The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

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Overview

Lobbying Costs

850,000€

Financial year: Jan 2019 - Dec 2019

Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)

1.75 Fte (4)

Lobbyists with EP accreditation

1

High-level Commission meetings

59

Lobbying Costs over the years

  • Info

    The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.   (GS)

    EU Transparency Register

    701266814986-18 First registered on 24 Nov 2014

    Goals / Remit

    Goldman Sachs is a global investment banking, securities, and investment management firm that provides a wide range of financial services to a client base which includes companies as well as financial and public institutions. For more information, please refer to our website at: http://www.gs.com.

    Main EU files targeted

    Goldman Sachs participates in the EU policymaking process by engaging with relevant officials and / or members of staff from the EU institutions on specific policy issues (including but not limited to financial services, competition, and trade) and responding to selected consultations.

    Address

    Head Office
    200 West Street
    New York, New York 10282
    UNITED STATES
    EU Office
    Goldman Sachs International
    3rd Floor
    Brussels
    BELGIUM
  • People

    Total lobbyists declared

    4

    Employment timeLobbyists
    100%1
    25%3

    Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)

    1.75

    Lobbyists with EP accreditation

    All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time

    1 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 24 Apr 2020

    Name Start date End Date
    Mr Martijn Vliegenthart 18 Jul 2019 18 Jul 2020
    Mr Martijn Vliegenthart 15 Jun 2018 15 Jun 2019
    Mr Martijn Vliegenthart 26 Apr 2017 25 Apr 2018
    Mr Martijn Vliegenthart 21 Apr 2016 19 Apr 2017
    Ms Jennifer COSCO 10 Nov 2015 05 Nov 2016

    Complementary Information

    The number of persons disclosed as being involved in relevant activities and FTE is calculated on the basis of those employees whose roles entail regular interaction with officials and / or members of staff from the EU institutions. However, it should be noted that whilst such interactions may be regular, they are not necessarily frequent. Most of those employees spend less than 25 percent of their working time on activities falling within the scope of the Register.

    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

  • Categories

    Category

    II - In-house lobbyists and trade/business/professional associations

    Subcategory

    Companies & groups

  • Networking

    Affiliation

    Goldman Sachs is a member of a number of trade associations, including but not limited to: the Association for Financial Markets in Europe (AFME), TheCityUK, the Futures Industry Association Europe (FIAE), the Global Financial Markets Association Commodities and FX Divisions (GFMA Commodities and GFXD), the International Capital Markets Association (ICMA), the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA), the European Fund and Asset Management Association (EFAMA), the Investment Association (IA), and the International Money Market Fund Association (IMMFA).

    Member organisations

    N/A

  • Financial Data

    Closed financial year

    Jan 2019 - Dec 2019

    Lobbying costs for closed financial year

    850,000€

    Other financial info

    None declared

  • EU Structures

    Groups (European Commission)

    none

    Groups (European Parliament)

    Goldman Sachs is a member of the European Parliamentary Financial Services Forum.

