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D.C. Corporate Partner Brian Weimer Expands Sheppard Mullin's Communications Team
FCC Specialist Straddles Both Regulatory and Deal Matters; Firm Adds Second Transactional Partner This Month
| Source: Sheppard Mullin
WASHINGTON, DC--(Marketwire - April 20, 2009) - Brian D. Weimer has joined the Washington,
D.C. office of Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP as a partner in the
firm's Corporate practice group and member of the firm's Communications
team. Weimer joins Sheppard Mullin from Latham & Watkins in Washington,
D.C.
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. 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. 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.
"Brian is a high-quality attorney and an excellent fit with both our
Corporate practice group and Communications team. His expertise in
telecommunications matters, which encompasses both regulatory and
transactional work, will be of great value to clients," said Guy Halgren,
chairman of the firm.
Commented Weimer, "Sheppard Mullin offers an excellent, full-service
platform to grow my practice, coupled with a collegial atmosphere that
spans practice groups and offices. I am thrilled to be joining the firm."
"Brian's significant FCC experience is an excellent addition to the
regulatory capabilities of our office, which includes government contracts,
FDA, labor and aviation. His transactional practice uniquely complements
and expands the breadth of our existing Communications practice, led by
D.C. partners Chris Huther and Megan Troy, which is currently
litigation-driven," said Ed Schiff, managing partner of Sheppard Mullin's
Washington, D.C. office and head of the firm's East Coast Corporate
practice.
Weimer's experience includes the following: 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, representing the CBS, FOX and NBC television networks in the
FCC's media ownership proceeding, and strategic advice to Wall Street
investment houses and private equity groups on opportunities in the
wireless and satellite industries.
Weimer received a J.D. from Georgetown University in 1995 and a B.A. from
University of Chicago in 1990.
Earlier this month, Todd Bissett joined the Shanghai office of Sheppard
Mullin as a partner in the firm's Corporate practice group. Bissett joined
from O'Melveny & Myers' in Beijing.
Sheppard Mullin has close to 50 attorneys based in its Washington, D.C.
office. The firm's Corporate practice group includes more than 100
attorneys firmwide.
About Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
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attorneys in 11 offices located throughout California and in New York,
Washington, D.C. and Shanghai. The firm's California offices are located
in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Silicon Valley, Santa Barbara, Century City,
Orange County, San Diego/Del Mar and San Diego/Downtown. Founded in 1927
on the principle that the firm would succeed only if its attorneys
delivered prompt, high quality and cost-effective legal services, Sheppard
Mullin provides legal counsel to U.S. and international clients. Companies
turn to Sheppard Mullin to handle a full range of corporate and technology
matters, high stakes litigation and complex financial transactions. In the
U.S., the firm's clients include more than half of the Fortune 100
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