Mayer Brown Rowe & Maw has bolstered its City arm with the hire of telecoms specialist Robert Bratby from Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr.

Bratby was an of counsel at Washington DC-based Wilmer Cutler, which he joined in the autumn of 2003. He was previously at the UK branch of COLT Telecom Group, where he enjoyed spells as legal and regulatory manager and director of business development.