Overview
Lobbying Costs
1,860,000€
Financial year: Jan 2021 - Dec 2021
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
13.25 Fte (15)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
11
High-level Commission meetings
13
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Grayling
EU Transparency Register
53141413510-95 First registered on 27 Apr 2010
Goals / Remit
Grayling Brussels is a fully integrated communications consultancy specialising in Public Relations, Public Affairs, Investor Relations and Events.
We offer ideas and solutions tailored to our client needs and ensure that they fully benefit from our expertise, network and contacts. Our multinational office employs a team of multilingual specialists with a variety of backgrounds, guaranteeing a broad range of consultancy expertise and industry experience.
Public Affairs Services - Grayling offers the full range of services, from monitoring and political intelligence to advocacy and lobbying.
Public Relation Services - Media relations and media training, social media strategy, corporate and financial communications, marketing communication, crisis communication, investor relations, capital market transactions, interim communications management and events.Main EU files targeted
Grayling Brussels' PA expertise covers a wide range of industry sectors including food & agriculture, healthcare, consumer, transport, energy & environment, and new technologies. We also closely follow all Brexit-related issues.
Address
Head Office
Avenue des Arts, 46
Brussels 1000
BELGIUMEU Office
Avenue des Arts, 46
Brussels 1000
BELGIUMWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
15
Employment time Lobbyists 100% 12 50% 2 25% 1 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
13.25
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
11 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 13 May 2022
Name Start date End Date Eugenie BOULO-DANIEL 08 Jul 2023 05 Jul 2024 Charles PATTERSON 01 Dec 2023 18 Oct 2024 Jose Maria ARROYO NIETO 07 Nov 2023 06 Nov 2024 Charles FELD 14 Dec 2023 13 Dec 2024 Sophie JACOBS 24 Jan 2024 23 Jan 2025 Dominik FLIKWEERT 20 Oct 2023 18 Oct 2024 Karl WALLÉN 08 Jul 2023 05 Jul 2024 Hannah THOMINET 20 Oct 2023 18 Oct 2024 Samuel MICHEL 20 Oct 2023 18 Oct 2024 Ms Sophie Jacobs 24 Jan 2024 15 Apr 2024 Mr Charles FELD 14 Dec 2023 15 Apr 2024 Mr Charles Patterson 01 Dec 2023 15 Apr 2024 Mr Jose Maria ARROYO NIETO 07 Nov 2023 15 Apr 2024 Mr Dominik Flikweert 20 Oct 2023 15 Apr 2024 Ms Hannah THOMINET 20 Oct 2023 15 Apr 2024 Mr Samuel MICHEL 20 Oct 2023 15 Apr 2024 Ms Sofia CALABRESE 08 Jul 2023 20 Oct 2023 Ms Eugenie BOULO-DANIEL 08 Jul 2023 15 Apr 2024 Mr Karl WALLÉN 08 Jul 2023 15 Apr 2024 Ms Patricia GARCIA DE MENDOZA 22 Feb 2023 12 Dec 2023 Mr Dominik Flikweert 18 Nov 2022 20 Oct 2023 Mr Milan Pajic 18 Nov 2022 18 Nov 2023 Mr Samuel MICHEL 18 Nov 2022 20 Oct 2023 Mr Charles FELD 16 Nov 2022 16 Nov 2023 Ms Duygu Lisa KORUCU 12 Nov 2022 11 Nov 2023 Mr Fatlum GASHI 11 Nov 2022 11 Nov 2023 Ms Claire LESIEUR 16 Sep 2022 01 Apr 2023 Ms Eugenie