Brian D. Weimer

Mr. Weimer is a partner in the Corporate and Communications practice groups in the firm's Washington, DC office.

Areas of Practice

Mr. Weimer provides transactional and regulatory advice to clients in the telecommunications industry, with particular emphasis on satellite, broadcasting, and wireless companies.  He acts as corporate counsel to telecommunications companies in M&A and financing matters and also advises on regulatory issues presented by these transactions.  Mr. Weimer represents Federal Communications Commission (FCC) licensees on a wide range of issues at the FCC, including rulemaking, licensing, and enforcement matters.  He also advises foreign and domestic clients on international telecommunications issues such as satellite landing rights and cross-border M&A transactions.

Mr. Weimer frequently speaks and writes on telecommunications-related matters at industry events. He is also actively involved in the Federal Communications Bar Association, where he has served as co-chair of the International Telecommunications Committee, the Transactional Practice Committee and the Wireless Committee.  He is also a member of the International Telecommunications Society and the Society of Satellite Professionals International.

Education

• J.D., Georgetown University Law Center, 1995, Olin Fellow in Law & Economics
• B.A., University of Chicago, 1990, Phi Beta Kappa

Admissions

• Delaware
• Maryland
• District of Columbia

• Regulatory counsel to satellite company SES World Skies.
• Regulatory counsel to satellite company O3b Limited.
• Corporate counsel to Lincoln Financial Group in the sale of its radio properties.
• Regulatory counsel to SAT-GE, the satellite division of General Electric.
• Representing European private equity group BC Partners in its acquisition of a controlling stake in Intelsat, the world's largest fixed satellite service provider.
• Representing the CBS, FOX and NBC television networks in the FCC's media ownership proceeding.
• Strategic advice to Wall Street investment houses and private equity groups on opportunities in the wireless and satellite industries.

Honors

• Legal 500, 2010

Articles

• Strategies for Retaining Management in Auction Sales of Life Sciences Companies, Life Sciences Law & Industry Report, February 12, 2010

• Regular contributor to Via Satellite magazine, including Twenty Years of Via Satellite: How the Commercial Satellite Industry Recaptured Public Attention (2006).  
• The Year in Wireless Telecommunications 2005-2006, 24^th Annual Institute on Telecommunications Policy & Regulation (2006).
• Legal Opinions in Corporate Transactions Affected by FCC Regulation: An Economic Approach, 51 Federal Communications Law Journal 773 (1999).

Speeches

• Panelist, Opportunities and Threats for a New Decade, Satellite 2010 Conference, Washington, DC (March 2010).
• Moderator, Satellites, Broadcasting, and Cable TV, Satellite 2007 Conference, Washington, DC (February 2007).
• Panelist, Hybrid Wireless Technologies, International Satellite Conference and Expo, San Diego, CA (June 2006).
• Moderator, Managing Risk in a Risky Business, Satellite 2006 Conference, Washington, DC (February 2006).
• Panelist, Mobile Satellite: New Systems, New Opportunities, Satellite 2005 Conference, Washington, DC (March 2005).
• Guest Speaker, Media Ownership and the Information Battlefield, on National Public Radio's WBUR, Boston, MA (January 2003).
• Panelist, Telecom Deals: M&A, Regulatory and Financing Issues, Practicing Law Institute, New York, New York (July 2000).