At the 2025 SubOptic Conference in Lisbon, Portugal, held June 2-5, 2025, HWG Partner and International Practice Chair Kent Bressie presented “Sharing Maritime Areas During a Critical Minerals Scramble: Submarine Cables, and Deep Seabed Mining,” and moderated the keynote panel, “Shifting Tides: Geopolitics and the Subsea Cable Industry.” The SubOptic conference convenes submarine cable industry leaders to consider technical, operational, and legal/regulatory developments in the industry.
Kent represents clients in telecommunications regulation, foreign investment, and national security. He works extensively in the submarine cable sector, serving as Legal Adviser of the ICPC.