Tobias Frevert advises national and international clients on projects, co-operations and transactions with a focus on telecommunications, technology, infrastructure, traffic, and media. He has built Noerr's market-leading (Juve, Legal 500) telecommunications practice.
Projects
- Deutsche Telekom on the master lease agreement with DFMG for >30,000 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 on the formation of the joint ventures „Glasfaser NordWest“ (with EWE AG) und „GlasfaserPlus GmbH“ (with IFM Investors) for the purpose of building fibre to the home for more than 5.5 million homes on aggregate
- CTS Eventim and KapschTrafficCom on the 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
- Atlantia/Autostrade in the German public tender proceedings for the acquisition and operation of Toll Collect GmbH (truck toll)
- Inmarsat: Advising the industry leader on providing satellite-based internet access in Lufthansa Groups continental fleet
- SES Astra: Advising satellite operator SES on launch and growth of its HD+ platform for HD television via satellite and OTT
- GEMA and further collection socienties: Negotiation and enforcement of cable retransmission royalties
Distinctions
- "The team around Tobias Frevert is exceptional in its work. Tobias Frevert himself, with his competence, personable demeanor and extensive experience, leads the team with outstanding expertise. Each team member contributes with commitment and expertise to ensure that the overall result is always of the highest quality. It is a pleasure to work with such a talented and professional team.", Client in Legal 500 Deutschland 2025
- Recommended as TOP lawyer for IT law, Wirtschaftswoche 2021 / Leading lawyer for telecoms, Legal 500 2023
- Lawfirm of the year for TMT, Chambers Germany 2025 and for telecoms, Handelsblatt/Best Lawyers in Germany 2021
- The 'outstanding' practice group leader Tobias Frevert 'advises very business- and solution-oriented'.", Legal 500 Deutschland (2019)
- "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 since 2019, traffic sector, JUVE 2021, 2022, and media, JUVE 2012-2022
- Recommended as leading lawyer for telecom, IT, media and corporate law, Handelsblatt/Best Lawyers in Germany 2023
- JUVE and Legal 500 Germany continuously list Noerr's telecommunications practice in the first tier since 2019
Insights
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
Memberships
- ITechLaw
Publications
- Digital progress and legislative changes: What the 2025 coalition pact means for the telecommunications industry, 16 April 2025
- 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
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