Ara Margossian

Ara is one of the region's leading practitioners in the telecoms, media and technology sectors.

He has extensive experience advising clients on strategic corporate, commercial and regulatory projects.

He’s been involved in some of the most high-profile transactions in the TMT space in Australia, the Asia-Pacific and the Middle East and beyond. This work includes projects on wireless technologies, fibre networks, undersea cables, structural separation, MVNOs, network sharing and interconnection, as well as competition law and regulatory clearance matters.

Ara’s current practice has a strong focus on corporate and commercial transactions that support the delivery of large-scale digital infrastructure, including data centres, undersea cables, next generation access networks, intercity and long-haul terrestrial networks and satellite systems. Ara also has extensive experience on regulatory matters, including the design and implementation of regulatory models for wholesale access to telecoms networks and other infrastructure.

Ara is also frequently engaged to assist on the launch and commercialisation of new and emerging technologies. His experience covers AI and cloud, 5G networks, IoT, big data and other complex platforms.

Ara is recognised as a leading practitioner in the TMT space in Who’s Who Legal (Data), Chambers Asia-Pacific and Best Lawyers (Telecommunications Law and Regulatory Practice). He was also recently nominated by TMT Finance as one of Asia’s Top 10 Legal Advisors in TMT M+A and Investment.

Ara joined Webb Henderson in September 2009 and became a partner in April 2010. Prior to joining Webb Henderson, Ara practiced at Gilbert + Tobin, one of Australia's leading law firms.