    Communication activities

    None

    Other activities

    None declared

  • Meetings

    Meetings

    59 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 19 Jan 2024 Location online
      Subject financing renewable energy
      DG European Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations
      Attending
      • Gert-Jan Koopman (Director-General)
    • Date 29 Nov 2023 Location Brussels, Belgium
      Subject Energy transition
      DG Energy
      Attending
      • Ditte Juul Jørgensen (Director-General)
      Other Lobbyists
    • Date 20 Sep 2023 Location Brussels
      Subject Current macroeconomic developments
      DG Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union
      Attending
      • John Berrigan (Director-General)
    • Date 19 Sep 2023 Location Brussels
      Subject Meeting with Geoffrey Okamoto and Marc Rothemund
      DG Economic and Financial Affairs
      Attending
      • Maarten Verwey (Director-General)
    • Date 21 Sep 2022 Location virtual
      Subject Energy derivatives market
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Mairead Mcguinness
      Portfolio Financial services, financial stability and Capital Markets Union
      Attending
      • Mairead McGuinness (Commissioner)
      • Florian Denis (Cabinet member)
      Other Lobbyists
    • Date 27 Apr 2021 Location video conference
      Subject Sustainable Finance
      Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis
      Portfolio An Economy that Works for People
      Attending
      • Andrea Beltramello (Cabinet member)
      Other Lobbyists
    • Date 27 Apr 2021 Location Virtual meeting
      Subject MiFIR, EU/UK regulatory and Secondary market liquidity
      DG Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union
      Attending
      • John Berrigan (Director-General)
      Other Lobbyists
    • Date 16 Mar 2021 Location video-call
      Subject Sustainable finance, Green recovery
      Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans
      Portfolio European Green Deal
      Attending
      • Antoine Colombani (Cabinet member)
      Other Lobbyists
    • Date 23 Oct 2020 Location videoconference
      Subject EU Recovery Fund
      DG Budget
      Attending
      • Gert-Jan Koopman (Director-General)
    • Date 12 Jun 2020 Location Videoconference
      Subject Participation to Goldman Sachs’ 24th Annual European Financials Conference
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Paolo Gentiloni
      Portfolio Economy
      Attending
      • Paolo Gentiloni (Commissioner)
    • Date 07 Apr 2020 Location Virtual meeting
      Subject UK, EU, US policy actions
      DG Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union
      Attending
      • John Berrigan (Director-General)
    • Date 05 Feb 2020 Location Brussels
      Subject EU-U.S. trade relations and EU’s future trade policy agenda.
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Phil Hogan
      Portfolio Agriculture &amp; Rural Development
      Attending
      • Elisabetta Siracusa (Cabinet member)
      • Agnieszka Drzewoska (Cabinet member)
    • Date 05 Feb 2020 Location Brussels
      Subject EU-U.S. trade relations and EU’s future trade policy agenda.
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Phil Hogan
      Attending
      • Agnieszka Drzewoska (Cabinet member)
      • Elisabetta Siracusa (Cabinet member)
    • Date 24 Jun 2019 Location Brussels
      Subject Meeting with Mr José Manuel Barroso ahead of the presentation of the book “La commission européenne 1986 – 2000: Histoire et mémoires d’une institution”
      Cabinet Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker
      Portfolio President
      Attending
      • Jean-Claude Juncker (President)
    • Date 13 May 2019 Location Brussels
      Subject CMU, MiFID, PRIIPs, Sustainable Finance
      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)
      Other Lobbyists
    • Date 04 Apr 2019 Location Bucharest
      Subject Brexit
      DG Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union
      Attending
      • Olivier Guersent (Director-General)
    • Date 27 Feb 2019 Location Brussels
      Subject 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
      • Jan Ceyssens (Cabinet member)
    • Date 24 Oct 2018 Location Brussels
      Subject 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
      • Andrea Beltramello (Cabinet member)
    • Date 10 Jul 2018 Location Brussels
      Subject Exchange of views on FDI screening proposal
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen
      Portfolio Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness
      Attending
      • Xavier Coget (Cabinet member)
    • Date 26 Apr 2018 Location Sofia
      Subject RRM, Basel, Brexit, NPL
      DG Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union
      Attending
      • Olivier Guersent (Director-General)
    • Date 11 Apr 2018 Location Brussels
      Subject Transatlantic relations in the area of financial services, impact of Brexit on financial services, CMU
      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
      • Jan Ceyssens (Cabinet member)
      • Valdis Dombrovskis (Vice-President)
    • Date 16 Mar 2018 Location Brussels
      Subject Banking Union and Capital Markets Union
      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
      • Jan Ceyssens (Cabinet member)
    • Date 16 Mar 2018 Location Brussels
      Subject Banking Union and Capital Markets Union
      Cabinet Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker
      Portfolio President
      Attending
      • Paulina Dejmek Hack (Cabinet member)
    • Date 05 Mar 2018 Location Berlin
      Subject MFF
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Günther Oettinger
      Portfolio Budget &amp; Human Resources
      Attending
      • Günther Oettinger (Commissioner)
      Other Lobbyists
    • Date 25 Jan 2018 Location Brussels
      Subject CMU Package, ESAs Review, Brexit
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen
      Portfolio Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness
      Attending
      • Marlene Madsen (Cabinet member)
    • Date 22 Dec 2017 Location Brussels
      Subject EU & US trade priorities
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Cecilia Malmström
      Portfolio Trade
      Attending
      • Christian Burgsmueller (Cabinet member)
    • Date 11 Dec 2017 Location Frankfurt
      Subject FINTECH / digital issues
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Günther Oettinger
      Portfolio Budget &amp; Human Resources
      Attending
      • Günther Oettinger (Commissioner)
    • Date 25 Oct 2017 Location Brussels
      Subject Trade and defence policy
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen
      Portfolio Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness
      Attending
      • Jyrki Katainen (Vice-President)
    • Date 13 Oct 2017 Location Washington
      Subject current geopolitical issues
      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
      • Valdis Dombrovskis (Vice-President)
    • Date 14 Sep 2017 Location Tallinn
      Subject CMU; International cooperation
      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
      • Valdis Dombrovskis (Vice-President)
      • Elina Melngaile (Cabinet member)
    • Date 25 Jul 2017 Location Brussels
