Rob Bratby

Managing Partner of Bratby Law, a specialist English law firm advising on UK telecoms regulation, data protection, payments regulation and transactions. Over 30 years' experience spanning the UK telecoms regulator (Oftel/Ofcom), senior in-house operator roles and partnership at international law firms. Rob advises regulated businesses, investors and technology companies on UK regulatory and commercial matters across four practice areas: Telecoms Regulation: Ofcom engagement, enforcement defence, General Conditions, numbering, switching, spectrum, access, interconnection, Telecommunications Security Act compliance. The practice is grounded in direct experience at Oftel. Data Protection: UK GDPR, DPIAs, controller/processor analysis, international transfers, privacy frameworks, data protection for AI-enabled products, ICO engagement and enforcement. Payments Regulation: PSRs 2017, FCA/PSR, open banking, commercial variable recurring payments, scheme governance, DORA. Rob serves as General Counsel to UK Payments Initiative Limited, the industry body developing the UK's commercial account-to-account payments scheme. Transactions: Commercial contracts, JV structuring, shareholder agreements, network-sharing, MVNO, infrastructure, subsea cable, platform, cloud, SaaS and complex corporate transactions. Clients work with Rob through direct legal advice, specialist co-counsel or fractional general counsel engagements. · Bratby Law

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Managing Partner of Bratby Law, a specialist English law firm advising on UK telecoms regulation, data protection, payments regulation and transactions. Over 30 years' experience across the UK telecoms regulator (Oftel/Ofcom), senior in‑house roles and international law firms; serves as General Counsel to UK Payments Initiative Limited and provides direct advice, co‑counsel and fractional GC services.

Practice areas

Telecoms RegulationData ProtectionPayments RegulationCorporate / M&ACommercial ContractsTelecommunications Infrastructure

Office

England

Bratby Law · Managing Partner of Bratby Law, a specialist English law firm advising on UK telecoms regulation, data protection, payments regulation and transactions. Over 30 years' experience spanning the UK telecoms regulator (Oftel/Ofcom), senior in-house operator roles and partnership at international law firms. Rob advises regulated businesses, investors and technology companies on UK regulatory and commercial matters across four practice areas: Telecoms Regulation: Ofcom engagement, enforcement defence, General Conditions, numbering, switching, spectrum, access, interconnection, Telecommunications Security Act compliance. The practice is grounded in direct experience at Oftel. Data Protection: UK GDPR, DPIAs, controller/processor analysis, international transfers, privacy frameworks, data protection for AI-enabled products, ICO engagement and enforcement. Payments Regulation: PSRs 2017, FCA/PSR, open banking, commercial variable recurring payments, scheme governance, DORA. Rob serves as General Counsel to UK Payments Initiative Limited, the industry body developing the UK's commercial account-to-account payments scheme. Transactions: Commercial contracts, JV structuring, shareholder agreements, network-sharing, MVNO, infrastructure, subsea cable, platform, cloud, SaaS and complex corporate transactions. Clients work with Rob through direct legal advice, specialist co-counsel or fractional general counsel engagements.

England

Expertise

TelecommunicationsPayments schemes and regulationTechnology companies and platformsTelecommunications infrastructure (network‑sharing, subsea cable, MVNO)Regulatory compliance and enforcement (Ofcom/ICO)Data protection for AI-enabled products

Education

University of Cambridge, BA(Hons) MA (Cantab), Natural Sciences and Law
Henley Business School (Henley Management College), MBA
INSEAD, International Directors' Programme (Corporate Governance)
Queen Mary University of London, Postgraduate Diploma in Intellectual Property Law
University of Bristol, Diploma in Intellectual Property Law and Practice
Nottingham Law School, LPC

Languages

English