A partner in the Communications and Technology Department, Patrick S. Campbell concentrates on transactional, corporate and regulatory matters, and has worked extensively on such matters on behalf of numerous domestic and foreign telecommunications, satellite, media and Internet companies.

Mr. Campbell’s experience has included representing numerous satellite operators and customers in the negotiation of agreements for the procurement of satellite systems and the leasing of satellite capacity; representing telecommunications clients in proceedings before the Federal Communications Commission; providing regulatory and corporate advice to companies, financial institutions and investors with respect to public and private equity and high-yield offerings involving communications entities; negotiating contracts for the construction of undersea and underground fiber optic telecommunications systems and for the leasing of rights-of-way on such systems; and advising clients on various dispute resolution and litigation matters in the communications and technology areas. Some of Mr. Campbell’s major representations have included:

• representing Intelsat, the world’s largest satellite provider, in a number of major transactions, including: a successful bid to acquire the Protostar-1 satellite for $210 million; formation of a South African joint venture and completion of a related $230 million project financing for a new satellite; negotiation of a procurement contract with Boeing for the purchase of four telecommunications satellites; acquisition of Intelsat by BC Partners; acquisition and integration of PanAmSat to create the largest satellite operator in the world; and numerous other financing, joint venture, acquisition, service, launch and procurement contracts;
• representing SES, the second largest satellite operator in the United States, in the negotiation of agreements to provide satellite capacity to EchoStar Communications Corporation, a leading U.S. provider of satellite television entertainment services;
• representing Fox Entertainment Group, a division of The News Corporation, in negotiation of an agreement with PanAmSat, another large U.S. satellite operator, for the multi-year, multi-satellite carriage of Fox’s entire suite of U.S. programming and most of Fox’s international programming on PanAmSat’s satellites;
• representing British Telecom in various major acquisitions, including its acquisition of Comsat International, a large provider of data communication services across Latin America;
• representing (separately) the Future Fund (Australia), Sumitomo Corporation (Japan), AsiaSat (Hong Kong), Hutchison Global (Hong Kong), Measat (Malaysia), TV Azteca (Mexico), Alcatel-SkyBridge (France), and JSAT (Japan) in connection with various U.S.-based telecommunications transactions and matters;
• representing Lehman Brothers in connection with the financing of a small business participant in a recent FCC auction of PCS licenses and the leasing of such licenses to Sprint;
• serving as regulatory counsel to Lehman Brothers in connection with a secured credit facility and public debt offering for Rural Cellular Corporation, a major provider of mobile telephone service in rural areas; and
• representing SES Americom in the negotiation of an agreement to substantially purchase all of the assets of Verestar, Inc., a satellite teleport operator, out of Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

Mr. Campbell is a member of the Federal Communications Bar Association and recently became a member of the Practising Law Institute’s Telecommunications Convergence Advisory Committee. He is on the boards of directors of a number of non-profits dedicated to urban affairs and civil rights, including Street Law, Inc. (vice chair), Live-It Learn It (chair), the Washington Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs, and DC Appleseed.

Mr. Campbell has been recognized by Chambers USA and by Legal 500 as one of the country’s leading lawyers in the Telecom, Broadcast & Satellite Regulating area. In July 2009, he was recognized by The National Law Journal as one of its "40 Under 40" Washington-area lawyers, a list comprised of individuals who "have already made their marks in private practice, in government agencies, on Capitol Hill and with public interest groups."

Mr. Campbell served as an editor of the Stanford Law Review and was awarded the Carl Mason Franklin Prize for the most outstanding paper in the field of International Law. He also worked at the Overseas Private Investment Corporation for a semester.