Legal Representation for telecom and radio tower operators
Schwaninger Law makes the difference in the deal.
Legal Representation for telecom and radio tower operators
Schwaninger Law makes the difference in the deal.
About Schwaninger Law
Experience
- Robert H. Schwaninger is president of the law firm of Schwaninger Law, Inc. Mr. Schwaninger has degrees in Journalism and Law from the University of Missouri and has been practicing law before the Federal Communications Commission since 1982. He is a member of the District of Columbia Bar and is licensed to practice before the United States Court of Appeals and the Federal District Court for the District of Columbia. Mr. Schwaninger is a fellow of the Radio Club of America, for which he served on the board as General Counsel and received the President’s Award. He has been a featured speaker before numerous trade organizations, including the International Bridge, Tunnel and Turnpike Association, the National Surveillance Association, the Great Lakes Motorola Service Shop Association, the National Telecommunications Investigators Association, the Interactive Video Data Association, the International Wireless Communications Exposition, the Tower Summit, the Site Owners and Managers Association, and RF Compliance 2000. He has spoken before trade groups on the issue of tower leasing and valuation and the state of the tower market. Mr. Schwaninger has prepared over 300 valuations of telecommunications assets and businesses.
- Mr. Schwaninger has published numerous articles in various publications on the subject of telecommunications and regulation, including within Communications, Compliance Engineering, Popular Communications, ETTM Forum, RF Design and Mobile Radio Technology. He previously served as Regulatory Consultant to Mobile Radio Technology and was author of a monthly column in that publication entitled "In the Public Interest".
- Mr. Schwaninger was the co-founder of Fryer’s Site Guide and a co-author of the "Tower Market Report”, an annual comprehensive survey of the radio tower industry which outlined the status of the industry, market demand, and the financial considerations attendant to investment in antenna supporting structures. His firm represents numerous tower and site owners, managers and operators.
- Mr. Schwaninger has appeared and been accepted as an expert witness before both state and federal courts in matters related to tower rents, site valuation, telecommunications asset valuation, and the regulation of telecommunications.
- Since 1986, he has represented numerous clients in the sale or purchase of tower properties, including the negotiation of price and terms of sale for over 3000 tower properties.
“I don’t represent broadband carriers or large tower companies. I help people negotiate with those entities, to get reasonable rents and terms from them. Let me help you.”
Schwaninger Law Services
Leasing
Valuations
Leasing
- We’ve been negotiating with tenants and tower companies since 1985 including broadband carriers, broadcasters, two-way operators, public safety and federal agencies.
- The simple fact is, we know what we’re doing. Our goal is to maximize the value of your investment while minimizing the cost of getting there.
- If you are leasing land to a
- We’ve been negotiating with tenants and tower companies since 1985 including broadband carriers, broadcasters, two-way operators, public safety and federal agencies.
- The simple fact is, we know what we’re doing. Our goal is to maximize the value of your investment while minimizing the cost of getting there.
- If you are leasing land to a tower operator, it is vital to get the right deal because it’s going to affect you and your family for the next 20 years and a bad rooftop deal may cloud your ownership of a building. Let us help you do it right the first time.
Selling
Valuations
Leasing
- If it’s time to cash out for any reason, estate planning, retirement, or diversifying your investments, you need someone with the experience and knowledge to guide you through the sale. It’s a big deal and one that should be handled by an expert.
- When you engage us we do all of the spade work of upgrading your existing agreements and assu
- If it’s time to cash out for any reason, estate planning, retirement, or diversifying your investments, you need someone with the experience and knowledge to guide you through the sale. It’s a big deal and one that should be handled by an expert.
- When you engage us we do all of the spade work of upgrading your existing agreements and assuring a smooth sale because you are hiring not just a broker to get the highest price, but a highly experienced lawyer. That way it’s one commission and no legal bill, and that will save you thousands of dollars.
- There are plenty of fly-by-night companies that say that they will bring you a buyer with an attractive offer. But can they negotiate not only price, but the terms and conditions that can make a sweet deal? Usually not.
- We examine a deal line-by-line to make sure the gotchas are gone and the price will hold so that your reasonable expectations are met.
Valuations
Valuations
Public Safety Clients
- There are lots of reasons for wanting to know what your tower or ground lease is worth. Estate planning, tax planning, lines of credit, and maybe just curiosity. No matter the reason, we can provide an appraisal of your assets. We have done appraisals for banks, individuals, corporations and anyone that had a need to know.
- So, if you ne
- There are lots of reasons for wanting to know what your tower or ground lease is worth. Estate planning, tax planning, lines of credit, and maybe just curiosity. No matter the reason, we can provide an appraisal of your assets. We have done appraisals for banks, individuals, corporations and anyone that had a need to know.
- So, if you need to know what it’s worth, contact us and we will tell you what we need to give you a valuation of a property that supports telecommunications operations.
Public Safety Clients
Public Safety Clients
Public Safety Clients
- Whether your tower is government owned or you are leasing space to a public safety entity, the concerns are different than doing business with a commercial entity. Having represented both sides, public safety tower owner or lessee, we understand what it takes to make a deal that works for everyone.
- One of the biggest problems facing local
- Whether your tower is government owned or you are leasing space to a public safety entity, the concerns are different than doing business with a commercial entity. Having represented both sides, public safety tower owner or lessee, we understand what it takes to make a deal that works for everyone.
- One of the biggest problems facing local governments that own towers is whether to allow co-location by commercial entities and, if so, what should be charged. We have witnessed scores of bad deals entered into by local governments which just lack the industry knowledge to cut the right deal for them.
- Schwaninger consulted to the United States General Services Administration staff when the federal government started leasing space on towers and rooftops during the Clinton Administration, and he has been helping local governments ever since.
Leasing Your Rooftop
Public Safety Clients
Leasing Your Rooftop
- Telecommunications equipment is often mounted on rooftops and sometimes that square footage earns the highest square-foot rate in or on the building. But the contracts to lease that space can be tricky due to the concerns that are quite different than operating antennas on a tower.
- Get help from someone who has been representing building
- Telecommunications equipment is often mounted on rooftops and sometimes that square footage earns the highest square-foot rate in or on the building. But the contracts to lease that space can be tricky due to the concerns that are quite different than operating antennas on a tower.
- Get help from someone who has been representing building owners for decades to make sure that your investment in the building remains secure while maximizing rents from the telecom carriers.
Leasing Your Land
Public Safety Clients
Leasing Your Rooftop
- You’ve been approached by a company that wants to build on your land. Or you are already leasing land to a tower operator. When the occasion comes up to enter into, amend or renew a contract for land it’s time to call in the expert.
- A failed negotiation for land can create nightmares for the next 30 years and for less than what the deal
- You’ve been approached by a company that wants to build on your land. Or you are already leasing land to a tower operator. When the occasion comes up to enter into, amend or renew a contract for land it’s time to call in the expert.
- A failed negotiation for land can create nightmares for the next 30 years and for less than what the deal should have been worth to you. Don’t let tower builders take advantage of you. Guard against encroachment, disturbance, and trespass, while earning good passive income for you and your family.
Strategy for All
We represent clients all over the country, including families with one tower to private portfolios of a dozen towers or more.
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Schwaninger Law
628 East 15th Street, Alton, Illinois 62002, United States
