Analysis of the UK team’s meetings show they were dominated by the finance sector, which concerned 46 gatherings at Dexeu in six months.
Goldman Sachs - an investment bank heavily criticised for its actions during the financial crash - attended four meetings.
HSBC, which recently paid £28 million to Swiss authorities to close a money-laundering case, attended six and lobby group TheCityUK was at eight.
In contrast, the UK’s two biggest trade unions,
Uniteand
Unison, which together represent some 2.7 million working people, had one meeting each – the same number as attended by think tanks like Policy Exchange and the Legatum Institute, unknown to the wider public.
Other sectors which had meetings included food and agriculture, whose representatives were at 17 meetings; infrastructure industry lobbyists, at 13; the defence industry, at eight, and tech groups, at seven.
The Federation of Small Businesses was present at five “round tables” with other groups but had no one-on-one meetings, despite small firms making up 99 per cent of the UK’s private sector.
Mr Davis did hold two meetings in quick succession with Arbuthnot Banking group, which has donated £267,470 to his party since 2009.
The cabinet minister himself accepted £50,000 from Arbuthnot in 2005 to fund his unsuccessful leadership campaign against former prime minister David Cameron.
