Tobias Frevert
Rechtsanwalt (Lawyer), Partner
Telecommunications
Digital Business
Regulatory and Governmental Affairs
Commerce & Trade
Data Tech & Telecom
Tobias Frevert advises national and international clients on projects, co-operations and transactions with a focus on telecommunications, technology, infrastructure and media. He heads Noerr's market-leading (Juve, Legal 500) telecommunications practice.
Projects
- Deutsche Telekom on the master lease agreement for mobile sites. The agreement has a term of 30 years and is the key asset of the sale of 51% of GD Towers to Brookfield and Digital Bridge based on a valuation of 17.5 billion Euro.
- Deutsche Telekom regarding the participation of IFM Investors in GlasfaserPlus GmbH, a joint venture with the objective of building fibre to the home (FTTH) for more than 4 million homes in rural areas
- CTS Eventim and KapschTrafficCom: Successful offer in the German public tender proceedings for the collection of the levy for infrastructure (passenger car road toll) and implementation of the project until its termination
- Deutsche Telekom regarding the joint venture "Glasfaser NordWest" with EWE AG with the objective of building FTTH-networks for 1.5 million households
- SES: Advising satellite operator SES on launch and growth of its HD+ platform for HD television via satellite and OTT
- Inmarsat: Advising the industry leader on providing satellite-based internet access in Lufthansa Groups continental fleet
- GEMA and further collection socienties: Negotiation and enforcement of cable retransmission royalties
Publications
- Urheberrechtsreform: Plattformhaftung und Uploadfilter, 25 March 2021
- „Online Hate Speech“ und Plattformregulierung: Update zum NetzDG, 02 November 2020
- Der Entwurf einer Netzneutralitätsverordnung, Zeitschrift für Rechtspolitik 2013, p. 166
- Netzneutralität 2012, Multimedia und Recht 2012, p. 510
- Rechtliche Rahmenbedingungen behördlicher Internetauftritte (with Olav Wagner), Neue Zeitschrift für Verwaltungsrecht 2011, p. 76
- Rechtliche Herausforderungen bei der Nutzung sozialer Netzwerke durch öffentliche Stellen (with Olav Wagner), Neue Juristische Wochenschrift aktuell 2010, p. 16
- Muss die Bundesnetzagentur die Netzneutralität verteidigen (with Joachim Schrey), Multimedia und Recht 2010, p. 596
Career
- Legal studies at the Westphalian Wilhems University in Münster, traineeship in Berlin
- Research fellowship in Oxford (UK)
- Traineeship at Heller, Ehrman, White & McAuliffe in San Francisco (USA)
- Worked as a lawyer in the Berlin office of a national business law firm
- With Noerr since 1999
- Admitted to the Berlin Chamber of Lawyers
Distinctions
- Recommended as TOP lawyer for IT law, Wirtschaftswoche 2021 / Leading lawyer for telecoms, Legal 500 2023
- Lawfirm of the year for telecoms, Handelsblatt/Best Lawyers in Germany 2021
- The 'outstanding' practice group leader Tobias Frevert 'quickly gets to the core of the problem' and 'advises very business- and solution-oriented'.", Legal 500 Deutschland (2019)
- “Tobias Frevert is always excellent, extremely easy to reach and get to the heart of the issue.”, Legal 500 Deutschland 2020
- "Tobias Frevert is a distinguished telecoms expert who impresses peers with his extensive transactional experience in the TMT sector.", Who`s Who Legal 2019
- ◦Recommended sources state: "In addition to advising on a variety of regulatory-law matters, the (…) team led by the excellent Tobias Frevert was particularly active in the area of cross-border transactions", Legal 500 Deutschland (2015)
- Recommended for telekommunikations, JUVE 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, traffic sector, JUVE 2021, 2022, and media, JUVE 2012-2022
- Recommended as leading lawyer for telecom, IT and media law, Handelsblatt/Best Lawyers in Germany 2021
- JUVE and Legal 500 Germany list Noerr's telecommunications practice in the first tier (2019, 2020, 2021, 2022)
Memberships
- ITechLaw