BOULO-DANIEL 25 Jun 2022 24 Jun 2023 Ms Pauline ENGELSEN 25 Jun 2022 01 Oct 2022 Ms Diane CHOULEUR 25 May 2022 12 Nov 2022 Mr Habib MSALLEM 25 May 2022 25 May 2023 Mr Jean Christophe KREMER 25 May 2022 25 May 2023 Ms Manon COPLOT 25 May 2022 27 Jul 2022 Ms Monika PATRIARCHEA 25 May 2022 25 May 2023 Ms Sophie Jacobs 18 Mar 2022 18 Mar 2023 Mr Otto ILVESKERO 07 Dec 2021 27 Jul 2022 Ms Hannah THOMINET 04 Dec 2021 03 Dec 2022 Mr Milan Pajic 23 Nov 2021 18 Nov 2022 Mr Justin SCHNEIDER 12 Nov 2021 30 Jun 2022 Mr Dominik Flikweert 11 Nov 2021 11 Nov 2022 Ms Anneli TEELAHK 11 Nov 2021 24 Apr 2022 Mr Karl WALLÉN 11 Nov 2021 11 Nov 2022 Mr Samuel MICHEL 11 Nov 2021 11 Nov 2022 Mr Tim SOLLBERGER 11 Nov 2021 11 Nov 2022 Mr Charles FELD 22 Oct 2021 22 Oct 2022 Mr Raphael HELIOT 22 Oct 2021 25 May 2022 Ms Irene MELIAN 03 Mar 2020 03 Mar 2021 Ms Sévrine Pereira Teixeira 29 Feb 2020 27 Feb 2021 Ms Kinga Timaru-Kast 25 Feb 2020 25 Feb 2021 Enrico GIROTTO 05 Feb 2020 05 Feb 2021 Ms Emily RITCHEY 22 Jan 2020 01 Feb 2021 Mr Robert Francis 12 Nov 2019 12 Nov 2020 Mr Alexander ROWLATT 07 Nov 2019 07 Nov 2020 Ms Marinela Claudia Gherman 07 Nov 2019 07 Nov 2020 Mr Davide MAISTRO 01 Nov 2019 31 Oct 2020 Mr Guillermo FERNANDEZ-MARDOMINGO 09 Oct 2019 09 Apr 2020 Mr Roland GLADUŠENKO 26 Sep 2019 26 Sep 2020 Mr Fabrizio DE SIMONE 18 Sep 2019 18 Sep 2020 Ms Natasa VISTRICKA 06 Jul 2019 04 Jul 2020 Ms Irene MELIÁN ARMAS 17 Apr 2019 24 Apr 2020 Mr Ross John CREELMAN 14 Mar 2019 09 Nov 2019 Ms Sévrine Pereira Teixeira 21 Feb 2019 21 Feb 2020 Ms Vivien Alice Zuzok 08 Jan 2019 17 Aug 2019 Ms Kristina GIRETHOVA 08 Jan 2019 09 Nov 2019 Ms Delphine Close 15 Dec 2018 14 Dec 2019 Ms Dagmar BARTELS 28 Nov 2018 28 Nov 2019 Ms Lucrezia Maria QUARATO 13 Nov 2018 13 Nov 2019 Mr Alexander ROWLATT 07 Nov 2018 07 Nov 2019 Ms Marinela Claudia Gherman 13 Oct 2018 12 Oct 2019 Ms Jo DARDENNE 15 Sep 2018 01 Oct 2019 Ms Vanessa Chesnot 27 Apr 2018 27 Apr 2019 Ms Emily RITCHEY 27 Apr 2018 27 Apr 2019 Ms Irene MELIÁN ARMAS 27 Apr 2018 17 Apr 2019 Mr Marco CENTURIONI 13 Apr 2018 13 Apr 2019 Mr Robert Francis 22 Mar 2018 22 Mar 2019 Ms Elena Andreea KAYE 08 Mar 2018 15 Feb 2019 Mr Ross John CREELMAN 13 Feb 2018 13 Feb 2019 Ms Clara Saintigny 09 Feb 2018 27 Apr 2018 Mr Harald Boerekamp 09 Jan 2018 09 Jan 2019 Ms Carole Pouliquen 20 Nov 2017 17 Nov 2018 Ms Delphine Close 20 Nov 2017 17 Nov 2018 Ms Sévrine Pereira Teixeira 20 Nov 2017 17 Nov 2018 Mr Alexander ROWLATT 20 Nov 2017 07 Nov 2018 Ms Vivien Alice Zuzok 27 Oct 2017 20 Oct 2018 Ms Jo DARDENNE 06 Sep 2017 05 Sep 2018 Mr Christian JEBSEN 27 Jun 2017 21 Jun 2018 Ms Victoria Breck 14 Jun 2017 13 Jun 2018 Ms Vanessa Chesnot 09 Jun 2017 27 Apr 2018 Ms Eleanor Flanagan 05 May 2017 22 Mar 2018 Mr VALENTIN BULARD 05 May 2017 03 Nov 2017 Mr Nicholas Crosby 05 Apr 2017 22 Mar 2018 Ms Clara Saintigny 02 Feb 2017 02 Feb 2018 Ms Elena Andreea Martinovici 28 Jan 2017 27 Jan 2018 Mr Robert Francis 29 Nov 2016 25 Nov 2017 Ms Vivien Alice Zuzok 20 Oct 2016 20 Oct 2017 Ms julie mandrille 20 Oct 2016 19 Oct 2017 Ms Delphine Close 19 Jul 2016 14 Jul 