FIPRA
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FIPRA - Finsbury International Policy & Regulatory Advisers - is Europe’s leading public affairs consultancy specialising in advice on political and regulatory issues. It is the only consultancy with public affairs advisers in Brussels, throughout the Member States of the European Union (EU), as well as the Commonwealth of Independent States and China.
Typically our staff and Special Advisers stand out because of their personal experience: most of them have served in national governments, parliaments, regulatory bodies or have had senior positions in industry, trade associations, or consumer organizations . All of them are experts in political processes because they have experienced them from many different perspectives first hand.
The FIPRA client service model is to this day based on the dynamics of EU political process – which is driven by the interaction between the capitals of the 27 EU Member States and the hub of the Brussels political institutions. Each EU Member State has its own domestic priorities and national interest. The EU Institutions - the Council of Ministers, the European Parliament, and even the European Commission - reflect the interests and ambitions of these States.
The FIPRA network matches this dynamic. FIPRA covers all the EU capitals, those of the candidate countries and the major neighbouring states such as Russia, Turkey and Ukraine. Understanding European cultural diversity and national perspectives is essential in the policy dialogue at a European level. Messaging and media back up are key to moving policy, and one of the strengths of the FIPRA network.
The FIPRA network is a franchised organisation which brings together small highly expert groups closely co-ordinated and working together for many years. The combined experience of the FIPRA units is deep and wide – covering a wide range of sectors such as health, energy, transport, trade, public procurement, innovation, IPR, industrial and consumer policy and finance. The group can call on its experts to advise clients across the board and at very short notice.
Over time the FIPRA group has assisted its clients in many types of PA programmes such as helping the set up of a government relations organisation from scratch, risk assessment and risk management projects, regulatory reviews, and advice on how to manage specific issues of importance to the firm through building coalitions.
Particular expertise has been built up in the area of competition and consumer policy. The FIPRA group has been involved in many dozens of “cases”, closely working with the companies, their lawyers and economic advisers on the Public Policy aspects of mergers, acquisitions, state aid and other anti-trust cases.
One of FIPRA’ main strengths is strategic advice – this entails a close understanding of the client’s needs and objectives, but also of the capacity of the client to implement the recommendations. If the advice is “right”, but cannot be implemented, it is of little value. When Public Affairs plans fail it is usually because they have not set a target which is achievable. Our slogan is, “There is no substitute for the right plan.”
No other organisation brings together such senior teams across the EU in a closely co-ordinated way which can address such a wide range of regulatory and political needs and interests.
