The JPJ Group offers legal, financial, technical and strategic expertise to regulators attempting to open markets to competition and to companies seeking to enter such emerging markets. The firm's area of expertise spans four continents (Eastern Europe, Asia, Africa and North America) and consists of an extensive information, telecommunications and technology practice, and energy deregulation practice. Areas of regulatory policy expertise include drafting sector reform legislation and directing institutional capacity building. Functional skill sets include performing due diligence and strategic planning for potential investors in US and African telecom companies; directing human resource management and development; performing market, pricing and competitive analysis. Within the energy sector, JPJ's core competencies includes electric deregulation, energy privatization, oil and mineral exploration and mining, and environmental engineering.