Morgan Lewis

Catherine Wang

Partner

Catherine Wang’s practice focuses on telecommunications regulatory issues, including M&A and financing transactions, technology policy, and licensing. She practices before the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), State Public Utility Commissions (PUCs), Congress, the Commerce Department, and many foreign regulatory agencies. Catherine counsels on strategic regulatory and compliance issues relevant to equipment manufacturers and wireless, broadband, international, long distance, and local service providers. She assists clients through advocacy in rulemakings, agency enforcements, and other administrative proceedings before regulatory agencies.

Extended Profile

Catherine’s clients include domestic and international voice and data providers, manufacturers, wireless, satellite, financial institutions, Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), and other emerging service providers and technology companies. She also advises users and service providers in specialized sectors such as the agriculture, performing arts, oil and gas, and sports industries.

On behalf of these diverse clients, Catherine’s practice includes:

  • Strategic advice and representation regarding policy changes, rule amendments, and waivers for spectrum allocations and new wireless technologies and services. Among other matters, her policy work is instrumental in shaping FCC rules and policies regarding wireless microphone services, radio navigation satellite services (GPS), personal communications services (PCS), location monitoring services, fixed microwave, signal boosters, and certain international services.
  • Counseling on transaction issues and securing necessary federal, state, and foreign government approvals for mergers, asset sales, reorganizations, and financing of local, long distance, and wireless service providers. Counseling and representation of wireless and other providers and their investors to meet US foreign ownership requirements and government inquiries.
  • Representation of manufacturers regarding FCC equipment authorization, marketing, importation, and experimental licensing requirements regarding radiofrequency equipment, including Part 15 low-power unlicensed devices
  • Advice and representation on federal and state compliance and enforcement issues regarding Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), Do Not Call and telemarketing, radio interference, transfers of control, CALEA (digital wiretapping), emergency services, telematics, etc.
  • Advice and representation on licensing issues relevant to satellite space station and earth station operators, fixed microwave, commercial mobile radio services (CMRS), low-power, and broadcast auxiliary services, etc.

Prior to joining Morgan Lewis, Catherine was a partner in the corporate practice of another international law firm, where she was also co-leader of the telecommunications, media, and technology practice. Additionally, Catherine served on that firm’s executive board and diversity executive committee.

Education

  • Georgetown University Law Center, 1985, Juris Doctor
  • State University of New York at Stony Brook, 1982, Bachelor of Arts, Cum Laude

Admissions

  • District of Columbia

Awards and Affiliations

Member, Federal Communications Bar Association

Member, National Asian Pacific American Bar Association

Member, Society of Satellite Professionals International

Ranked, The Best Lawyers in America, Communications Law (2014–2018)

Named, Best Lawyers "Top Woman Lawyer" (2016, 2017)

Recommended, The Legal 500, Media, Technology and Telecoms (2008, 2011–2017)

Named, Legal Directory of Asian Partners (1996, 2004)

AV-Rated Attorney, Martindale Hubbell

Publications

August 31, 2017 (Updated September 12, 2017) - Hurricane Recovery Client Alert: FCC Assistance to Affected Communications Networks

8/19/2016 - FCC Fines Non-Telecom Companies for Lapse in Compliance with Wireless Rules

11/4/2015 - FCC May Ease The Way For Foreign Investment In Telecom, Law360

10/27/2015 - FCC May Ease the Way for Foreign Investment in Telecommunications Industry

8/31/2015 - FCC Proposes Reform of Radiofrequency Equipment Authorization Rules

3/3/2015 - Accessibility Standards for Equipment Covered By the Communications Act

2/25/2013 - FCC Proposes to Open New 5 GHz Spectrum for Wi-Fi

2/20/2013 - FCC Adopts Wireless Signal Booster Standard

8/7/2012 - FCC Relaxes Part 101 Microwave Backhaul Rules to Foster Deployment of Broadband Infrastructure

7/23/2010 - FCC Seeks Comment on Status of Competition in Satellite Services Industry

News

4/25/2018 - Morgan Lewis’s Eighth Annual May-rathon Highlights Hottest Tech Trends in an Extensive Series of Programs

5/15/2017 - More than 35 Morgan Lewis Lawyers Named Top Women in the Law by Best Lawyers

4/28/2017 - Morgan Lewis Hosts Seventh Annual Technology May-Rathon

5/3/2016 - 35 Morgan Lewis Lawyers Recognized by Best Lawyers in America as Top Women in the Law

Events

6/21/2016 - 2015–2016 Morgan Lewis M&A Academy

5/24/2016 - 2016 Technology May-Rathon: Issues in Telecom Transactions

5/11/2016 - 2016 Technology May-rathon: Innovating in a World of Changing Spectrum/Wireless Regulation