On July 28, 2026, AT&T closed its approximately $23 billion acquisition of spectrum licenses from EchoStar. The transaction boosts AT&T’s 5G capabilities nationwide due to the addition of roughly 50 MHz of low-band and mid-band spectrum to AT&T’s existing holdings, covering virtually every market across the United States.
The Econic Partners team, led by Founding Partners Bryan Keating, Mark Israel, and Jon Orszag, were retained by AT&T and its outside counsel to advise on potential antitrust and competition issues arising from the transaction.
In addition to Dr. Keating, Dr. Israel, and Mr. Orszag, the Econic team included Senior Principal Ben Xiao, Principal Mike Foley, and Associate Carolyn Kryczka.
Econic Partners worked closely with Debbie Feinstein and Matt Tabas of Arnold & Porter and Sean Royall, Olivier Antoine, and Sean Murray of King & Spalding, as well as David Lawson, Brinkley Tappan, Melanie Hallas Kirsch and Amanda Norton at AT&T.
