Specialist services

Webb Henderson lawyers are recognised specialists and experts in their fields.  We deliver informed and insightful legal advice and a breadth of perspective, derived from our experience and understanding in our specialist areas and cutting-edge nature of the projects that we have worked on internationally.

Telecommunications

In telecommunications, we offer unrivalled legal and industry expertise in advising telecommunications clients around the world on the critical regulatory and commercial issues that affect their businesses.  Our telecommunications regulatory practice focuses on solving the most important regulatory issues faced by our telecommunications clients and which potentially have significant earnings ramifications.  Our telecommunications commercial practice includes advising on the development of next generation broadband networks, complex wholesale transactions and network procurement transactions, ranging from transmission procurement through to network management outsourcing.

Media

In media, we focus on strategic regulatory and commercial matters for broadcasters and new media companies.  Our media regulatory practice deals with market power issues arising from concentration and convergence in the media sector, as well as other service and content-related competition law and regulatory advice.  Our media commercial practice includes advising on strategic transactions between industry participants, the acquisition of significant content rights and provision of broadcasting services over different platforms.

Technology

In technology, we focus on major technology procurement and outsourcing transactions, advising suppliers and users.  We advise clients on every phase of the process of technology procurement and outsourcing transactions: preparing tender documents, evaluating and selecting suppliers, drafting and negotiating contracts, and post-contract project and contract management.

Regulated network industries

In other regulated network industries, we apply our specialist legal and economic experience to critical regulatory issues in these industries and in clients’ dealings with the sectoral regulators, competition authorities and government.  We also leverage our experience and understanding of regulation and competition law across network industries and across jurisdictions to both anticipate and limit the effect of economic regulation on clients’ businesses. We have particular experience in the areas of energy and aviation regulation.