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 has wide-ranging experience in telecommunications law, with particular expertise in the satellite, broadcasting and wireless industries. He has represented satellite companies seeking licenses at the FCC as well as private equity groups and other investors seeking to buy satellite companies. Mr. Weimer has represented major television networks at the FCC in both rulemaking and enforcement proceedings, as well as on day-to-day regulatory matters. He has also represented numerous clients through all phases of the sale process for radio and TV stations, including structuring transactions as well as drafting and negotiating sale documents. Mr. Weimer also has represented investors seeking to acquire wireless companies at auction and provided strategic advice on the availability, uses and value of wireless spectrum.

Mr. Weimer frequently speaks and writes on telecommunications-related matters at industry events. He is also actively involved 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.

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.

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).