Forward Global

Forward Global is a public affairs consultancy specializing in competition, trade, regulatory affairs, and cybersecurity across EU policy areas.

Lobbying Activity

Meeting with Klaus Berend (Director Health and Food Safety)

15 Jan 2026 · The pathway to market access for a plasma activated water as plant protection product

Meeting with Thomas Schmitz (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Henna Virkkunen) and Banijay Group

3 Dec 2025 · Audiovisual

Meeting with Maravillas Abadía Jover (Member of the European Parliament)

10 Nov 2025 · Live Piracy

Meeting with Vita Jukne (Cabinet of Commissioner Jessika Roswall)

1 Oct 2025 · Event on REACH revision of Brussels Sustainability Club

Meeting with François Kalfon (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

26 Sept 2025 · Mobilité militaire et carburants alternatifs

Meeting with Dirk Gotink (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur) and FedEx Express BE BV

15 Sept 2025 · Union Customs Code

Meeting with Thomas Schmitz (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Henna Virkkunen) and The Premier League

16 Jul 2025 · Piracy

Meeting with Zoltán Tarr (Member of the European Parliament) and The Premier League

14 Jul 2025 · Sport policies in the EU

Meeting with Flavio Facioni (Cabinet of Commissioner Olivér Várhelyi) and Association nationale interprofessionnelle du bétail et des viandes and Sustainable European Livestock Meat Association

10 Jul 2025 · European livestock and meat sector

Meeting with Klaus Berend (Director Health and Food Safety)

3 Jul 2025 · SELMA’s Vision for a competitive and sustainable European livestock sector.

Meeting with Charlotte Merlier (Cabinet of Commissioner Maroš Šefčovič) and DHL Group and

25 Jun 2025 · Exchanges on the EU Customs Reform

Meeting with Maria Noichl (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

4 Jun 2025 · Animal transport

Meeting with Axel Voss (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur) and Google and

6 May 2025 · Copyright and generative AI

Meeting with Ingeborg Ter Laak (Member of the European Parliament)

24 Apr 2025 · Circular economy

Meeting with Andrea Wechsler (Member of the European Parliament) and BIO Deutschland

3 Apr 2025 · EU energy and industry policy

Meeting with Andrea Wechsler (Member of the European Parliament) and SGI Europe and Avanci, LLC

20 Feb 2025 · EU Energy and industry policy

Meeting with Charlotte Merlier (Cabinet of Commissioner Maroš Šefčovič) and Avanci, LLC

14 Feb 2025 · Patents policy

Meeting with Veronica Manfredi (Director Environment)

12 Feb 2025 · Forward Global Event on the Water Resilience Strategy

Meeting with Jens Geier (Member of the European Parliament) and Johnson Matthey plc

28 Jan 2025 · Exchange on follow up initiatives of the Gasmarket Package in the field of Hydrogen

Meeting with Giorgio Gori (Member of the European Parliament)

1 Oct 2024 · Presentation of priorities of creative industries

Meeting with Daniel Attard (Member of the European Parliament)

1 Oct 2024 · Decarbonisation, SAF and PGMs

Meeting with Daniel Attard (Member of the European Parliament) and ChargeUp Europe and Europeans for Fair Competition

18 Sept 2024 · Introductory Meeting

Meeting with Paul Tang (Member of the European Parliament)

25 Jun 2024 · Staff Level: Forward Global Summer Gathering

Meeting with Dragoş Tudorache (Member of the European Parliament)

5 Jun 2024 · Digital issues

Meeting with Franco Roberti (Member of the European Parliament) and Ericsson and Nokia

19 Feb 2024 · Exchange of views on Standard Essential Patents (SEPs)

Meeting with Olivier Guersent (Director-General Competition)

15 Dec 2023 · Discussion on competition policy

Meeting with Aldo Patriciello (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

24 Nov 2023 · Health Claims

Meeting with Catharina Rinzema (Member of the European Parliament)

16 Nov 2023 · SEPs

Meeting with Adam Jarubas (Member of the European Parliament) and Polska Federacja Producentów Żywności Związek Pracodawców

14 Nov 2023 · General Proceedings in the EP/ Future of Europe

Meeting with Isidro Laso Ballesteros (Cabinet of Commissioner Adina Vălean) and Nevomo Poland

