Practice Areas
Specialist UK regulation and transactions across telecoms, data protection and payments
Bratby Law advises on four practice areas: UK telecoms regulation, data protection, payments regulation and transactions. These practice areas reflect the firm’s core strengths in regulatory interpretation, sector-specific commercial work and complex digital-infrastructure matters.
Our four practice areas
Bratby Law’s practice areas cover the three regulated sectors where the firm has deep expertise, plus a transactions practice that cuts across all three. Each practice area combines regulatory advisory work with commercial and transactional support, giving clients a single point of contact for both compliance and deal execution.
Telecoms Regulation
Advisory and compliance work across the full scope of UK telecoms regulation: Ofcom General Conditions, numbering, spectrum, interconnection, SMP obligations, the Electronic Communications Code and the Telecommunications Security Act 2021. We advise operators, infrastructure providers, platforms and investors on regulatory obligations, enforcement risk and market entry.
Data Protection
UK GDPR and Data Protection Act 2018 compliance for technology and communications businesses. Our practice areas in data protection cover controller and processor obligations, DPIAs, international transfers, data governance frameworks, AI and automated decision-making, and sector-specific requirements under the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations 2003.
Payments Regulation
FCA authorisation, PSR scheme governance, safeguarding, open banking, variable recurring payments and operational resilience for payment service providers. These practice areas cover the Payment Services Regulations 2017, the FCA Consumer Duty and the regulatory framework for open banking, commercial variable recurring payments (cVRPs) and digital payments. We advise fintechs, banks and e-money institutions.
Transactions
Regulatory and commercial input on M&A, joint ventures, SaaS agreements, interconnection contracts, network sharing, private equity investments and digital infrastructure projects. Our transactions practice areas provide the regulatory layer that generalist transaction lawyers need when deals involve regulated telecoms, data or payments businesses.
Telecoms, data protection and payments regulation lawyers
Bratby Law advises on telecoms regulation, data protection, payments regulation and transactions across the communications, financial services and technology sectors.
How we work
Bratby Law works with clients in three ways: as direct legal advisors on specific matters, as specialist co-counsel supporting other legal teams, and as fractional general counsel on a longer-term retained basis. Each model delivers partner-level input without delegation.
Why these practice areas matter
Telecoms, data protection and payments are converging. A telecoms operator launching a payments product needs advice across all three practice areas simultaneously. A fintech processing personal data under an FCA licence must satisfy both the ICO and the FCA. An investor acquiring a digital infrastructure business needs regulatory due diligence that spans Ofcom obligations, data protection compliance and any payments exposure.
Bratby Law is structured to advise across these practice areas as a single team rather than referring work between separate departments. Rob Bratby has held regulatory, commercial and general counsel roles across all three sectors, giving clients a single advisor who understands how these regimes interact in practice. For a detailed overview of each area, visit the individual practice area pages linked above or contact us to discuss your requirements.
Who we advise
We advise UK and international communications providers, network operators, digital-infrastructure companies, technology platforms, AI-driven businesses, SaaS providers, fintechs, payment institutions, investors and law firms requiring specialist telecoms, data or payments regulatory expertise.
Specialist topics across our practice areas
Within telecoms regulation, we advise on Ofcom General Conditions, numbering, spectrum, switching, access and interconnection, telecoms security and Ofcom enforcement defence. Our data protection practice covers UK GDPR compliance, DPIAs, international data transfers, AI and automated decision-making and data breach response. In payments regulation, we advise on FCA authorisation and licensing, open banking, scheme governance and Consumer Duty. Our transactions practice spans M&A, joint ventures and commercial agreements in regulated sectors.