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7 QUESTIONS WITH FERNANDO MARGARIT Talking Technology Trends With Hunton Andrews Kurth’s Partner
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WHAT IS HUNTON ANDREWS KURTH’S MISSION?
Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP—with more than 900 lawyers in the US, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East, and serving clients across a broad range of complex transactional, litigation, and regulatory matters—has a simple, but important, mission: To provide the high-quality legal services, together with practical business counsel, that allow our clients to accurately assess risks and rewards and then act accordingly. On this mission, we also commit to amplifying and championing diversity and inclusion; providing predictability, cost efficiency, and matter transparency; and giving back to our communities in the form of pro bono projects and other indispensable services.
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HOW DOES HUNTON ANDREWS KURTH PARTICIPATE IN THE SUBMARINE CABLE MARKET?
Our attorneys have been representing all types of clients in the submarine cable market for over 30 years, and many of our telecom attorneys work exclusively in this space. In the last number of years, we have been in-
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volved as counsel in the builds and development of many of the most significant and recognizable subsea system builds around the world. Our clients in these systems range from one of the most active technology companies in the industry to telcos and non-traditional telecom investors seeking to participate in the industry. We advise our clients on all aspects of the system build, development and implementation, including as to the system supply contract, consortium joint build agreements, marine and any terrestrial maintenance agreements and the myriad of other project documents; fiber purchase (IRU and non-IRU) arrangements; all types of landing party arrangements; access and security agreements, permitting issues and regulatory issues. We also often represent clients in respect of their money raises and project financing associated with the system build as well in connection with ancillary matters, such as to commercialization of the system, related real estate issues, tax structuring and analysis, and issues associated with the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.
