Overview
Lobbying Costs
1,670,000€
Financial year: Oct 2022 - Sep 2023
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
10.1 Fte (28)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
19
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Covington & Burling LLP (Covington)
EU Transparency Register
083671317381-09 First registered on 15 May 2015
Goals / Remit
In an increasingly regulated world, we help clients navigate their most complex business problems, deals and disputes. Our distinctively collaborative culture allows us to be truly one team globally, drawing on the diverse experience of lawyers and advisors across the firm by seamlessly sharing insight and expertise.
What sets us apart is our ability to combine the tremendous strength in our litigation, investigations, and corporate practices with deep knowledge of policy and policymakers, and one of the world’s leading regulatory practices. This enables us to create novel solutions to our clients’ toughest problems, successfully try their toughest cases, and deliver commercially practical advice of the highest quality.
Our EU Public Policy team draws on a range of former policymakers, including politicians, lawyers, public affairs practitioners, ambassadors and economists, as well as several junior members with expertise in a range of substantive regulatory and sectoral issues.Main EU files targeted
Directive (EU) 2019/904 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 June 2019 on the reduction of the impact of certain plastic products on the environment and Guidelines related to this Directive.
Regulation (EU) 2023/1115 on deforestation-free products.
Directive (EU) 2022/2464 on corporate sustainability reporting.
Commission proposal for a Directive on corporate sustainability due diligence.
Commission proposal for a Regulation on ecodesign for sustainable products.
Review of Directive 94/62 on Packaging and Packaging Waste.
Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 on food additives.
Proposal for a General Product Safety Regulation.
Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL concerning batteries and waste batteries, repealing Directive 2006/66/EC and amending Regulation (EU) No 2019/1020.
Various other initiatives following the European Green Deal and New Circular Economy Action Plan.
Regulation (EU) 2022/2065, Digital Services Act.
Regulation (EU) 2022/1925, Digital Markets Act.
Initiatives implementing the EU Digital Strategy.
Commission proposal for an AI Act.
Commission proposal for an AI Liability Directive.
EU Data Act.
Regulation (EU) 2022/868, European Data Governance Act.
Regulation Regulation (EU) 2023/956 establishing a carbon border adjustment mechanism.
Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 on food additives.
Regulation (EU) 2015/2283 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2015 on novel foods, amending Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Regulation (EC) No 258/97 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Commission Regulation (EC) No 1852/2001.
EU-New Zealand Partnership Agreement.
EU-Ukraine Partnership Agreement.
EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement.
Implementation of TFEU's free movement of services and goods rules.
Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on foreign subsidies distorting the internal market.
EU legislation relating to pharmaceuticals, medical devices, etc.
Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 December 2006 on nutrition and health claims made on foods.
EU trade defence measures (safeguards policy).Address
Head Office
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People
Total lobbyists declared
28
Employment time Lobbyists 100% 4 50% 4 25% 14 10% 6 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
10.1
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
0 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 21 Nov 2024
Name Start date End Date Mr Atli Thoby Julian Stannard 06 Oct 2021 06 Oct 2022 Ms Jurgita Miseviciute 25 Jan 2020 01 Feb 2021 Mr Paul MERTENSKÖTTER 16 Oct 2019 16 Oct 2020 Mr Jean De Ruyt 16 May 2019 01 Jun 2020 Mr Atli Thoby Julian Stannard 16 May 2019 01 Jun 2020 Mr Karel Kovanda 14 May 2019 01 Jun 2020 Ms Teresa PORTELLI 04 Apr 2019 04 Apr 2020 Ms Katarzyna Lasinska 06 Mar 2019 06 Mar 2020 Mr Sebastian Vos 27 Oct 2018 26 Oct 2019 Ms Jurgita Miseviciute 27 Oct 2018 26 Oct 2019 Mr Lucas Falco 26 Oct 2018 26 Oct 2019 Mr Atli Thoby Julian Stannard 08 Mar 2018 08 Mar 2019 Mr Karel Kovanda 24 Feb 2018 23 Feb 2019 Ms Katarzyna Lasinska 24 Jan 2018 23 Jan 2019 Ms Jurgita Miseviciute 27 Oct 2017 20 Oct 2018 Mr Lucas Falco 27 