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Overview

Lobbying Costs

2,375,000€

Financial year: Jan 2014 - Dec 2014

Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)

23.5 Fte (25)

Lobbyists with EP accreditation

10

High-level Commission meetings

13

Lobbying Costs over the years

  • 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 (we work in English, French, Dutch, German, Greek, Portuguese, Italian, Spanish, Swedish, Norwegian, Slovak and even Japanese) 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 experise covers a wide range of industry sectors including food & agriculture, healthcare, transport, energy, environment, and ICT.

    Address

    Head Office
    Avenue des Arts, 46
    Brussels 1000
    BELGIUM
  • People

    Total lobbyists declared

    25

    Employment timeLobbyists
    100%20
    75%4
    50%1

    Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)

    23.5

    Lobbyists with EP accreditation

    All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time

    10 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 03 Sep 2015

    Name Start date End Date
    Ms Sophie Jacobs 24 Jan 2024 23 Jan 2025
    Mr Charles FELD 14 Dec 2023 13 Dec 2024
    Mr Charles Patterson 01 Dec 2023 18 Oct 2024
    Mr Jose Maria ARROYO NIETO 07 Nov 2023 06 Nov 2024
    Mr Dominik Flikweert 20 Oct 2023 18 Oct 2024
    Ms Hannah THOMINET 20 Oct 2023 18 Oct 2024
    Mr Samuel MICHEL 20 Oct 2023 18 Oct 2024
    Ms Sofia CALABRESE 08 Jul 2023 20 Oct 2023
    Ms Eugenie BOULO-DANIEL 08 Jul 2023 05 Jul 2024
    Mr Karl WALLÉN 08 Jul 2023 05 Jul 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

    Mr Robert Francis (Director)

    Person with legal responsibility

    Mr Russell Patten (CEO Brussels)

  • Categories

    Category

    I - Professional consultancies/law firms/self-employed consultants

    Subcategory

    Professional consultancies

  • Networking

    Affiliation

    Grayling is a member of the British Chamber of Commerce in Belgium.

    Member organisations

    None declared

  • Financial Data

    Closed financial year

    Jan 2014 - Dec 2014

    Lobbying costs for closed financial year

    2,375,000€

    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 relation services or media relations in other countries.

    Declared lobby clients

    Client Name Amount
    Abbott procurement 0€ - 9,999€
    AbbVie 300,000€ - 399,999€
    Allegro 100,000€ - 199,999€
    Bayer HealthCare 10,000€ - 24,999€
    British Frozen Foods Federation/Les Entreprises des Glaces et Surgelés 25,000€ - 49,999€
    BSkyB 10,000€ - 24,999€
    DSM 50,000€ - 99,999€
    East Japan Railway Company 100,000€ - 199,999€
    Electric Underfloor Heating Alliance (euHA) 50,000€ - 99,999€
    ELFAA - The European Low Fares Airline Association 10,000€ - 24,999€
    Eurolines 0€ - 9,999€
    European Aluminium Association 50,000€ - 99,999€
    European Parkinson’s Disease Association (EPDA) 10,000€ - 24,999€
    European Partnership for Energy and the Environment 200,000€ - 299,999€
    European Wireless Infrastructure Association 0€ - 9,999€
    Florint 0€ - 9,999€
    Heathrow Airport 50,000€ - 99,999€
    Heinz 50,000€ - 99,999€
    Hilton 25,000€ - 49,999€
    Intellectual Ventures 25,000€ - 49,999€
    International Animal Health Organisation (IFAH) 0€ - 9,999€
    International Association of Infant Food Manufacturers 50,000€ - 99,999€
    Johnson & Johnson 50,000€ - 99,999€
    LEGO 10,000€ - 24,999€
    Mead Johnson 25,000€ - 49,999€
    Medical Protection Society 10,000€ - 24,999€
    MWBrands 25,000€ - 49,999€
    Nissan 50,000€ - 99,999€
    Ofwat 0€ - 9,999€
    Paypal 0€ - 9,999€
    PCIA - The Wireless Infrastructure Association 10,000€ - 24,999€
    Philips 10,000€ - 24,999€
    Quick 25,000€ - 49,999€
    Scottish Salmon Producers' Organisation 10,000€ - 24,999€
    Specialised Nutrition Europe (SNE) 50,000€ - 99,999€
    Sub-Zero 0€ - 9,999€
    Svenska Cellulosa Aktiebolaget (SCA) 50,000€ - 99,999€
    Tate & Lyle 50,000€ - 99,999€
    The Brewers of Europe 50,000€ - 99,999€
    The European Ventilation Industry Association 100,000€ - 199,999€
    The Japan Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Industry Association (JRAIA) 10,000€ - 24,999€
    The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism of Japan 50,000€ - 99,999€
    Transfrigoroute International 50,000€ - 99,999€
    Velux 0€ - 9,999€
    Welsh Water 0€ - 9,999€
    World Animal Protection PR 10,000€ - 24,999€
  • EU Structures

    Groups (European Commission)

    None

    ACC

    None

    Groups (European Parliament)

    None

    Communication activities

    None

    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 defending their interests in a wide range of policy sectors (transport, energy, environment, trade, health, consumers, agriculture, etc).

    Other clients were assisted by Grayling to elaborate their European communications strategy and 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.

    • Date 09 Nov 2023 Location Brussels
      Subject Transport sustainability and air passenger rights
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Adina Vălean
      Portfolio Transport
      Attending
      • Pablo Fabregas Martinez (Cabinet member)
      • Rachel Smit (Cabinet member)
      Other Lobbyists
    • 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)
      Other Lobbyists
    • 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
      • Andreas Schneider (Cabinet member)
      • Janusz Wojciechowski (Commissioner)
      Other Lobbyists
    • Date 16 Jun 2022 Location online
      Subject Platform work.
      Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager
      Portfolio Europe Fit for Digital Age
      Attending
      • Mette Dyrskjot (Cabinet member)
      • Werner Stengg (Cabinet member)
      Other Lobbyists
    • 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)
      Other Lobbyists
    • 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)
      Other Lobbyists
    • 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)
      Other Lobbyists
    • 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)
    • 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)
      Other Lobbyists
    • Date 05 Jul 2016 Location Brussels
      Subject liability for online intermediaries
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip
      Portfolio Digital Single Market
      Attending
      • Stig Joergen Gren (Cabinet member)
      • Juhan Lepassaar (Cabinet member)
    • 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)
    • 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)
      Other Lobbyists
    • 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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