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Overview
Lobbying Costs
250,000€
Financial year: May 2019 - Apr 2020
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2.5 Fte (5)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
1
High-level Commission meetings
3
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Bird & Bird LLP
EU Transparency Register
594629632551-37 First registered on 21 Sep 2018
Goals / Remit
Bird & Bird is an international law firm with a focus on helping organisations being changed by technology and the digital world. With over 1300 lawyers in 28 offices across Europe, the Middle East and Asia-Pacific, we're ready to help companies wherever they are in the
world.
- We create innovative solutions that solve problems and streamline processes to help companies be more efficient.
- We constantly seek new and creative ways to deliver services that help companies reduce costs, manage risks and open up new opportunities to grow their business.
- To provide a smarter service, we automate legal processes.
- To manage the legal workload of clients, we collaborate with them to create bespoke platforms that deliver the insight they need.
- To help businesses thrive in a digital world, we partner with like-minded professionals who share our commitment.Main EU files targeted
Our Brussels office, which brings together over 40 lawyers from more than 10 different countries, offers expert advice across a broad range of areas including commercial, corporate, competition, employment, privacy and data protection, intellectual property, regulatory and tax. In particular, we closely follow all issues related to the EU Digital Single Market strategy.
Our team in Brussels has strong expertise in the information technology, communications, intellectual property, life sciences, electronics, aviation and aerospace, automotive, energy and food and beverage sectors. Combining our broad legal expertise with our deep knowledge of these industries, we pride ourselves on delivering innovative legal solutions with a commercial approach.
The Brussels office is also the hub of Bird & Bird's international Competition & EU practice. The team has a proven track record in all areas of EU and national competition law, including merger control, cartel, abuse and state aid investigations, the competition law aspects of cooperation, distribution and licensing agreements and issues at the intersection of IP and competition law. The group also stands out through its vast experience in the field of EU litigation.
Specific EU policies Bird & Bird is following are initiatives under the Digital Services Act, Data Protection, including the negotiations on the e-Privacy Regulation and implementation of the Directive on Copyright in the DSM and implementation of the Audiovisual Media Services Directive. The firm is also monitoring plans for a legislative proposal on Artificial Intelligence.Address
Head Office
12 New Fetter Lane
London EC4A 1JP
UNITED KINGDOMEU Office
Bird and Bird (Belgium) LLP
Avenue Louise 235 box 1
Brussels 1050
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People
Total lobbyists declared
5
Employment time Lobbyists 100% 1 50% 2 25% 2 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2.5
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
1 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 12 Nov 2020
Name Start date End Date Paolo SASDELLI 12 Mar 2025 11 Mar 2026 Francine CUNNINGHAM 12 Mar 2025 11 Mar 2026 Paula ALEXE 30 Oct 2024 29 Oct 2025 Paolo SASDELLI 09 Dec 2023 04 Oct 2024 Paula ALEXE 31 Aug 2023 01 Sep 2024 Francine CUNNINGHAM 07 Dec 2023 04 Oct 2024 Paolo SASDELLI 13 Dec 2022 09 Dec 2023 Francine CUNNINGHAM 10 Dec 2022 07 Dec 2023 Francine CUNNINGHAM 09 Dec 2021 09 Dec 2022 Francine CUNNINGHAM 30 Oct 2020 30 Oct 2021 Francine CUNNINGHAM 05 Nov 2019 30 Oct 2020 Francine CUNNINGHAM 06 Nov 2018 05 Nov 2019 Complementary Information
Bird & Bird has a worldwide virtual team consisting of lawyers who's practice includes regulatory and public affairs (RPA). Above, only the dedicated RPA professionals are listed.
Person in charge of EU relations
Data not provided by Register Secretariat due to GDPR
Person with legal responsibility
Data not provided by Register Secretariat due to GDPR
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Categories
Category
I - Professional consultancies/law firms/self-employed consultants
Subcategory
Law firms
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Networking
Affiliation
International Trademark Association (INTA)
L'Association Litteraire et Artistique Internationale (ALAI)
International Association for Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI)
American Chamber of Commerce in Belgium
Brussels Bar Association & National Bar Associations
International Institute of Communications (IIC)
European Competitive Telecoms operators Association (ECTA) - affiliate membershipMember organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
May 2019 - Apr 2020
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
250,000€
Other financial info
Our Regulatory & Public Affairs practice was launched in late 2018 and is still developing a client base. This information will be updated as the practice develops.
Declared lobby clients
Client Name Amount Ahlstrom-Munksjö 0€ - 9,999€ Confederation of European Paper Industries 0€ - 9,999€ Digital Europe 10,000€ - 24,999€ Glassdoor, Inc 0€ - 9,999€ Groep Graafrechten (Dutch Rights of Way Association) 0€ - 9,999€ Jumio Corporation 0€ - 9,999€ Mastercard 0€ - 9,999€ Stichting Fair Trade Advocacy Office 0€ - 9,999€ UBER B.V. 10,000€ - 24,999€ Upfield Europe BV 10,000€ - 24,999€ -
EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
none
Groups (European Parliament)
N/A
Communication activities
Since July 2018, Bird & Bird publishes a Regulatory & Public Affairs monthly newsletter entitled 'Connected' and disseminates regular social media posts with updates regarding regulatory developments.
The firm also publishes a number of trackers of EU legislation, including a tracker on implementation of the European Electronic Communications Code, Data Protection Geo Blocking and a tracker on implementation of the Audiovisual Media Services Directive.Other activities
Bird & Bird hosts an annual Regulatory & Public Affairs seminar which features speakers from the EU institutions. The most recent one took place in Brussels on 3 December, 2019, entitled: "Sledgehammer or scalpel? How to regulate online platforms and communications networks in the EU."
Meetings
Meetings
3 meetings found. Download meetings
The list below covers meetings with Commissioners/Cabinet members/Directors-general (high-level) Commission meetings published December 2014 to December 2024, and the meetings of Commissioners/Cabinet members/Directors-general and officials holding "management functions" in the Commission published since 1 January 2025. Other lobby meetings with lower-level staff may well have taken place, but the Commission doesn't proactively publish information about these meetings. All information below comes from the Commission and not from the registrant.
1 July 2024: We have noted that some meetings are appearing in duplicate, ie. some meetings seem to be listed twice. This seems to be because the Commission changes some element of a meeting data after the meeting has first been listed, which causes LobbyFacts to register it as a new meeting. We are investigating further.
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Date 24 Oct 2024 Location Brussels Subject At the initiative of two décor paper producers a meeting was called with the CAB Dombrovskis to discuss the situation of the décor paper industry and the ongoing anti-dumping investigation into titanium dioxide imports from China. Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis Attending - Sofja Ribkina (Cabinet member)
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Date 07 May 2019 Location Brussels Belgium Subject Glassfiber sectors in Trade Defense measures Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Cecilia Malmström Portfolio Trade Attending - Pedro Velasco Martins (Cabinet member)
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Date 07 May 2019 Location Brussels Subject Industrial policy in the EU Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen Portfolio Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness Attending - Risto Artjoki (Cabinet member)