Regulatory Support

EMC Finance provides expert support on industry-specific regulatory issues of the entertainment, media and communication sectors to both regulatory authorities and private businesses. In this area of our advisory services we primarily consult on the multi-faceted issues of sector-specific competition and market regulation. Consequently much of our work revolves around regulatory issues of the telecommunications market.

Our consulting portfolio in the field of regulation mainly includes the following services:

• Investigation of regulatory best practices with respect to matters of market access, safeguarding fair competition and overall market regulation
• Preparation of detailed market and market segment analyses, in order to clarify the current market structure and the position of relevant market participants
• Execution of specific sectoral competition inquiries including the identification of operators with significant market power according to the specifications of the EU regulatory framework
• Support in regulatory procedures upon assessment of significant market power
• Compilation of financial analyses regarding questions of pricing, interconnection and competition regulation
• Support of regulatory authorities in design and implementation of procedures for licensing market access and the use of scarce public resources (expressions of interest, tenders, auctions, etc.)
• Consulting of private enterprises with regard to applications and bid books for licenses, frequencies, and numbering resources, as well as respective project management
• Analysis and advice on regulatory and licensing compliance
• Analysis of contract drafts and negotiation support regarding RIO, MVNO-agreements, infrastructure-sharing-agreements, etc.