Telefinance was founded by J. Paul Groom in 1992 and has become the leading financial consulting firm specialized in the telecommunications, media, subscription TV and technology sectors in Brazil. Telefinance´s products include:

• Advising clients on the structuring, re-structuring and arranging of limited recourse project finance.
• Risk analysis of companies, sectors and markets.
• Providing advice on M&A, capital raising and business plan development.
• Providing advice on corporate capital raising and strategic analysis relating to the maximization of value for companies preparing for IPO´s or other capital influxes, balance sheet restructuring and support related to the opening of the telecommunications market to greater competition and the media sector to foreign investors.

J. Paul Groom, José Luiz Pinto, Steven Mazzetti, James Lewis and Andy Castonguay have many years experience providing services in the telecommunications and financial areas, including:

• Economic and sectorial surveys, credit analyses, share performance evaluations.
• Financial re-structuring for Telecommunications companies.
• Structuring the first securitization of Brazilian telecommunications receivables.
• Providing value-added consulting and investment banking support throughout the Brazilian “B” band and other mobile concession auctions.
• The Telebrás privatization,
• Plus the issuance and financing of Limited Service authorizations including data transmission networks.