Banking, Insurance and Financial Services
Some of the largest trade associations in Brussels represent the financial services sector including the European Banking Federation, Insurance Europe and Invest Europe but interestingly there is only one financial services corporate affairs spender in the Top 30 covering all sectors – Deutsche Bank. Centralisation of power by the EU over financial services during and since the crisis in 2008 led to massive growth in the Brussels banking, insurance and financial services community.
As one NGO puts it “With more than 700 entities, more than 120 million Euros annual spending and at least 1,700 lobbyists at their disposal, the Brussels financial lobby is clearly a powerful voice.”
Specialist Consultancies
- Afore Consulting
- APCO Worldwide
- ARPA
- Athenora Consulting
- Bernstein Group
- BOLDT
- Eupportunity
- Euralia
- EUTOP Group
- FleishmanHillard
- FTI Consulting
- H/Advisors Cicero
- Hill & Knowlton
- ICODA European Affairs
- Kreab
- MUST & Partners
- Nemec+Chvatal
- Pantarhei Corporate Advisors
- Penta (formerly Hume Brophy)
- Stenström Consulting
- #SustainablePublicAffairs
- Teneo
- Vulcan Consulting
- Weber Shandwick
Specialist Law firms
Following the outbreak of the financial crisis the EU put forward an unprecedented series of reforms to restore financial stability and public confidence in the financial system. Overall, these reforms have made the financial system more stable and resilient. But the process of transformation needs to continue to address the remaining risks and to keep the regulatory framework up to speed with technological and economic developments.
European Commission