Marc Salevic provides legal advice in the field of broadband expansion and energy network modernisation. In particular, he advises in the municipal environment of public utilities and housing industry and represents energy and telecommunications companies in proceedings before the regulatory authorities up to the highest court level (BGH, BVerwG, ECJ).

Marc's experience

  • Advised a German joint venture, consisting of a major German insurance group and a well-known telecommunications company, on the implementation of FTTH (Fiber to the Home) connections in rural areas, focusing on distribution antitrust issues related to the distribution of their products in Germany, including complex questions regarding the individual exemption of contract clauses.

  • Advising a global telecommunications infrastructure company on IT security law requirements before the Federal Network Agency (BNetzA).

  • Advising a telecommunications operator on the implementation of the European Electronic Communications Code (EECC) and its transposition in the German TKG amendment across the client’s German mobile and fixed-line end-customer contracts.

  • Providing ongoing regulatory, corporate and procurement law advice to the central coordination point for the increasing trans-European networking of more than 15 electricity transmission system operators.

  • Advising on the establishment of a joint venture and drafting all necessary contracts and applications for a business model based on a new, innovative method of laying fibre-optic networks. The engagement also includes support in technical standard-setting (DIN) procedures as well as IP-related matters.

  • Advising Stadtwerke München (SWM) and its telecommunications subsidiary, M-net Telekommunikations GmbH, on the negotiation and successful completion of a cooperation agreement with Telekom Deutschland GmbH (Telekom). The agreement aims to facilitate the joint long-term expansion of fibre-optic infrastructure across Munich.

  • Guiding contract negotiations for a key network equipment supplier in the 5G rollout for a major German MVNO. Addressing challenges in new technology and specific compliance with BNetzA's IT security catalogue 2.0. Involves a significant investment ranging from two to three digits in millions.

  • Ongoing corporate and commercial law advice to a global manufacturer of plastic components.

  • Litigation representation of a large engineering office for the enforcement of fee claims for extensive consulting services provided in numerous fibre optic expansion projects.

  • Advised a German utility company on a joint venture concerning the construction and operation of a data center. This included regulatory advice on smart grid capacity management, including designing a contract solution for load shedding among neighboring subscribers to realize a campus solution with multiple Tier IV data centers.

Credentials

  • 2018
    Joined Pinsent Masons
  • 2010
    PricewaterhouseCoopers WPG GmbH, Düsseldorf - Director
  • 2010
    University of Cologne - Dissertation ("Dr. iur.")
  • 2006
    Juconomy Rechtsanwälte, Düsseldorf - Senior Associate
  • 2006
    Qualified - Germany
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