Stuart Blythe is a partner in Baker Botts’ corporate practice. He is dual U.S./English law qualified and advises corporations and financial institutions on a wide range of corporate and commercial transactions in the Technology, Media and Telecoms (TMT) sector. Often of a global nature, Stuart focuses on high value commercial agreements, M&A, joint ventures, restructurings, debt financings and infrastructure projects. He has significant industry experience, having spent nearly ten years in general counsel roles for telecoms multinationals. Stuart has also advised on a number of material U.S. law transactions in the TMT sector. Prior to joining Baker Botts (in January 2020), Stuart co-authored a multinational study on the deployment of 5G. He actively supports the telecoms industry as a serving director of the Institute of Telecommunications Professionals (ITP) and as legal adviser to the SubOptic trade association.
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This week, the UK Government announced new draft powers under the National Security and Investment Bill (the ‘Bill’) to screen certain deals on national security grounds. The proposals apply to takeovers and investments (including minority share acquisitions) by foreign buyers in a wide range (...)
