Overview
Lobbying Costs
250,000€
Financial year: Jan 2022 - Dec 2022
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
0.5 Fte (2)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
0
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
WAN AVOCATS
EU Transparency Register
201272723287-51 First registered on 06 Sep 2016
Goals / Remit
The firm is active both in counseling and litigation. In the IP sector, the firm enjoys recognized expertise in the apprehension of authors’ rights, neighbouring rights and trademarks, in all sectors of cultural industries, and particularly within the digital field.
WAN advises authors, artists, interprets, producers, publishers, distributors, web sites, public or private entertainment companies and more generally, companies in the cultural industry and more specifically the music business industry.
WAN was also involved in several merger and acquisition operations in the audio and audiovisual industry and developed an expertise in legal audit and development of companies in the cultural industry.Main EU files targeted
EU politics and legislations on copyrights and competition law in the media / creation field, including the EU's initiatives on the Digital Single Market
Address
Head Office
22, rue du Général Foy
Paris 75008
FRANCEEU Office
22, rue du Général Foy
Paris 75008
FRANCEWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
2
Employment time Lobbyists 25% 2 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
0.5
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
Law firms
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Networking
Affiliation
Member of the International Association of Entertainment Lawyers (IAEL) and of the World IT Lawyers (WITL)
Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Interests represented
Advances interests of their clients
Closed financial year
Jan 2022 - Dec 2022
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
250,000€
Major contributions in closed year
None declared
Clients for closed financial year
Clients list
Name Proposal Amount actes sud Assurer le respect du Règlement de 2004 sur les concentrations et la concurrence effective sur les marchés de l’édition (opposition à la fusion Vivendi / Lagardère) 50,000€ - 99,999€ l’ecole des loisirs Assurer le respect du Règlement de 2004 sur les concentrations et la concurrence effective sur les marchés de l’édition (opposition à la fusion Vivendi / Lagardère) 50,000€ - 99,999€ syndicat des distributeurs de loisirs culturels Assurer le respect du Règlement de 2004 sur les concentrations et la concurrence effective sur les marchés de l’édition (opposition à la fusion Vivendi / Lagardère) 50,000€ - 99,999€ syndicat des librairies francophones de belgique Assurer le respect du Règlement de 2004 sur les concentrations et la concurrence effective sur les marchés de l’édition (opposition à la fusion Vivendi / Lagardère) 50,000€ - 99,999€ syndicat de la librairie française Assurer le respect du Règlement de 2004 sur les concentrations et la concurrence effective sur les marchés de l’édition (opposition à la fusion Vivendi / Lagardère) 50,000€ - 99,999€ Clients for current financial year
Clients list
Name l’ecole des loisirs société des gens de lettres syndicat de la librairie française syndicat des distributeurs de loisirs culturels actes sud syndicat des librairies francophones de belgique ombres blanches Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
none
Groups (European Parliament)
N/A
Communication activities
Réunions / entretiens avec la Commission - case team en charge du suivi de l’opération de fusion Vivendi - Lagardère
Other activities
None declared
Meetings
Meetings
None declared