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Winston
Maxwell
Partner,
Paris
Winston Maxwell has nearly 20 years of corporate and commercial law experience in France, with an emphasis on regulated industries, communications, and media. Winston has worked on a wide range of transactional, regulatory, and litigation matters for communications, media, and entertainment clients. He has participated in European telecommunications liberalization initiatives, and recently authored a major treatise on European communications and data protection law. He also publishes and lectures extensively on communications, media, and entertainment.
Winston often serves as counsel to various regulatory bodies in Europe and advises on the evolution of regulatory structures to respond to the changing face of the TMT sector. For example, in 2008 he co-authored a report to the French telecoms regulator, the Autorité de Régulation des Communications Electroniques et des Postes (ARCEP) on the optimum framework for releasing new spectrum known as the "digital dividend". The recommendations in this report were cited widely in the French parliamentary commission's report on the digital dividend and, as a result, the Paris office TMT group was labeled as the “heavy artillery” of the telecoms sector.
Winston has worked in numerous international arbitrations, both as counsel and as arbitrator, under the American Arbitration Association, United Nations Commission on International Trade Law, International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), and American Film Marketing Association rules.
In Chambers Global, 2008, Winston Maxwell is "Highly valued for his “perfect grasp” of both French and U.S. law… clients value ‘his steadiness, skill and persistence in circumventing the obstacles that come up from time to time in difficult negotiations.’”
In addition to his work in the communications, media, and entertainment sector, Winston advises clients on a broad range of corporate mergers and acquisitions, as well as private equity transactions. He represents clients in sectors as diverse as truck axles, orange groves, and medical devices. Winston's practice increasingly covers competition law, environmental law, and the regulation of newly-liberalized network industries, such as energy and transportation.
REPRESENTATIVE EXPERIENCE
Representation of a major U.S. media group in the acquisition of France's largest cable network.
French regulatory and competition law complaints for a global communications operator.
Representation of a major French media group in film library and copyright disputes.
Representation of European telecommunication equipment manufacturers and carriers in ICC arbitrations.
Advising a leading automobile and truck equipment supplier in French acquisitions and joint ventures.
Hogan & Hartson Publications
06.11.2009
"Media & Communications Briefing: Issue 3." Media & Communications Briefing, Hogan & Hartson LLP
05.20.2009
"French Online Copyright Infringement Law Faces Challenges But May Create Business Opportunities." Telecommunications, Media and Entertainment Update, Hogan & Hartson LLP
03.20.2009
"Media & Communications Briefing: Issue 2." Media & Communications Briefing, Hogan & Hartson LLP
02.19.2009
"How to Conduct Trans-Border Discovery." Privacy Update, Hogan & Hartson LLP
02.05.2009
"Recent Amazon Decision: France Is Stepping Up Its Fight Against E-commerce Sites’ Unfair Terms of Use." IP Update, Hogan & Hartson LLP
02.03.2009
"Privacy & Data Security Briefing: Issue 7." Privacy & Data Security Briefing, Hogan & Hartson LLP
12.17.2008
"Media & Communications Briefing: Issue 1." Media & Communications Briefing, Hogan & Hartson LLP
12.04.2008
"Privacy & Data Security Briefing: Issue 6." Privacy & Data Security Briefing, Hogan & Hartson LLP
10.30.2008
"France Launches Ambitious "Digital Plan"." Telecommunications, Media, and Entertainment Update, Hogan & Hartson LLP
10.06.2008
"Barack Obama's Digital Program." Telecommunications, Media, and Entertainment Update, Hogan & Hartson LLP
10.06.2008
"Privacy & Data Security Briefing: Issue 5." Privacy & Data Security Briefing, Hogan & Hartson LLP
06.04.2008
"Privacy & Data Security Briefing: Issue 3." Privacy & Data Security Briefing, Hogan & Hartson LLP
02.08.2008
"European Court of Justice Rules on ISP Customer Data Disclosure in Promusicae v. Telefonica." Privacy Update, Hogan & Hartson LLP
11.30.2005
"French Data Protection Authority Clarifies Stance on Whistleblower Hotlines." Privacy Update, Hogan & Hartson LLP
Published Works
April 2009
"Seller's Liability for Business Facing Financial Difficulty." International Law Office
March 2009
"Content Industry: What Future for Territoriality Clauses in Copyright Licenses?" Revue Lamy Droit de l'Immatériel N° 47, Wolters Kluwer
01.01.2009
"A Comparative French and U.S. Law Approach to Scènes à Faire and Other Non-Protectable Elements in Copyright Law." Propriétés Intellectuelles
11.28.2008
"The FCC's Network Neutrality Ruling in the Comcast Case: Towards A Consensus With Europe?" Communications & Strategies, no. 72, Q4 2008, p.73
20 November 2008
"Electronic Communications: The Three Proposals Which Vex The Key Players." Le Temps
September - October 2008
"What Can Europe Learn From the Comcast Affair in the United States?" La Lettre de l'Autorité de Régulation des Communications électroniques et des Postes
09.24.2008
"New Law Implements Cross-Border Mergers Directive." International Law Office French M&A Newsletter
08.29.2008
"Net Neutrality in the U.S.: Comcast Can No Longer Block P2P Exchanges." Le Journal du Net
06.30.2008
"Targeted Advertising and Consumer Protection in France, Europe, and the U.S." Contrats - Concurrences - Consommation, LexisNexis JurisClasseur
06.30.2008
"Spectrum and Copyright: Paving the New Media Highway." Commerce in France
April 2008
"U.S. and EU Authorities Review Privacy Threats on Social Networking Sites." Ent. L.R., Issue 4, Sweet & Maxwell Limited
12.01.2007
"United States: Using Spectrum Policy to Promote “Wireless Net Neutrality”." La Lettre de l'Autorité de Régulation des Communications électroniques et des Postes
4th quarter 2007
"Regulating Duct Access in Europe: Lessons from the U.S. Regulatory Framework." Communications & Strategies, no. 68
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