Our Regulatory & Administrative Practice helps domestic and international businesses, banks, financial institutions and a wide range of other organisations achieve maximum benefit from their dealings with regulatory bodies and national, regional or local governments.
We advise on cutting edge regulatory and competition regulatory issues, from the perspectives of both universal service providers and other, new entrant operators.
We can also help you prepare for regulatory changes, manage your relationships with regulators and, where possible, achieve regulatory change or clarification. We advise on licensing issues and on business strategy in the light of regulatory requirements and the approaches of regulatory authorities, both at EU level and at national levels across Europe and Asia. We represent clients as defendants, complainants or interveners in regulatory and competition regulatory investigations by the authorities, EU and national.
Our work has a strong sector focus, drawing on the firm’s acknowledged strengths in sectors such as Aviation & Aerospace, Financial Services, Communications, E-commerce, IT, Media, Life Sciences, Postal services and sport. Where relevant, we also work closely with specialists in other relevant disciplines such as IP, EU/Competition Law, state aid, planning and environmental and public procurement.
We advise on both contentious and non-contentious issues including authorisation/licensing proceedings, supervision rights, market entry, parallel imports, pricing policy, R&D, product regulation and authorisation and new product design.
Our approach, although founded on an in-depth understanding of the legal and regulatory landscape, has a strongly practical and commercial focus. We aim to give clear explanations of complex issues, robustly promote and defend your interests and to add value wherever possible to your business.