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Communications & Technology
Deacons' Communications
and Technology Group specialises in advising clients in the
telecommunications, broadcasting, information technology, internet and
e-commerce-related industries.
The Group is comprised of
a core of telecommunications, broadcasting and technology industry
specialists (including lawyers with substantial in-house industry
experience), who can draw upon the expertise of other legal practitioners
in each of the different legal practice groups within the Deacons network
as required. Each of the members of the Group has developed their own
particular industry specialty, which means that our clients are provided
with advice tailored to the specific needs of that client in that
particular industry, with a strong emphasis on matters of commercial and
strategic importance to the client.
Why
choose Deacons for communications and technology legal advice?
Deacons' leadership in
communications and technology practice is well recognised by independent
surveys and research, including Asia Pacific Legal 500
and PLC Which Lawyer?. For example, Deacons was ranked a recommended
firm for Communications in the 2007 edition of PLC Which Lawyer?.
The Group is headed by
Keith Cole who is identified as one of Asia's leading lawyers in IT &
E-Commerce in the AsiaLaw Leading Lawyers Survey. Keith is also
listed as a leading lawyer for IT and telecommunications in the
Guide to the World's Leading Technology Media and Telecommunications
Lawyers, published by Euromoney Legal Group.
Services offered include:
Start up issues
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Incorporation
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Partnership
agreements
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Investment strategy
Raising finance
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Venture
capital/direct investment
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Initial public
offerings (including GEM, main board and dual listings)
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Project finance and
non or limited resource lending
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Commercial lending
Takeovers, mergers and
acquisitions, disposals
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Structuring
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Documentation
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Transaction
management
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Due diligence
Commercial agreements
and advice
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Interconnection
agreements
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Outsourcing
agreements
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Capacity swap and
lease agreements
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Content/production
agreements
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Research and
development
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Technology transfers,
protection and development
Intellectual property
issues, advice and prosecution on
Licensing,
regulatory and competition law issues
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Representing clients
before regulators
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Anti-trust reviews
and advice
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Regulatory and policy
reviews and advice
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Preparation of
lobbying programmes
Employment issues
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Stock options
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Contracts
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Invention agreements
Insolvency and
restructuring
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Advising directors
and shareholdings of telecommunications, broadcasting and technology
companies on restructuring, receivership and liquidation issues
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Advising secured and
unsecured creditors of telecommunications, broadcasting and technology
companies on restructuring, receivership and liquidation issues
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