Overview
Lobbying Costs
75,000€
Financial year: Jan 2017 - Dec 2017
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2 Fte (3)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
0
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
City of London Law Society (CLLS)
EU Transparency Register
24418535037-82 First registered on 19 Jan 2011
Goals / Remit
The City of London Law Society is one of the largest local Law Societies in the United Kingdom. There are 17,000 solicitors practising in the "Square Mile", who account for 15% of the profession in England and Wales, represented by the CLLS through individual and corporate membership. The CLLS was originally part of the City of London Solicitors' Company which was founded in 1908, but in 1969 a separate Committee structure was set up to deal with all professional business and since 1986 this has been known as the City of London Law Society.
Following the introduction of Corporate Membership of the Society in 2006, which allowed firms to have individual membership for all of their solicitors practising from their City of London offices, the membership of the CLLS has increased significantly and now includes over two thirds of the solicitors practising in the City of London.
In 2007 the City of London Law Society formally separated from the City of London Solicitors' Company to become a freestanding local Law Society, confirming its position as the professional representative body for solicitors and law firms in the City.Main EU files targeted
The CLLS's specialist Committees also consider and, where appropriate, draft representations on, a number of areas of EU legal policy as they relate to their specific areas. We currently have specialist Committees in the following areas:
- Associates Forum
- Commercial Law
- Company Law
- Competition Law
- Construction Law
- Corporate Crime & Corruption
- Data Law
- Employment Law
- Energy Law
- Financial Law
- Insolvency Law
- Insurance Law
- Intellectual Property Law
- Land Law
- Litigation
- Planning & Environmental Law
- Professional Rules & Regulation
- Regulatory Law
- Revenue Law
- TrainingAddress
Head Office
4 College Hill
London EC4R 2RB
UNITED KINGDOM -
People
Total lobbyists declared
3
Employment time Lobbyists 100% 1 75% 1 25% 1 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
No lobbyists with EP accreditations
Complementary Information
The Chair, Chief Executive and Legal Policy Analsyt at the City of London Law Society (CLLS) are engaged in liaising with the European Commission on policy matters from time to time. In addition, the members of the CLLS’s various committees are from time to time involved in preparing responses to consultations, and other policy papers, for submission to the European Commission on various issues.
Person in charge of EU relations
Mr David Hobart (Chief Executive)
Person with legal responsibility
Mr David Hobart (Chief Executive)
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Categories
Category
II - In-house lobbyists and trade/business/professional associations
Subcategory
Trade and business associations
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Networking
Affiliation
International Bar Association (IBA)
International Institute for Law Association Chief Executives (IILACE)
World City Bar Leaders group
Law Society of England and WalesMember organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Jan 2017 - Dec 2017
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
75,000€
Other financial info
Nil.
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
none
Groups (European Parliament)
None
Communication activities
City Solicitor magazine published every quarter
Other activities
The CLLS’s representational activities at the EU level focus primarily on issues that affect the regulation of its Member firms (i.e. those firms with offices in the City of London who are members of the organization).
In particular, these include issues affecting the ability of law firms to operate within non-UK European jurisdictions (including in a multi-jurisdictional manner) and the relevant directives impacting on this.
The CLLS's specialist Committees also consider and, where appropriate, draft representations on, a number of areas of EU legal policy as they relate to their specific areas. We currently have specialist Committees in the following areas:
- Associates Forum
- Commercial Law
- Company Law
- Competition Law
- Construction Law
- Corporate Crime & Corruption
- Data Law
- Employment Law
- Energy Law
- Financial Law
- Insolvency Law
- Insurance Law
- Intellectual Property Law
- Land Law
- Litigation
- Planning & Environmental Law
- Professional Rules & Regulation
- Regulatory Law
- Revenue Law
- Training
Meetings
Meetings
None declared