CCS Prospectus RM6179 - June 2023

BURGES SALMON LLP

BURGES SALMON LLP Telecommunications How we can help you Burges Salmon has specialist expertise in the telecoms industry and an in depth understanding of the needs of telecoms operators and internet service providers. We assist our clients in finding practical solutions using our experience and ability to anticipate key areas of contention. We have worked with most if not all of the international telecoms operators over many years. The team understands the importance of a property portfolio in achieving commercial objectives, including keeping a network operational, reducing property overheads and liabilities, and ensuring operators have the facilities to support commercial activity. Our expertise includes: • Advising on content and rights licensing and the application and operation of the Telecoms Code • Infrastructure including equipment purchase, supply and installation • Interconnection agreements • Roaming agreements • Mast build and sharing agreements and roll-out programmes • Network build and outsourcing • Satellite launch contracts • Transponder leases, software applications and systems consultancy • Collaboration, development and integration covering new technologies and platforms, websites and portals • Mast and switch upgrade licences • Wayleaves, Planning and CPO • Network Sharing & Network Optimisation Agreements. Case studies OFCOM Advising on all aspects of its outsourcing of the management of the allocation and distribution of funds for enabling the clearance of broadcasting spectrums. The structure and nature of the arrangements were heavily scrutinised within government, spectrum users and the press. First Trenitalia West Coast Limited and First MTR South Western Trains Limited Advising in relation to their respective network coverage extension agreements with BT to improve the provision of mobile coverage on the rail network. Octopus Investments Advising Octopus, the UK’s leading investor in fibre, on the implications of the government’s Telecoms Supply Chain Review, and the cybersecurity legal requirements that mobile and fibre operators will need to implement and flow down the supply chain. Rail operator Advising on a collaboration arrangement and subsequently the commercial exploitation of a ground-breaking new communications technology designed to enhance the provision of 5G on the rail network. Back to contents Back to contents 46

BURGES SALMON LLP Law of International Trade, Investment and Regulation How we can help you Our international trade lawyers help clients to navigate the complexities of trade law, against a backdrop of global challenges from post-Brexit cross-border issues, including the uncertainties around the Northern Ireland Protocol, to the ongoing impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. Our aim always is to support our clients to maximise the international growth opportunities in their chosen markets, by drawing on trade expertise across a range of legal disciplines to deliver joined up, commercial advice. Trading businesses need to import and export goods and services in accordance with national and international trade laws. Following the UK’s exit from the EU Customs Union and Single Market and the introduction of the UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA) and other non-EU trade agreements new rules apply to exports, imports, data and hiring. EU-based importers, UK-based customers and exporters, and importers and exporters from further afield, need to be alert to the new restrictions, tariffs and regulations. Drawing on expertise from across the firm, we work with a trusted network of independent law firms around the globe to help public and private sector clients achieve their commercial aims. Our expertise includes: • Product stewardship, environmental and safety compliance and investigations. • Supply chain and country of origin implications for registration, labelling and taxation. • Business immigration and visa applications. • Trade, supply and distribution contracts. • Cross-border M&A, competition, subsidies and antitrust. • Cross-border financial services including access of EU firms to UK markets (and vice versa). • Customs, tariffs and trade regulation. • Licensing, advertising, labelling and trading standards. • Inward investment. • International tax and trade finance. • Trade disputes and trade remedies. • Negotiation of Free Trade Agreement IP chapters. Case studies Local Authority Advising on the requirements and processes to establish a Port Health Authority and Border Control Post. Public Sector client Advising on the movement of goods between N. Ireland, Great Britain and the EU, and the implications of the N. Ireland Protocol on the movements. Department for International Trade Advising on patents, data and market exclusivity, designs and trademarks during the negotiation of IP chapters of Free Trade Agreements. Foreign & Commonwealth Office Advising on the contractual framework for FCO to implement its repatriation scheme through an existing CCS enabling agreement. Foreign & Commonwealth Office Providing advice during the COVID-19 crisis on the implementation of commercial arrangements and loans to facilitate the repatriation of UK citizens abroad. Also provided advice on termination/ relief under various international construction contracts. Manufacturing client Advising an Asian manufacturer of excavators on implications to their business of UK TRA anti-dumping and anti-subsidy investigations. This includes advice around the impact of rules of origin and a recommendation on engaging with the investigation. Back to contents Back to contents 47