      Subject Brexit related matters
      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
      • Jan Ceyssens (Cabinet member)
    • Date 30 May 2017 Location Brussels
      Subject Juncker Plan, EMU’s challenges, structural reforms, potential growth and investment
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen
      Portfolio Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness
      Attending
      • Miguel Gil Tertre (Cabinet member)
    • Date 17 May 2017 Location Brussels
      Subject EMIR
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen
      Portfolio Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness
      Attending
      • Marlene Madsen (Cabinet member)
    • Date 12 May 2017 Location Brussels
      Subject CMU; Prudential reform agenda; US regulatory review
      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
      • Jan Ceyssens (Cabinet member)
      • Valdis Dombrovskis (Vice-President)
    • Date 12 Apr 2017 Location Brussels
      Subject Financial Services agenda
      Cabinet Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker
      Portfolio President
      Attending
      • Paulina Dejmek Hack (Cabinet member)
    • Date 06 Apr 2017 Location Malta
      Subject Brexit, EU/ US regulatory landscape, Prudential agenda
      DG Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union
      Attending
      • Olivier Guersent (Director-General)
    • Date 30 Nov 2016 Location Brussels
      Subject European telecoms regulation
      DG Günther Oettinger
      Attending
      • Michael Hager (Cabinet member)
    • Date 27 Oct 2016 Location Brussels
      Subject CRD IV, CRR II
      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
      • Mette Toftdal Grolleman (Cabinet member)
    • Date 07 Oct 2016 Location Washington DC
      Subject CMU; Basel issues
      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
      • Kai Wynands (Cabinet member)
      • Valdis Dombrovskis (Vice-President)
    • Date 26 Jul 2016 Location Brussels
      Subject Outlook for financial services in the EU
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen
      Portfolio Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness
      Attending
      • Edward Bannerman (Cabinet member)
      • Marlene Madsen (Cabinet member)
    • Date 27 Apr 2016 Location Brussels
      Subject EU growth agenda
      Cabinet Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker
      Portfolio President
      Attending
      • Paulina Dejmek Hack (Cabinet member)
    • Date 27 Apr 2016 Location Brussels
      Subject Capital Markets Union/Call for Evidence
      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
      • Lee Foulger (Cabinet member)
    • Date 21 Apr 2016 Location Brussels
      Subject Overview of ongoing financial regulatory agenda
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jonathan Hill
      Portfolio Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union
      Attending
      • Jonathan Hill (Commissioner)
    • Date 21 Jan 2016 Location Davos
      Subject Global business outlook
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen
      Portfolio Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness
      Attending
      • Jyrki Katainen (Vice-President)
      • Edward Bannerman (Cabinet member)
    • Date 16 Jan 2016 Location Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
      Subject Implementation of COP 21 - the role of renewables
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Miguel Arias Cañete
      Portfolio Climate Action &amp; Energy
      Attending
      • Miguel Arias Cañete (Commissioner)
      Other Lobbyists
    • Date 29 Oct 2015 Location Brussels
      Subject Current economic situation in the EU, Emerging markets, Growth and investment, CMU.
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Pierre Moscovici
      Portfolio Economic and Financial Affairs, Taxation and Customs
      Attending
      • Pierre Moscovici (Commissioner)
    • Date 29 Oct 2015 Location Brussels
      Subject Courtesy visit and tour d'horizon of financial services issues.
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jonathan Hill
      Portfolio Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union
      Attending
      • Jonathan Hill (Commissioner)
    • Date 29 Oct 2015 Location Brussels, Belgium
      Subject Macroeconomic development and CMU
      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
      • Jan Ceyssens (Cabinet member)
      • Valdis Dombrovskis (Vice-President)
    • Date 29 Oct 2015 Location Brussels
      Subject DSM
      DG Günther Oettinger
      Attending
      • Günther Oettinger (Commissioner)
    • Date 23 Sep 2015 Location Washington DC
      Subject TTIP
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Cecilia Malmström
      Portfolio Trade
      Attending
      • Cecilia Malmström (Commissioner)
    • Date 09 Jul 2015 Location Brussels
      Subject Discuss the G20 agenda, UK in Europe and Geopolitical issues
      Cabinet Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker
      Portfolio President
      Attending
      • Richard Szostak (Cabinet member)
    • Date 23 Apr 2015 Location Riga - Radisson Blu Hotel Latvija
      Subject Capital Markets Union – State of EU/US banking markets
      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
      • Jan Ceyssens (Cabinet member)
      • Valdis Dombrovskis (Vice-President)
    • Date 13 Mar 2015 Location London
      Subject Financial Services Policy
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jonathan Hill
      Portfolio Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union
      Attending
      • Jonathan Hill (Commissioner)
      Other Lobbyists
    • Date 04 Mar 2015 Location Brussels
      Subject European CEO Survey
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen
      Portfolio Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness
      Attending
      • Edward Bannerman (Cabinet member)
    • Date 26 Feb 2015 Location New York
      Subject EU and US Regulatory Agenda in Financial Services
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jonathan Hill
      Portfolio Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union
      Attending
      • Jonathan Hill (Commissioner)
    • Date 23 Feb 2015 Location London
      Subject Dialogue on Creating an EU Capital Markets Union
      DG Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union
      Attending
      • Jonathan Faull (Director-General)
    • Date 16 Jan 2015 Location Brussels, Belgium
      Subject Capital Markets Union
      Cabinet Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker
      Portfolio President
      Attending
      • Paulina Dejmek Hack (Cabinet member)
    • Date 17 Dec 2014 Location Brussels
      Subject Financial Services
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Cecilia Malmström
      Portfolio Trade
      Attending
      • Christian Burgsmueller (Cabinet member)
      • Maria Asenius (Cabinet member)
    • Date 05 Dec 2014 Location Brussels, Belgium
      Subject Capital Market Union
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen
      Portfolio Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness
      Attending
      • Edward Bannerman (Cabinet member)
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