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Brussels Office Since

2001

Firm Description

Providing independent legal and strategic policy advice
and fostering third-party and coalition engagement.

We work with small and medium sized enterprises, industry coalitions, global tech giants and EU institutions and policymakers to plan, build and deliver the most effective European ecosystems in critical legislative areas including Digital Economy, Privacy, Data Security, Public Health, Sustainability and the ‘Green Deal’, Intellectual Property Rights (IPR), Technology Licensing.

Our expertise across industries and regulatory affairs includes data economy, cyber security, analytics, public health, sustainability, patents and licensing, wireless standards and international trade.

Our team includes in-house domain, public affairs and policy specialists and external senior advisors who bring insight, focus and experience to bear on behalf of our clients.

Creating an innovation ecosystem for Europe: 100% independent, our strategic advice and political, legal and regulatory analysis enables organizations to improve their understanding and engagement with EU institutions, and so navigate the most effective route through complex policy and legislative decision-making systems.

Industry coalitions, alliances and third-party engagement: we also manage and support highly successful pan-European associations. These cover multiple stakeholders ranging from global corporations to SMEs and research institutions.

• Climate Neutral Data Centre Pact (http://climateneutraldatacentre.net)
• CISPE – Cloud Infrastructure Service Providers in Europe (cispe.cloud)

Ownership Structure

Independent: privately owned

International Network

We focus on European institutions. We work in selected European capitals to echo and strengthen our client’s messages at EU level. We maintain a network and ongoing engagement with key national government agencies, Public National Investment Banks and key business and industry stakeholders.

Key Strengths

What makes us different? Operating across key communities of interest, we work with organizations, SMEs and individuals that actively contribute to innovation. We share their aspirations to help build a more secure and equitable innovation-based society founded on principles of fair play and sustainability.

• Data Economy, Cloud Computing
• GDPR and Cyber Security
• Sustainability and the ‘Green Deal’
• Intellectual Property Rights, Patents, Standard Essential Patents
• Innovation and Competition Law
• 5G and Internet of Things
• International Trade
• Social Entrepreneurship and Infrastructure
• Public Health and International Development

Number of Public Affairs Consultants

2 directors, 2 senior consultants, 3 senior advisers, 2 consultants and 1 office manager

Key Clients

Current clients include Orange, Ericsson, InterDigital, Qualcomm, Climate Neutral Data Centre Pact and CISPE.

Thought Leadership

Climate Neutral Data Economy and Green Deal: we support over thirty leading cloud infrastructure providers and data centre operators who endorse the Climate Neutral Data Centre Pact, a Self Regulatory Initiative pursuingambitious greenhouse gas reductions and leveraging technology and digitalization to achieve the goal of making Europe climate neutral by 2050. Intellectual property, patents and standards: through the IP Europe alliance, we are working with European institutions to strengthen Europe’s strategic autonomy in the field of 5G/6G cellular communication. Data protection, GDPR and industry code of conduct: we manage the first ever GDPR Code of Conduct for Cloud Computing Infrastructures. Internet of Things: we work to create the European Partnership on Smart Networks and Services, bringing Next Generation Connectivity and the Internet of Things into the Horizon Europe research program.

Testimonials and why clients like to work with us

Clients chose Europa Insights because we are proven specialists in the fields in which we work and in the specific activities we plan and deliver.

“Europa Insights helps us to understand and prioritize the key policy and regulatory issues that affect our business.”
Client