Daniel Preiskel

Preiskel & Co LLP

· Daniel is a co-founder of Preiskel & Co and has well over 20 years’ experience working in the telecoms, media and technology sectors, advising across the globe. He has been ranked for about 25 years in major independent research guides as one of the world’s leading communications lawyers. He was recently ranked as one of only 7 Telecoms Global Thought Leaders by WhosWholegal who also ranked him as a Data Thought Leader.

· He is particularly recognised for his international commercial and regulatory work in the telecoms sector as a whole. Daniel leads an international team providing telecoms regulatory, commercial and corporate advice to telecoms clients across the globe. Highly regarded in the telecoms industry, he has been for some years a Judge on the industry’s most prestigious Capacity Awards and was on the Mobile Ecosystem Forum EMEA Board.

· He represents companies throughout the telecoms ecosystem, including MNOs, MVNOs, resellers and hosted telephony providers. Daniel also advises on satellite and net neutrality regulation, IoT/M2M (including connected cars), handset manufacturers, mobile data clearing houses, telecoms data centres, minutes’ exchanges and satellite providers. Clients also include governments and communications regulators.

· He also advises communications providers on big data in light of GDPR, data retention and privacy, surveillance, interception and encryption issues as well as on international acquisitions.

· The Chambers UK guide states that “Daniel Preiskel is regarded as “the man telecoms companies turn to for strategic advice thanks to his “grassroots understanding of the industry””.

· Previously, he was vice chair of the IBA Communications Law Committee and a founder of the International MVNOx Association. Daniel provides regulatory advice to the following industry associations: ISPA, ITSPA, MEF and FCS. In addition, he and his team advise IMSO the Inter-Governmental organisation that is the de facto satellite regulator for safety.

· Previous experience includes working as an investment banker in Deutsche Morgan Grenfell’s telecoms team and heading telecoms and technology departments at two City law firms. He has also worked in the European Commission’s Competition Directorate on anti-trust matters in the telecoms sector. In addition to his broad range of Telecoms, Media & Tech sector clients, he advises companies in a range of sectors including sport, gaming, retail and energy.

· Danny is a Board Trustee of the 100 year old educational charity, The English Speaking Union, whose mission is “to give young people the speaking & listening skills and cultural understanding they need to thrive”

He has a MA in law from Cambridge University (Jesus College), speaks seven languages and has passed the SFA investment banking exams.

Practice Area

Panel

Contributing Author

Qualified Year

1991

Year Taken Silk

1997

Experience

Steptoe Johnson Rakisons (1996 - 2001)
Deutsche Bank (1994 - 1996)
Clifford Chance (1992 - 1994)
SJ Berwin (1989 - 1992)

Membership

IBA
MEF (Mobile Ecosystem Forum)
CommsCouncil UK
Lexing.Network of Advanced Technology Lawyers

Qualifications

MA in law (1985 to 1988 (BA))
MA (1993)
Solicitor of the Supreme Court of England & Wales (1991)
SFA Authorised Securities Representative (1994)

Education

Cambridge University (1985 to 1988)
Jesus College (1993)
College of Law (1988 to 1989)

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PRACTICE NOTES

UK net neutrality and open internet access: assimilated Regulation (EU) 2015/2120, Ofcom powers and 2023 statement, zero‑rating guidance, traffic management, specialised services, transparency and enforcement

Net neutrality ‘Net neutrality’ denotes the idea that the internet should operate without discrimination, ensuring every user enjoys the same opportunity to reach any online resource. Coined in 2003 by Tim Wu, a Columbia University media law scholar, the label sits within a wider set of principles upholding freedom in how the internet is used. Framed as a flexible answer to the technology sector’s evolving needs, it places decision-making over what people encounter online with the individual rather than the broadband company that provides their connection. In practice, this amounts to an open internet, where internet service providers (ISPs) deliver connections and treat all content and services even-handedly, with service quality keeping pace with technological progress. Viewed through a legal lens, net neutrality is commonly expressed as a ban on limits and/or discriminatory measures that hinder people’s access to online material. The doctrine emerged from European legislation, largely as a counter to certain traffic-management tactics used by ISPs that favoured or penalised specific data flows...

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