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Preiskel & Co advises MEF on the launch of the EMEA Regulatory Checklist. MEF is the global trade association for companies wishing to monetize their products & services via mobile

Preiskel & Co advises MEF on the launch of the EMEA Regulatory Checklist.  MEF is the global trade association for companies wishing to monetize their products & services via mobile. Further information on the regulatory checklist (which is available for download by members) and indeed on MEF (also described as the global community for mobile…

Preiskel & Co voted Communications Law Firm of the Year 2012, in England

Preiskel & Co was selected on 1 August as the winner of the 2012 Corporate Intl Magazine Global Award for  ‘Communications Law Firm of the Year in England’.  The nomination, research and judging pocess has taken a full 12 months, according to the publication. Electronic and hard copies of the Legal Awards Supplement will be circulated…

Preiskel & Co wins Twitter joke trial for Paul Chambers

Preiskel & Co wins Twitter joke trial for bomb hoaxer Preiskel & Co is pleased to announce that the Lord Chief Justice Lord Judge handed down a unanimous judgment of the High Court overturning the conviction of Paul Chambers.  Paul Chambers had been convicted for sending a “menacing” electronic communication after he tweeted about Robin Hood Airport…

BBC News and The Daily Telegraph Front Pages features the Twitter Joke Trial Victory today secured by the Preiskel & Co team

Preiskel & Co’s success in overturning the conviction of Paul Chambers under the Communications Act 2003 is featured on the front pages of the major press agencies including the BBC News and the Daily Telegraph

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/twitter/9431677/Twitter-joke-trial-conviction-quashed-in-High-Court.html

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-19009344

The Guardian quotes Preiskel’s David Allen Green

Preiskel & Co’s head of media, David Allen Green was quoted in the Guardian in relation to the court injunction that prevented the BBC from showing two drama documentaties about last summer’s riots.

The article in the Guardian is available at:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012/jul/20/bbc-riot-injunction?CMP=twt_fd

Preiskel & Co promotes Jose Saras to partner

Preiskel & Co is delighted to announce the appointment of senior associate, Jose Saras to partner.  Jose is a dual qualified Spanish and English lawyer.

Jose is an experienced commercial and regulatory lawyer primarily focussing on telecoms, data protection and on-line gaming though he also advises UK and overseas clients across a broad range of sectors.

Stephen Fry and Al Murray accompany Preiskel team at the Courts of Justice on Twitter Joke Trial Appeal

For more information, please see the BBC link  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-18607798 or follow it on twitter at #twitterjoketrial.  There were articles in most of the leading newspapers, the Telegraph article being at http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/law-and-order/9359211/John-Betjeman-would-have-been-prosecuted-under-Twitter-joke-laws-court-hears.html the trial is being covered internationally and Al Jazeera posted quite an informative video: http://www.aljazeera.com/video/europe/2012/06/2012627141548515236.html A more in depth analysis of the legal position is set…

Preiskel & Co advises IXcellerate on closing an IFC (World Bank) investment for rolling out its international data centre business

Preiskel & Co advised IXcellerate in the negotiation and securing of an investment from the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group.  The IFC was among the investors that subscribed for the Series A equity issue. Upon completion of all phases, the project cost is expected to total around $55 million, most…

Daniel Preiskel co-moderating a telecoms panel at the IBA Communications Law Conference in Lisbon

The full conference agenda is as follows: 09:15 – 09:30 Key Note Address Georg Serentschy (Chair of BEREC) 09:30 – 10:30 Regulatory Up-date Speakers: Reinald Kruger – Head of Unit Information Society EU Commission Stefano Fratta – Telefonica Digital Bart-Jan van Dijk – Verizon Business Moderators: Chung-Nian Lam – Wong Partnership LLP Anne Vallery – …

Preiskel & Co to host ITSPA (Internet Telephony Service Provider Association) Workshop

The ITSPA Vendor Workshop will take place on 31st May 2012 at Preiskel & Co LLP 5 Fleet Place, London, EC4M 7RD. For further information, please email info@preiskel.com or admin@itspa.org.uk the full programme is: 2pm — Registration 2.10pm — Panel Session 1: “The Future of Handsets” Panellists: Ron Corttaar, Gigaset; Steve Watts, Yealink; Hicham Atif, Grandstream. Chair: Stephanie…