Osborne Clarke is widely regarded as having a leading regulatory practice in the rapidly developing communications and media sector. Our regulatory team crosses borders and legal departments to provide our clients with a complete commercial service on a local, national and international basis.

We act for all types of telecoms infrastructure, fixed line, mobile and MVNO, and voice over IP companies, such as Vodafone, UbiNetics, Impello plc and Vonage, advising them on a range of regulatory issues. In particular, our lawyers have extensive experience of negotiating MVNO agreements and advising on the regulation of MVNOs.

In the media arena, we advise on all types of content and regulatory compliance. Our clients, who include many of the top ad and marketing services agencies, rely on us to provide fast and pragmatic copy and promotional clearance, both on a national and international basis. We are also experienced in helping resolve marketing disputes and complaints, and we have a good track record in dealing with advertising regulators and advising on related regulatory compliance issues, e.g. financial services, ICSTIS and data protection issues.

Media team members include the co-chair of the UK chapter of the Promotional Marketing Association and and co-author of Kluwer's ‘Advertising Law in Europe and North America’.

Our specialist website www.marketinglaw.co.uk continues to be in a league of its own, offering over 1,000 pages of constantly updated content on marketing law news, regulation and issues in the UK and the rest of Europe and is now enjoyed by nearly 4,000 registered users.

Simon Rendell is recommended in Telecoms 200, which lists the world's top 200 telecoms lawyers, as rated by clients and fellow professionals. The team also includes partner, Angus Finnegan, who was in-house counsel at BT and James Mullock, who has written an HMSO book on data protection and is involved in the new data protection changes which affect the telecoms sector. Adrian Lifely has many years experience in international telecoms disputes and arbitrations.

Osborne Clarke's telecoms team offer a tailored information and regulatory update service, TELEX which provides clients with telecoms regulatory information, advice and assistance. For further information about TELEX please contact James Mullock on 020 72468024, or Angus Finnegan on 0118 9252010.

• advising Vodafone on the purchase of outsourced directory enquiry services as part of the UKs recent liberalisation process

Angus Finnegan
t +44 (0)20 7105 7172
angus.finnegan@osborneclarke.com