Overview
Lobbying Costs
37,500€
Financial year: Jul 2019 - Jun 2020
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
0.25 Fte (1)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
2
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
The Blackstone Group
EU Transparency Register
883583528340-71 First registered on 14 Sep 2017
Goals / Remit
Blackstone is one of the world’s leading investment firms. We seek to create positive economic impact and long-term value for our investors, the companies we invest in, and the communities in which we work. We do this by using extraordinary people and flexible capital to help companies solve problems. Our $564 billion in assets under management include investment vehicles focused on private equity, real estate, public debt and equity, life sciences, growth equity, opportunistic, non-investment grade credit, real assets and secondary funds, all on a global basis. Further information is available at www.blackstone.com. Follow Blackstone on Twitter @Blackstone.
Main EU files targeted
General impact of EU legislation on investment activities across multiple industrial sectors in Europe
Address
Head Office
40 Berkeley Square
London W1J 5AL
UNITED KINGDOM -
People
Total lobbyists declared
1
Employment time Lobbyists 25% 1 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
0.25
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
No lobbyists with EP accreditations
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
II - In-house lobbyists and trade/business/professional associations
Subcategory
Companies & groups
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Networking
Affiliation
UK - AIMA, BVCA, CBI
Europe - Invest Europe, AmCham Spain, AmCham Turkey
Germany - BVK
US - AIC, PERG
Spain - ASVALMember organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Jul 2019 - Jun 2020
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
37,500€
Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
none
Groups (European Parliament)
N/A
Communication activities
None
Other activities
Meetings:
Name of Commission Representative: Olivier Guersent
Commission Representative Portfolio: Director-General of the Directorate General for Competition
BX Attendee: Natasha Gopaul
Date: 20/08/2020
Location: Via Telephone Conference
Subject(s): Strategic Rationale for LSEG/Refinitiv Transaction (attended by LSEG participants, Blackstone and legal counsel of the parties)
Name of Commission Representative: John Berrigan
Commission Representative Portfolio: Deputy Director-General - Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union
BX Attendee: Kalika Jayasekera, Andrew Dowler
Date: 09/10/2018
Location: Brussels
Subject(s): Financial regulation and MAR
Name of Commission Representative: Margrethe Vestager
Commission Representative Portfolio: Commissioner – Competition
BX Attendee: Juergen Pinker
Date: 22/02/2018
Location: Brussels
Subject(s): Meeting regarding merger of Acetow with Celanese Acetate Tow division
Meetings
Meetings
2 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 01 Oct 2021 Location New York Subject Capital Markets Union; Sustainable finance Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis Portfolio An Economy that Works for People Attending - Valdis Dombrovskis (Executive Vice-President)
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Date 23 Apr 2018 Location New York, USA Subject EU-US regulatory cooperation, Sustainable Finance, Brexit 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 - Elina Melngaile (Cabinet member)
- Zaneta Vegnere (Cabinet member)
- Valdis Dombrovskis (Vice-President)
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