Oct 2017 20 Oct 2018 Mr Bruno Standaert 27 Jun 2017 27 Jun 2018 Ms Vera Coughlan 27 Jun 2017 13 Dec 2017 Mr Atli Thoby Julian Stannard 20 Mar 2017 28 Feb 2018 Ms Katarzyna Lasinska 23 Jan 2017 21 Jan 2018 Mr Lucas Falco 25 Oct 2016 22 Oct 2017 Mr Sebastian Vos 28 Jun 2016 22 Jun 2017 Sophie Noya 28 Jun 2016 18 Nov 2016 Mr Jean De Ruyt 28 Jun 2016 22 Jun 2017 Mr Bruno Standaert 28 Jun 2016 22 Jun 2017 Ms Vera Coughlan 28 Jun 2016 22 Jun 2017 Mr Atli Thoby Julian Stannard 26 Feb 2016 25 Feb 2017 Mr Karel Kovanda 20 Feb 2016 19 Feb 2017 Ms Vera Coughlan 25 Jun 2015 23 Jun 2016 Mr Harald Peter Langer 25 Jun 2015 23 Jun 2016 Mr Sebastian Vos 11 Jun 2015 09 Jun 2016 Sophie Noya 11 Jun 2015 09 Jun 2016 Mr Jean De Ruyt 11 Jun 2015 09 Jun 2016 Mr Andrea Zulli 11 Jun 2015 09 Jun 2016 Mr Bruno Standaert 11 Jun 2015 09 Jun 2016 Complementary Information
There are 26 colleagues regularly involved in activities covered by the Register. Of these, four colleagues are engaged full-time in the Brussels office on EU public policy work, and four colleagues either split their practice between regulatory and policy work or are part time at approximately 50%. Another 14 colleagues spend approxiumately 25% of their time on such activities, and 6 colleagues spend approximately 10% of their time on covered activities.
On a case-by-case basis, other additional colleagues may be involved in activities covered by the Register. These colleagues would spend a fraction of their working time (0-10%) on these activities and they are reflected in the two additional people at 25%.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
Bundesverband der Arzneimittel-Hersteller (BAH)
Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS)
Friends of Europe
American Chamber of Commerce to the EU
European Confederation of Pharmaceutical Entrepreneurs (EUCOPE)
Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)
Global Leadership Foundation
Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Interests represented
Advances interests of their clients
Closed financial year
Oct 2022 - Sep 2023
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
1,670,000€
Major contributions in closed year
None declared
Clients for closed financial year
Clients list
Name Proposal Amount Illumina, Inc. EU competition policy / Acquisition of GRAIL 600,000€ - 699,999€ Microsoft Corporation International trade, Artificial Intelligence Act, Regulation to prevent and combat child sexual abuse, AI Liability Directive, Digital Services Act, EU competition policy 300,000€ - 399,999€ Uber EU regulation relevant to ridehailing, stakeholder management 200,000€ - 299,999€ scm consulting limited EU sanctions on Russia and support for Ukraine 100,000€ - 199,999€ The Coca-Cola Company EU food policy 100,000€ - 199,999€ Eli Lilly and Company EU pharmaceutical policy and legislation 50,000€ - 99,999€ monster energy ltd. Notifications under Directive (EU) 2015/1535, EU food law 50,000€ - 99,999€ kerry group EU food law 50,000€ - 99,999€ AbbVie EU pharmaceutical policy and legislation 25,000€ - 49,999€ alliance for regenerative medicine EU pharmaceutical policy and legislation 25,000€ - 49,999€ avery dennison materials europe bv EU packaging legislation 25,000€ - 49,999€ MHP SE EU trade policy 25,000€ - 49,999€ European Chemical Industry Council EU chemicals legislation 25,000€ - 49,999€ European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations European Heath Data Space 25,000€ - 49,999€ European Confederation of Pharmaceutical Entrepreneurs EU pharmaceutical policy and legislation 10,000€ - 24,999€ openai opco, llc Artificial Intelligence Act 10,000€ - 24,999€ pharmaceutical research and manufacturers of america (phrma) EU pharmaceutical policy and legislation 10,000€ - 24,999€ exxonmobil petroleum & chemical Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) 10,000€ - 24,999€ takeda pharmaceuticals international ag EU pharmaceutical policy and legislation 0€ - 10,000€ Workday Data Act 0€ - 10,000€ GSK EU pharmaceutical policy and legislation 0€ - 10,000€ Clients for current financial year
Clients list
Name AbbVie alliance for regenerative medicine Eli Lilly and Company Illumina, Inc. Johnson & Johnson Microsoft Corporation monster energy ltd. Cisco Systems Inc. scm consulting limited spadel group vertex inc altana technologies, inc. The Coca-Cola Company MHP SE bacardi-martini bv Other financial info
N/A
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
None declared
Groups (European Parliament)
N/A
Communication activities
None declared
Other activities
None declared
Meetings
Meetings
19 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.