8 Nov 2023 · Innovation, hyperloop

Meeting with Maria-Manuel Leitão-Marques (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur for opinion)

24 Oct 2023 · SEPs

Meeting with Kathleen Van Brempt (Member of the European Parliament)

18 Oct 2023 · Standard Essential Patents (SEP)

Meeting with Katarína Roth Neveďalová (Member of the European Parliament) and Avanci, LLC

17 Oct 2023 · Regulation on Standard Essential Patents

Meeting with Riccardo Maggi (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans) and Johnson Controls plc

28 Jun 2023 · Decarbonization of building stock, prospects for heat pumps in residential and industrial field, F-gas Regulation

Meeting with Kathleen Van Brempt (Member of the European Parliament) and QUALCOMM Incorporated

20 Jun 2023 · Standard Essential Patents (APA)

Meeting with Katarína Roth Neveďalová (Member of the European Parliament) and Qualcomm Communications SARL

13 Jun 2023 · Regulation on Standard Essential Patents

Meeting with Werner Stengg (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager) and Snap, Inc.

25 May 2023 · Metaverse, Artificial Intelligence Act.

Meeting with Paul Tang (Member of the European Parliament) and QUALCOMM Incorporated

30 Mar 2023 · Staff Level: Standard Essential Patents (SEPS)

Meeting with Maurits-Jan Prinz (Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton) and Avanci, LLC

30 Mar 2023 · Standard essential patents (SEP) (meeting with Cabinet Vestager)

Meeting with Brando Benifei (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)

13 Mar 2023 · Biometric categorization (meeting held by the assistant responsible for AI)

Meeting with Franc Bogovič (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur for opinion)

23 Jan 2023 · Meeting on SUR regulation proposal

Meeting with Eduard Hulicius (Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová)

13 Jan 2023 · Common agricultural policy

Meeting with Chris Uregian (Cabinet of Vice-President Margaritis Schinas), Despina Spanou (Cabinet of Vice-President Margaritis Schinas)

7 Dec 2022 · - Debrief on Forum International de la Cybersécurité (FIC) advisory board - Next edition of FIC 2023 in Lille

Biopesticide maker urges faster EU approval for peptide products

19 Sept 2022
Message — The company requests accelerated EU authorization for peptide-based biopesticides, advocating stricter pesticide limits including biological controls in sensitive areas, maximum three chemical residues in food, and synthetic pesticide bans in public areas from 2025.12
Why — Faster approval would allow them to sell their products to EU farmers sooner.34
Impact — Chemical pesticide manufacturers lose market share as biological alternatives replace synthetic products.56

Meeting with Olivier Guersent (Director-General Competition)

12 Sept 2022 · Discussion on DMA

Meeting with Alfred Sant (Member of the European Parliament)

29 Jun 2022 · IP Rights

Meeting with Stefanie Hiesinger (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans)

26 Apr 2022 · Presentation of the impact of the Fit for 55 package, and specifically the EU Emission Trading System (ETS) on the company

Meeting with John Berrigan (Director-General Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union)

31 Mar 2020 · Single market provisions

Meeting with Daniel Braun (Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová)

11 Feb 2020 · Disinformation/Fake news

Meeting with Maria Asenius (Cabinet of Vice-President Cecilia Malmström), Pedro Velasco Martins (Cabinet of Vice-President Cecilia Malmström) and Federation of Aluminium Consumers in Europe

16 Jul 2019 · Import tariffs on aluminium

Meeting with Paulina Dejmek Hack (Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker)

17 Jan 2019 · General EU policy issues

Meeting with Dominique Ristori (Director-General Energy)

20 Dec 2018 · energy policy

Meeting with Eric Peters (Cabinet of Commissioner Mariya Gabriel)

25 Oct 2018 · DSM, e-commerce

Meeting with Dominique Ristori (Director-General Energy)

27 Sept 2018 · energy policy

Meeting with Dominique Ristori (Director-General Energy)

7 May 2018 · Energy policy

Meeting with Christian Danielsson (Director-General Enlargement and Eastern Neighbourhood)

27 Apr 2018 · Neighbourhood and enlargement negotiations

Meeting with Olivier Guersent (Director-General Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union)

