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Telecom Due Diligence & Risk

Know the exposure before it becomes your exposure.

The CommLaw Group helps buyers, sellers, lenders and transaction counsel identify regulatory and compliance issues early enough to evaluate their significance, quantify potential exposure and determine whether they should affect price, structure, indemnification or closing.

What We Review

Regulatory Authority

We review FCC and state authority, Section 214 licenses, transfer requirements, wireless licenses, numbering resources, service classifications and other regulatory permissions.

Financial & Contribution Exposure

We evaluate federal and state USF, TRS, regulatory fees, communications taxes, surcharges and other historical payment obligations.

Operational Compliance

We review issues including robocall mitigation, CPNI, CALEA, accessibility, E911 and other communications-specific operational requirements.

Ownership & National Security

We identify ownership, control, foreign-investment, Team Telecom and CFIUS issues that can affect risk, timing or transaction structure.

We translate diligence into deal recommendations.

We help the transaction team answer:

  • Is the issue material?
  • Can it be quantified?
  • Must it be cured before closing?
  • Can it be handled after closing?
  • Should it affect price?
  • Does it warrant an indemnity, escrow or holdback?
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Regulatory diligence should not create noise. It should help the deal team make decisions.

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