2017 Ms Sévrine Pereira Teixeira 19 Jul 2016 14 Jul 2017 Ms Jo DARDENNE 28 Jun 2016 23 Jun 2017 Mr Arthur CORBIN 02 May 2016 30 Apr 2017 Ms Elizabeth Durham 04 May 2016 25 Nov 2016 Ms Victoria Breck 02 May 2016 30 Apr 2017 Ms Carole Pouliquen 02 May 2016 30 Apr 2017 Ms Eleanor Flanagan 02 May 2016 30 Apr 2017 Mr Simone Boselli 02 May 2016 30 Apr 2017 Mr Christian JEBSEN 02 May 2016 30 Apr 2017 Mr Corbin Arthur 02 May 2016 11 May 2016 Ms Vanessa Chesnot 30 Apr 2016 30 Apr 2017 Ms julie mandrille 04 Nov 2015 20 Oct 2016 Ms Yuki Hirajo 19 Aug 2015 31 Aug 2016 Ms Enya Braun 08 Aug 2015 03 May 2016 Mr Robert Francis 02 Jul 2015 29 Jun 2016 Mr Lucas Wintgens 30 Jun 2015 27 Feb 2016 Ms Clara Saintigny 26 Jun 2015 24 Jun 2016 Ms Delphine Close 24 Jun 2015 22 Jun 2016 Ms Vanessa Chesnot 21 Mar 2015 19 Mar 2016 Ms Carole Pouliquen 11 Feb 2015 29 Feb 2016 Ms Kyra Obolensky 22 Oct 2014 18 Dec 2014 Ms julie mandrille 08 Oct 2014 03 Oct 2015 Ms Victoria Breck 01 Oct 2014 29 Sep 2015 Mr Robert Francis 28 Jun 2014 26 Jun 2015 Ms Silvia Romano 08 Apr 2014 05 Apr 2015 Ms Michela Pavoncello 15 Mar 2014 01 Oct 2014 Ms Yuki Hirajo 19 Dec 2013 17 Dec 2014 Ms Silvia Romano 17 Dec 2013 08 Apr 2014 Ms Carole Pouliquen 13 Dec 2013 12 Dec 2014 Ms Eleanor Flanagan 07 Nov 2013 06 Nov 2014 Ms Kyra Obolensky 24 Oct 2013 22 Oct 2014 Ms Maria Patrin 24 Sep 2013 21 Sep 2014 Mr Christian Baracat 20 Jul 2013 19 Jul 2014 Mr Robert Francis 27 Jun 2013 26 Jun 2014 Ms Victoria Breck 21 Jun 2013 19 Jun 2014 Ms Hannah Herscheid 29 Nov 2012 14 May 2013 Ms Bilyana Panteva 18 Oct 2012 17 Jun 2013 Ms Vanessa Chesnot 26 Sep 2012 17 Jun 2013 Mrs Ariana Molina Sureda 14 Sep 2012 17 Jun 2013 Mr Kevin Doran 11 Sep 2012 17 Jun 2013 Ms Maria Linkova 08 Sep 2012 17 Jun 2013 Ms Victoria Breck 01 Sep 2012 17 Jun 2013 Ms Maria Patrin 31 Aug 2012 17 Jun 2013 Ms Charlotte Catherine Anne Ryckman 29 Aug 2012 17 Jun 2013 Ms Justyna Nytko 22 Aug 2012 17 Jun 2013 Mr Robert Francis 21 Aug 2012 17 Jun 2013 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
Professional consultancies
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Networking
Affiliation
None declared
Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Interests represented
Advances interests of their clients
Closed financial year
Jan 2021 - Dec 2021
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
1,860,000€
Major contributions in closed year
None declared
Clients for closed financial year
Clients list
Name Proposal Amount European Partnership for Energy and the Environment energy climate action environment 300,000€ - 399,999€ environmental defense fund europe climate action environment energy 300,000€ - 399,999€ union of the european lubricants industry energy single market environment 100,000€ - 199,999€ European Ventilation Industry Association energy climate action environment 100,000€ - 199,999€ European Parkinson's Disease Association public health consumers 100,000€ - 199,999€ Prosus digital economy and society trade 100,000€ - 199,999€ US Dry Beans Council trade agriculture and rural development 100,000€ - 199,999€ bioenergy europe climate action environment energy 100,000€ - 199,999€ HONDA transport energy climate action environment 100,000€ - 199,999€ global business travel association consumers trade transport 50,000€ - 99,999€ electric underfloor heating alliance climate action energy single market 50,000€ - 99,999€ european spirits companies liaison group single market public health taxation 50,000€ - 99,999€ European Wireless Infrastructure Association culture and media single market digital economy and society 50,000€ - 99,999€ Hilton consumers 25,000€ - 49,999€ Tate & Lyle food safety 25,000€ - 49,999€ DSM food safety public health 25,000€ - 49,999€ Transfrigoroute International transport energy climate action 25,000€ - 49,999€ Thai Union trade 25,000€ - 49,999€ european recycling industries’ confederation climate action energy internal market 25,000€ - 49,999€ Epson single market consumers 25,000€ - 49,999€ réseau de transport d'electricité energy climate action 25,000€ - 49,999€ Intellectual Ventures Digital economy and society 10,000€ - 24,999€ european infra red heating association energy climate action environment 10,000€ - 24,999€ Japan Machinery Center energy environment 10,000€ - 24,999€ comité européen des fabricants d'appareils de chauffage et de cuisine domestiques energy climate action 10,000€ - 24,999€ Grünenthal Group public health 10,000€ - 24,999€ PERNOD RICARD food safety public health taxation 10,000€ - 24,999€ bio-based industries joint undertaking single market 10,000€ - 24,999€ BUPA public health 10,000€ - 24,999€ bumple digital economy and society consumers 10,000€ - 24,999€ Kraft Heinz food safety internal market public health 10,000€ - 24,999€ Bristol Myers Squibb public health 10,000€ - 24,999€ European Vending and Coffee Service Association single market consumers 10,000€ - 24,999€ LIBERTY GLOBAL communication 10,000€ - 24,999€ usa dry pea & lentil council Trade 0€ - 10,000€ European Rental Association Internal Market 0€ - 10,000€ totalenergies Energy 0€ - 10,000€ Clients for current financial year
Clients list
Name bioenergy europe European Wireless Infrastructure Association european recycling industries’ confederation bumple HONDA European Ventilation Industry Association Glovo union of the european lubricants industry Kraft Heinz US Dry Beans Council réseau de transport d'electricité european infra red heating association DSM global business travel association usa dry pea & lentil council Transfrigoroute International environmental defense fund europe Hilton comité européen des fabricants d'appareils de chauffage et de cuisine domestiques European Partnership for Energy and the Environment Prosus European Parkinson's Disease Association electric underfloor heating alliance Epson european spirits companies liaison group Tate & Lyle Other financial info
Grayling has taken a wide, inclusive view of what interest representation and lobbying includes (covering active representation of interests but also monitoring as well as events and press relations linked with the EU political agenda).