26 Mar 2018 · Retail banking, DCC

Meeting with Laure Chapuis-Kombos (Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip)

7 Mar 2018 · Economie collaborative, marché unique numérique et protection des données

Meeting with Christian Danielsson (Director-General Enlargement and Eastern Neighbourhood)

1 Mar 2018 · Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations

Meeting with Christian Danielsson (Director-General Enlargement and Eastern Neighbourhood)

1 Feb 2018 · Neighbourhood and Enlargement negotiations

Meeting with Dominique Ristori (Director-General Energy)

17 Jan 2018 · energy issues

Meeting with Eric Peters (Cabinet of Commissioner Mariya Gabriel)

27 Nov 2017 · DSM

Meeting with Michel Barnier (Head of Task Force Task Force for Relations with the United Kingdom)

4 Oct 2017 · Meeting with the Task Force for the Preparation and Conduct of the Negotiations with the United Kingdom under Article 50 TEU

Meeting with Dominique Ristori (Director-General Energy)

17 Jul 2017 · Energy policy

Meeting with Silvia Bartolini (Cabinet of Vice-President Miguel Arias Cañete)

27 Jun 2017 · e-mobility

Meeting with Stig Joergen Gren (Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip) and Springer Nature AG & Co. KGaA

22 Jun 2017 · Copyright

Meeting with Daniel Calleja Crespo (Director-General Environment) and Animal Skincare Products Europe

8 Mar 2017 · CLP (Classification, Labelling and Packaging Regulation), consumer protection

Meeting with Dominique Ristori (Director-General Energy)

21 Feb 2017 · Energy policy

Meeting with Paula Duarte Gaspar (Cabinet of Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis)

22 Nov 2016 · Patient reported outcomes for Chronic Kidney diseases

Meeting with Pauline Rouch (Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker) and Springer Nature AG & Co. KGaA

13 Oct 2016 · Digital Single Market

Meeting with Rolf Carsten Bermig (Cabinet of Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska) and Hausfeld & Co. LLP

8 Jul 2016 · customer compensation VW

Meeting with Henrik Hololei (Director-General Mobility and Transport)

4 Jul 2016 · Aviation strategy

Meeting with Maria Cristina Lobillo Borrero (Cabinet of Vice-President Miguel Arias Cañete) and Hausfeld & Co. LLP

22 Jun 2016 · EU transport emission policy

Meeting with Dominique Ristori (Director-General Energy)

20 May 2016 · Energy policy

Meeting with Paulina Dejmek Hack (Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker)

22 Apr 2016 · General EU policy issues

Meeting with Dominique Ristori (Director-General Energy)

24 Feb 2016 · Energy policy

Meeting with Christian Danielsson (Director-General Enlargement and Eastern Neighbourhood)

19 Jan 2016 · Discussion about Neighbourhood and Enlargement negotiations

Meeting with Pauline Rouch (Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker)

5 Jan 2016 · Digital Single Market

Meeting with Dominique Ristori (Director-General Energy)

9 Dec 2015 · European energy policy

Meeting with Olivier Guersent (Director-General Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union)

3 Dec 2015 · Greek banks

Meeting with Arunas Vinciunas (Cabinet of Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis)

30 Sept 2015 · International trade

Meeting with Dominique Ristori (Director-General Energy)

28 Sept 2015 · Energy Union

Meeting with Fabrice Comptour (Cabinet of Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska)

10 Sept 2015 · Dun & Brastreet - SME Business Lending

Meeting with Arunas Vinciunas (Cabinet of Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis)

4 Sept 2015 · Fight against tobacco smuggling

Meeting with Maria Cristina Lobillo Borrero (Cabinet of Vice-President Miguel Arias Cañete)

10 Mar 2015 · Exchange on the current EU energy polices

Meeting with Paulina Dejmek Hack (Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker)

23 Jan 2015 · Concurrence

Meeting with Fabrice Comptour (Cabinet of Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska), Kaius Kristian Hedberg (Cabinet of Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska) and Ericsson

15 Jan 2015 · Competitiveness of the European industries

Meeting with Dominique Ristori (Director-General Energy)

14 Jan 2015 · South East Europe Energy policies