Felipe heads the Telecoms, Media and Technology (TMT) team at Oxera. He has extensive experience in the application of competition and regulatory economics, advising both corporates and regulators in abuse of dominance cases, vertical agreements, mergers, damages litigation, and regulatory policy and strategy.
In the telecoms sector, he has advised on a wide range of issues including wholesale and retail market reviews, pricing of fibre networks, margin squeeze assessments, functional separation, and spectrum trading, as well as acting as economic expert during mergers, antitrust and litigation cases in fixed and mobile markets. His clients include major operators such as BT Group, Openreach, Liberty Global and United Group, as well as regulators such as ComReg and the Regulatory Authority of Bermuda.
In the media sector, he has advised clients including the Motion Picture Association, Warner Bros., Liberty Global and Telefónica on issues such as joint selling agreements, passive sale restrictions, copyright policy, and horizontal and vertical mergers involving platforms, networks and content.
In the technology (digital) sector, Felipe’s work focuses on the convergence between new and traditional business models brought about by the Internet, examining the implications for policy, regulation and strategy.
Felipe is also a seasoned economic expert, having provided expert witness testimony in regulatory, competition and damages cases before UK and European courts.