Overview
Lobbying Costs
250,000€
Financial year: May 2016 - Apr 2017
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1 Fte (4)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
4
High-level Commission meetings
12
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
EU Transparency Register
443913019286-78 First registered on 22 Oct 2015
Goals / Remit
We are a global law firm with a track record in successfully supporting the world's leading national and multinational corporations, financial institutions and investors. We work on ground breaking and business critical mandates for established organisations, as well as those developing their business or beginning to operate in new markets.
Main EU files targeted
Solvency II; Capital Markets Union; Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II; EMIR; Benchmarks Regulation; Packaged Retail Investment Products Directive; Bank Recovery and Resolution Directive; Digital Single Market Strategy; Data Protection Regulation; Network Information Security Directive; Audiovisual Media Services Directive; Free Flow of Data; Telecoms; Fintech; Internet of Things; Connected Cars; Energy Union; Circular Economy.
Address
Head Office
65 Fleet Street
London ECDY 1HS
UNITED KINGDOMEU Office
Bastion Tower
Place du Champ de Mars 5
Brussels 1050
BELGIUM -
People
Total lobbyists declared
4
Employment time Lobbyists 25% 4 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
4 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 23 Oct 2017
Name Start date End Date Annabelle DURAMÉ 07 Oct 2023 04 Oct 2024 Jimena GONZALEZ HERNANDO 27 Jan 2024 24 Jan 2025 Kieran WATKINS 26 Jan 2024 24 Jan 2025 Victor GARCIA LOPEZ 26 Jan 2024 24 Jan 2025 Léa BAREIL 30 Jan 2024 29 Jan 2025 Natalie PETTINGER KEARNEY 26 Jan 2024 24 Jan 2025 Victor GARCIA LOPEZ 02 Feb 2023 26 Jan 2024 Kieran WATKINS 31 Jan 2023 26 Jan 2024 Eugene MCQUAID 31 Jan 2023 03 Aug 2023 Ms Renea KAMENJAŠEVIĆ 28 Jan 2023 03 Aug 2023 Mr Pablo ARTERO LINES 28 Jan 2023 29 Sep 2023 Léa BAREIL 28 Jan 2023 27 Jan 2024 Natalie PETTINGER KEARNEY 28 Jan 2023 26 Jan 2024 Mr Ivan LUKAC 24 Jun 2022 02 Feb 2023 Kieran WATKINS 19 Mar 2022 19 Jan 2023 Mr Pablo ARTERO LINES 01 Feb 2022 28 Jan 2023 Victor GARCIA LOPEZ 01 Feb 2022 01 Feb 2023 Eugene MCQUAID 30 Jan 2022 28 Jan 2023 Léa BAREIL 30 Jan 2022 28 Jan 2023 Natalie PETTINGER KEARNEY 30 Jan 2022 28 Jan 2023 Mr Pablo ARTERO LINES 28 Jan 2021 28 Jan 2022 Victor GARCIA LOPEZ 28 Jan 2021 28 Jan 2022 Eugene MCQUAID 28 Jan 2021 28 Jan 2022 Léa BAREIL 28 Jan 2021 28 Jan 2022 Mr Christiaan Smits 28 Jan 2021 27 Jan 2022 Natalie PETTINGER KEARNEY 28 Jan 2021 28 Jan 2022 Natalie PETTINGER KEARNEY 25 Jan 2020 28 Jan 2021 Mr Christiaan Smits 25 Jan 2020 28 Jan 2021 Léa BAREIL 25 Jan 2020 28 Jan 2021 Eugene MCQUAID 25 Jan 2020 28 Jan 2021 Victor GARCIA LOPEZ 25 Jan 2020 28 Jan 2021 Natalie PETTINGER KEARNEY 24 Jan 2019 24 Jan 2020 Mr Christiaan Smits 24 Jan 2019 24 Jan 2020 Léa BAREIL 24 Jan 2019 24 Jan 2020 Eugene MCQUAID 24 Jan 2019 24 Jan 2020 Ms Lisa KEUPER 09 Feb 2018 01 Nov 2018 Natalie PETTINGER KEARNEY 31 Jan 2018 24 Jan 2019 Mr Christiaan Smits 31 Jan 2018 24 Jan 2019 Léa BAREIL 31 Jan 2018 24 Jan 2019 Eugene MCQUAID 31 Jan 2018 24 Jan 2019 Natalie PETTINGER KEARNEY 21 Feb 2017 11 Jan 2018 Mr Christiaan Smits 21 Feb 2017 11 Jan 2018 Léa BAREIL 21 Feb 2017 11 Jan 2018 Eugene MCQUAID 23 Jan 2017 12 Jan 2018 Léa BAREIL 23 Dec 2015 22 Dec 2016 Natalie PETTINGER KEARNEY 20 Nov 2015 18 Nov 2016 Mr Christiaan Smits 18 Nov 2015 30 Nov 2016 Mr Olivier Gergely 18 Nov 2015 30 Nov 2016 Léa BAREIL 18 Nov 2015 23 Dec 2015 Complementary Information
None declared
Person in charge of EU relations
Mr Christiaan Smits (Head of EU Regulatory & Public Affairs)
Person with legal responsibility
Mr Andreas von Bonin (Partner)
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Categories
Category
I - Professional consultancies/law firms/self-employed consultants
Subcategory
Law firms
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Networking
Affiliation
