Overview
Lobbying Costs
150,000€
Financial year: Jan 2019 - Dec 2019
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1.75 Fte (3)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
3
High-level Commission meetings
4
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
BLUE STAR STRATEGIES SAS
EU Transparency Register
949247229948-43 First registered on 01 Feb 2018
Goals / Remit
Blue Star Strategies SAS is a French American consultancy specialized in French and European public affairs, with a specific focus on transatlantic economic relationships. The Consultancy was co-founded by Mathilde Defarges, Etienne Bodard and Blue Star Strategies, LLC, a dynamic, interdisciplinary strategic consulting, public affairs, and government relations firm based in Washington, DC with offices in Europe and Latin America. The firm helps companies and economic players navigate in a complex and globalized political and regulatory environment in which a multitude of stakeholders are involved: local, national and supranational public decision-makers, civil society, multilateral organizations.
Main EU files targeted
- Tax
- Labor
- Competition
- Social Economy
- Health
- Maritime
- Energy
- TransportAddress
Head Office
44 avenue des Champs-Elysées
Paris 75008
FRANCEEU Office
Square de Meeûs, 38/40
Brussels 1000
BELGIUM -
People
Total lobbyists declared
3
Employment time Lobbyists 100% 1 50% 1 25% 1 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1.75
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
3 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 19 Jan 2021
Name Start date End Date Alban SADORGE-HARDY 12 Aug 2023 09 Aug 2024 Marie Sixte IMBERT 12 Jul 2023 11 Jul 2024 Lucie GONÇALVES 27 Jul 2023 26 Jul 2024 Elise CADOT 02 Aug 2023 01 Aug 2024 Stephany VARGAS 27 Jul 2023 26 Jul 2024 Mathilde DEFARGES 27 Jul 2023 26 Jul 2024 Etienne BODARD 27 Jul 2023 26 Jul 2024 Mathilde DEFARGES 14 Sep 2022 27 Jul 2023 Etienne BODARD 14 Sep 2022 27 Jul 2023 Stephany VARGAS 29 Jul 2022 27 Jul 2023 Lucie GONÇALVES 08 Apr 2022 08 Apr 2023 Elise CADOT 08 Apr 2022 08 Apr 2023 Mr Valentin LEJEUNE 08 Apr 2022 08 Apr 2023 Mathilde DEFARGES 24 Jul 2021 23 Jul 2022 Etienne BODARD 23 Jul 2021 23 Jul 2022 Mr Simon LEFEUVRE 05 Dec 2020 04 Dec 2021 Etienne BODARD 21 Feb 2020 01 Mar 2021 Mathilde DEFARGES 11 Feb 2020 01 Mar 2021 Ms Malgorzata MATOWSKA 12 Nov 2019 09 Aug 2020 Lavinia Busdon 12 Nov 2019 18 Jul 2020 Mr Adrien MARY 16 Mar 2019 30 Jan 2020 Etienne BODARD 05 Feb 2019 21 Feb 2020 Mathilde DEFARGES 05 Feb 2019 05 Feb 2020 Etienne BODARD 09 Feb 2018 05 Feb 2019 Mathilde DEFARGES 09 Feb 2018 05 Feb 2019 Complementary Information
None declared
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
Professional consultancies
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Networking
Affiliation
- French American Foundation
- Cercle des Européens
- Harvard Alumni Belgium
- Cluster Maritime Français
- Association Française des Conseils en LobbyingMember organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Jan 2019 - Dec 2019
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
150,000€
Other financial info
None declared
Declared lobby clients
Client Name Amount ASSOCIATION POUR LA FONDATION CRESUS D INITIATIVE ECONOMIQUE ET SOCIALES (FONDATION CRESUS) 0€ - 9,999€ Corsica Linea 50,000€ - 99,999€ SEIU (Service Employees International Union) 50,000€ - 99,999€ -
EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
none
Groups (European Parliament)
N/A
Communication activities
None
Other activities
None declared
Meetings
Meetings
4 meetings found. Download meetings
The list below only covers meetings held since November 2014 with commissioners, their cabinet members or directors-general at the European Commission; other lobby meetings with lower-level staff may have taken place, but the European Commission doesn't proactively publish information about these meetings. For more information about which commissioner is responsible for which portfolio, check out this link: https://commissioners.ec.europa.eu/index_en All information below comes from European Commission web pages.
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Date 04 Mar 2019 Location Brussels Subject Meeting on the Human Rights situation in Bangladesh Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Cecilia Malmström Portfolio Trade Attending - Jolana Mungengova (Cabinet member)
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Date 23 Apr 2018 Location Brussels Subject discussion on data analysis in fighting tax Fraud Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Pierre Moscovici Portfolio Economic and Financial Affairs, Taxation and Customs Attending - David Boublil (Cabinet member)
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Date 09 Apr 2018 Location Brussels Subject The campaigners came to expose certain features of McDonalds corporate structure that may be linked to tax avoidance strategy Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Pierre Moscovici Portfolio Economic and Financial Affairs, Taxation and Customs Attending - Pierre Moscovici (Commissioner)
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Date 06 Mar 2018 Location Brussels Subject Echange de vue sur les priorités de la Commission Cabinet Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker Portfolio President Attending - Antoine Kasel (Cabinet member)