Henry Shi is a partner in the Washington D.C., office of Kirland & Ellis LLP and a part of the International Trade and National Security Practice Group, with a primary focus on complex transactions and regulatory matters in the digital infrastructure and telecommunications industries.
Henry advises clients on federal, state and local telecommunications regulatory issues in connection with M&A, securitization, financing and restructuring transactions. He regularly represents clients before the Federal Communications Commission, Team Telecom, state public utilities regulator and municipal franchising authorities on transaction approvals. Henry also represents internet service providers in connection with strategic partnerships to build and operate fiber networks with both public- and private-sector counterparties, and on construction agreements, leases, IRUs, government concession contracts and other operations and service agreements.
In addition to his transactional practice, Henry helps U.S. and non-U.S. investors, technology and software companies and other non-telecom businesses navigate complex and overlapping federal and state rules and understand current and emerging regulatory risks and opportunities to aid their investment and product decisions. For telecom clients, Henry counsels on universal service contribution obligations, federal telecom funding programs, emergency service obligations, customer proprietary network information policies and other compliance issues. He has also represented broadband providers and trade associations in advocacy before regulators including the FCC and the Bureau of Industry and Security.
Prior to joining Kirkland, Henry was a partner at a leading Washington, D.C., telecommunications boutique.