1 July 2024: We have noted that some meetings are appearing in duplicate, ie. some meetings seem to be listed twice. This seems to be because the Commission changes some element of a meeting data after the meeting has first been listed, which causes LobbyFacts to register it as a new meeting. We are investigating further.
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Date 19 Feb 2024 Location videoconference call Subject Democracy and open government in Europe Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová Attending - Zuzana Dorazilova (Cabinet member)
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Date 11 Jan 2024 Location Brussels Subject Seizing Russian State assets under international law Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis Attending - Elina Melngaile (Cabinet member)
- Michael Hager (Cabinet member)
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Date 16 Jun 2023 Location Brussels Subject Sanctions Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová Portfolio Values and Transparency Attending - Alvaro De Elera (Cabinet member)
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Date 23 May 2023 Location Brussels Subject Sanctions Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová Portfolio Values and Transparency Attending - Věra Jourová (Vice-President)
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Date 16 Mar 2023 Location Brussels Subject info on Russian frozen assets for Ukraine's reconstruction Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová Portfolio Values and Transparency Attending - Alvaro De Elera (Cabinet member)
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Date 20 Apr 2022 Location Online Subject UBTA's request to improve EU market access for Ukraine's agrifood products Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski Portfolio Agriculture Attending - Maciej Golubiewski (Cabinet member)
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Date 29 Sep 2021 Location Brussels (virtual) Subject Illumina/GRAIL transaction, which in addition to important competition policy questions Cabinet Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen Portfolio President Attending - Anthony Whelan (Cabinet member)
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Date 31 Mar 2021 Location Virtual meeting Subject Transatlantic relations, summary of the recent EU-US forum DG Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union Attending - John Berrigan (Director-General)
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Date 29 Jan 2020 Location Brussels Subject Neighbourhood and Enlargement DG European Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations Attending - Christian Danielsson (Director-General)
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Date 28 Nov 2018 Location Brussels Subject Steel safeguards Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Cecilia Malmström Portfolio Trade Attending - Nele Eichhorn (Cabinet member)
- Maria Asenius (Cabinet member)
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Date 04 Jun 2018 Location Brussels Subject Energy Union Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič Portfolio Energy Union Attending - Juraj Nociar (Cabinet member)
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Date 15 Jun 2017 Location brussels Subject Ukraine Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Johannes Hahn Portfolio European Neighbourhood Policy & Enlargement Negotiations Attending - Michael Doczy (Cabinet member)
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Date 15 Jun 2016 Location Brussels Subject digital economy DG Günther Oettinger Attending - Kilian Gross (Cabinet member)
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Date 27 Apr 2016 Location Brussels Subject Food & Neighbourhood Policy Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Phil Hogan Portfolio Agriculture & Rural Development Attending - Shane Sutherland (Cabinet member)
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Date 13 Oct 2015 Location Brussels Subject AMR Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis Portfolio Health & Food Safety Attending - Paula Duarte Gaspar (Cabinet member)
- Arunas Ribokas (Cabinet member)
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Date 07 Jul 2015 Location Brussels Subject DSM DG Günther Oettinger Attending - Markus Schulte (Cabinet member)
- Eric Mamer (Cabinet member)
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Date 01 Jul 2015 Location Brussels Subject DSM DG Günther Oettinger Attending - Günther Oettinger (Commissioner)
- Michael Hager (Cabinet member)
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Date 02 Jun 2015 Location Brussels Subject meeting with News Corporation on DSM Strategy - effect online publishing Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip Portfolio Digital Single Market Attending - Stig Joergen Gren (Cabinet member)
- Juhan Lepassaar (Cabinet member)
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Date 02 Jun 2015 Location Brussels Subject DSM and AVMS DG Communications Networks, Content and Technology Attending - Robert Madelin (Director-General)
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