interconnnect, and competition law matters and disputes (including litigation). Colin is the author of the leading textbook Global Telecommunications Law and Practice (Sweet and Maxwell), a guest speaker at numerous conferences and a frequent writer of articles in the telecoms press. He also has a blog at http://telecommentator.blogspot.com/.

Colin is recommended in Chambers 2009 legal directory as the 'star' UK lawyer in telecommunications.

This biography is an extract from The International Who's Who of Regulatory Communications Lawyers which can be purchased from our Bookstore.

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