American Chamber of Commerce to the European Union; British Chamber of Commerce in Belgium; European Capital Markets Institute; multiple national bar associations.
Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
May 2016 - Apr 2017
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
250,000€
Other financial info
None declared
Declared lobby clients
Client Name Amount Futures Industry Association, Inc. 10,000€ - 24,999€ Kroll Bond Rating Agency, Inc. 0€ - 9,999€ Lloyd's of London 10,000€ - 24,999€ London Stock Exchange Group 50,000€ - 99,999€ QVC, Inc. 10,000€ - 24,999€ -
EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
None
ACC
None
Groups (European Parliament)
None
Communication activities
None
Other activities
None declared
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Meetings
12 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 28 Jun 2023 Location Brussels Subject introductory meeting Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Mairead Mcguinness Portfolio Financial services, financial stability and Capital Markets Union Attending - Tommy De Temmerman (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists -
Date 13 Sep 2021 Location Video Conferencing. Subject Pre-record - Banking Union Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Mairead Mcguinness Portfolio Financial services, financial stability and Capital Markets Union Attending - Mairead McGuinness (Commissioner)
- Tommy De Temmerman (Cabinet member)
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Date 08 Jun 2020 Location videoconference Subject EU-UK future relations Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Phil Hogan Portfolio Agriculture & Rural Development Attending - Dermot Ryan (Cabinet member)
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Date 08 Jun 2020 Location videoconference Subject EU-UK future relations Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Phil Hogan Attending - Dermot Ryan (Cabinet member)
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Date 19 Feb 2020 Location Brussels Subject UK-EU future relationship Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Phil Hogan Portfolio Agriculture & Rural Development Attending - Dermot Ryan (Cabinet member)
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Date 19 Feb 2020 Location Brussels Subject UK-EU future relationship Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Phil Hogan Attending - Dermot Ryan (Cabinet member)
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Date 31 Oct 2019 Location Brussels Subject Solvency II, Fintech Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis Portfolio Euro and Social Dialogue, also in charge of Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union Attending - Andrea Beltramello (Cabinet member)
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Date 11 Jun 2019 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject To exchange views on proposals for merger control reform DG Competition Attending - Johannes Laitenberger (Director-General)
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Date 11 Oct 2017 Location Brussels Subject e-privacy Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip Portfolio Digital Single Market Attending - Laure Chapuis-Kombos (Cabinet member)
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Date 30 Nov 2016 Location Brussels Subject Digitisation of financial services and capital union DG Günther Oettinger Attending - Markus Schulte (Cabinet member)
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Date 14 Nov 2016 Location London/UK Subject Speech on EU Corporate Tax Policy DG Taxation and Customs Union Attending - Stephen Quest (Director-General)
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Date 19 Apr 2016 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Informal Lunch Discussion on Migration and Asylum Policy DG Migration and Home Affairs Attending - Alfred Matthias Ruete (Director-General)
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