We have however excluded from our list of clients those for whom we provided Belgian public relations services or media relations in other countries.
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
none
Groups (European Parliament)
N/A
Communication activities
We produce a number of publications which analyse current affairs and EU policy.
We also run a blog "The EU Lobby" (theeulobby.eu) covering the latest developments in Brussels and the EU Institutions.
Finally, we also organise and host regular events on topical issues, upcoming EU Presidencies, and our own initiatives.Other activities
For most of the clients listed below, Grayling Brussels provides EU public affairs services which range from simple monitoring and political intelligence to strategic advice and the support of advocacy campaigns helping our clients defend their interests in a wide range of policy sectors (transport, energy, environment, trade, health, consumers, agriculture, ICT etc).
We also advise our clients on their European communications strategy and on how to increase their visibility with the EU-Brussels media.- Meetings
Meetings
13 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 09 Nov 2023 Location Brussels Subject Transport sustainability and air passenger rights Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Adina Vălean Portfolio Transport Attending - Rachel Smit (Cabinet member)
- Pablo Fabregas Martinez (Cabinet member)
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Date 27 Sep 2023 Location Brussels Subject Regulatory frameworks affecting rail and operations of Getlink Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Adina Vălean Portfolio Transport Attending - Pablo Fabregas Martinez (Cabinet member)
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Date 23 Jun 2022 Location BERL Subject Food security and production, providing an industry perspective of the importance of sustainable agriculture but also of unhindered agricultural trade to ensure food supplies and security Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski Portfolio Agriculture Attending - Janusz Wojciechowski (Commissioner)
- Andreas Schneider (Cabinet member)
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Date 16 Jun 2022 Location online Subject Platform work. Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager Portfolio Europe Fit for Digital Age Attending - Werner Stengg (Cabinet member)
- Mette Dyrskjot (Cabinet member)
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Date 05 Apr 2022 Location virtual Subject Artificial Inteligence Act Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager Portfolio Europe Fit for Digital Age Attending - Werner Stengg (Cabinet member)
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Date 17 Mar 2021 Location online Subject Regulation of digital platforms and platform work in the EU Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Nicolas Schmit Portfolio Jobs and Social Rights Attending - Ana Carla Pereira (Cabinet member)
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Date 18 Jan 2021 Location Brussels (online) Subject Statement of Principles of EU technology platforms, DSA Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager Portfolio Europe Fit for Digital Age Attending - Werner Stengg (Cabinet member)
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Date 26 Sep 2018 Location Brussels Subject Electronic Communications Code, 5G Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Mariya Gabriel Portfolio Digital Economy and Society Attending - Mariya Gabriel (Commissioner)
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Date 23 Apr 2018 Location brussels Subject EU consumer law directives Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska Portfolio Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs Attending - Kaius Kristian Hedberg (Cabinet member)
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Date 05 Jul 2016 Location Brussels Subject liability for online intermediaries Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip Portfolio Digital Single Market Attending - Juhan Lepassaar (Cabinet member)
- Stig Joergen Gren (Cabinet member)
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Date 04 Mar 2016 Location Brussels Subject regulations on taxis, hire cars and ridesharing Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Violeta Bulc Portfolio Transport Attending - Jocelyn Fajardo (Cabinet member)
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Date 15 Feb 2016 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject DSM agenda Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Věra Jourová Portfolio Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality Attending - Eduard Hulicius (Cabinet member)
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Date 12 Oct 2015 Location Brussels Subject Intellectual Property, Patents Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Carlos Moedas Portfolio Research, Science and Innovation Attending - Maria Da Graca Carvalho (Cabinet member)
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