Practice/Organization Description
Owen D. Kurtin’s practice focuses on corporate, commercial and regulatory representation of both mature and early stage companies, investors, and lenders in the Communications & Media, Satellites & Space,and Information Technologies sectors.
Mr. Kurtin advises on a wide range of M&A and private equity transactions; cross-border joint ventures and strategic alliances; debt and equity offerings; and financial and strategic investments. He also counsels company boards and officers on their fiduciary obligations and other governance issues, shareholders on their rights, and advises on complex commercial arrangements with both private and government agency counterparties such as telecommunications and satellite-space system service, capacity and procurement; digital media content rights management; wireless and wireline broadband network implementation; telecommunications and IT outsourcing and systems integration; equipment sale and leasing; and intellectual property licensing.
Mr. Kurtin’s experience includes counseling on compliance with federal government, Department of Defense and NASA procurement regulations, technology export regulations, and foreign investment in the United States regulations.
He also has experience in Constitutional Law and civil rights issues arising in the Communications & Media sectors, and has experience in the Biotechnology & Life Sciences and Clean & Renewable Energy sectors. He is fluent in French
Bar Admissions
New York State
U.S. Courts of Appeal for the Second and Third Circuits
U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York
Education
LL.B., 1984, McGill University Faculty of Law, Montréal, Québec, Canada
B.A., 1981, McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada
Professional Associations & Memberships
Vice Chair, Information Technology Committee and Member, Cross-Border M&A Committee, International Section, American Bar Association
Member, Society of Satellite Professionals International
Member, French-American Chamber of Commerce
Member, Capital Fund Committee, Lycée Français de New York
Member, Alumni Association, The Bronx High School of Science
Past Co-Chair, New York Chapter, Federal Communications Bar Association
Past Vice Chair, Committee Cm (Communications Law), International Bar Association (2004-2006)
Past Chair, Committee on Telecommunications Law, The Association of the Bar of the City of New York (2000-2003)
Past member, Task Force on International Legal Services, The Association of the Bar of the City of New York (1996-2000)
Honors and Awards
Mr. Kurtin is a frequent speaker in North America and Europe, commentator for financial television and radio and published author on telecommunications, satellite and IT sector mergers and acquisitions, industry trends and regulatory matters. He is cited in the Practical Law Company Communications & IT Handbook 2006/2007 (the only U.S. lawyer with “highly recommended” ratings for both telecommunications and IT/e-commerce); The International Who’s Who of Business Lawyers, 2002-2010; An International Who’s Who of Telecoms Lawyers, 2000-2010; and Global Communications, 2002-2005. He is also the monthly finance columnist for Via Satellite, a leading satellite industry trade magazine.
