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Mace J. Rosenstein

Senior Counsel

Washington +1 202 662 5460

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  • About

    Mace Rosenstein has been advising media and telecommunications companies on complex strategic, policy, legal, and regulatory matters for nearly 30 years. He has deep experience structuring and securing regulatory approvals for broadcast and telecommunications transactions and is a leader in the field on federal law and policy regarding foreign investment in U.S. media companies and on the FCC’s complex rules governing multiple and cross-ownership of media and telecommunications properties.

    Mace is routinely included in the top tier of the Chambers USA lawyer ratings where clients note he is "phenomenal" and "super-knowledgeable" and a "really sharp guy who knows the politics of the FCC and how to get things done on a practical level." He is also recognized by Legal 500 for his leading expertise in media and telecommunications matters, and was named “Washington Communications Lawyer of the Year” by The Best Lawyers in America.

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  • Representative Matters
    • Represents Univision Communications Inc., the nation’s largest, multi-faceted media company serving U.S. Hispanics and multiculturals, in strategic, policy, and regulatory matters.
    • Represents 21st Century Fox, Inc., CBS Corporation, the Walt Disney Company, Tribune Media Company, and others in policy and regulatory matters before the FCC and in the federal courts.
    • Represented CBS, Scripps Networks Interactive, The Walt Disney Company, Time Warner, 21st Century Fox, Univision Communications, and Viacom before the FCC and the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals in their successful challenge of the FCC’s policies governing public disclosure of proprietary business information.
    • Represented a consortium of more than 40 media companies and public interest and civil rights organizations in securing liberalization of the FCC’s historical limitations on foreign investment in media companies.
    • Represented Altice S.A. in its acquisition of U.S. cable television, broadband, and telecommunications providers Cablevision Systems Inc. and Suddenlink, in separate transactions valued at nearly $30 billion.

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  • Credentials
    Education
    • The University of Chicago Law School, J.D., 1984
    • Harvard University, A.B., 1975
    Bar Admissions
    • District of Columbia
    Accolades
    • The Best Lawyers in America, Washington Communications Lawyer of the Year (2012)
    • The Best Lawyers in America, Communications (2008-2021)
    • Chambers USA - America's Leading Business Lawyers (2007-2023)
    • The International Who's Who of Regulatory Communications Lawyers (2012)
    • Washington DC Super Lawyers, Communications (2011-2020; 2022-2023)
    • Legal 500 US, Leading Lawyer in Telecoms and Broadcast (2012-2019)
    • Who's Who Legal, TMT (2017); Regulatory Communications (2012-2013)
    • Washingtonian, Best Lawyers (2011, 2013) 
    Memberships and Affiliations
    • Federal Communications Bar Association, Member
    Previous Experience
    • Various positions including Program Director, Producer, and Program Host at radio stations in Boston, Chicago, and Washington, DC.

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