A law firm working for Kazakhstan has retained a Washington-based public relations giant in its $500 million legal fight with a disgruntled oil and gas investor. APCO Worldwide this week registered as a foreign agent of the Central Asian nation’s Ministry of Justice via London law firm Herbert Smith Freehills.[Read More…]
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New foreign influence contracts top $8 million in June
Foreign governments disclosed lobbying and public relations contracts worth more than $8 million last month, according to a Foreign Lobby Report analysis of documents filed with the US Justice Department during the month of June. Leading the pack are a pair of hefty PR contracts to promote Gulf Arab states’[Read More…]
Angola slashes Squire Patton Boggs contract by $1.6 M amid oil crash
Angola extended its lobbying contract with Squire Patton Boggs for the next two years but cut annual costs by a massive $1.6 million as the African nation struggles with collapsing oil prices. The contract amendment, dated June 18, was signed by Squire Patton Boggs partner Robert Kapla and Secretary for[Read More…]
Hungary lobbying dries up after Orban’s White House visit
Hungary’s US lobbying has completely dried up after a flurry of activity around the time of Prime Minister Viktor Orban‘s visit to the White House last spring. Of the five firms that had been working for the Hungarian Embassy at the time of Orban’s May 13, 2019 visit or right[Read More…]
Daily Digest for Thursday, July 9
Angola slashes lobbying by $1.6 million; Hungary ends lobbying after Orban visit; Ros-Lehtinen makes UAE’s case against Al-Jazeera; Iran opposition lobbyist met with Brian Hook; Israeli-American Coalition for Action ends lobbying Angola slashes Squire Patton Boggs lobbying deal by $1.6 M amid oil crash Angola has renewed its lobbying contract[Read More…]
Daily Digest for Wednesday, July 8
African mining official seeks US visit; Glover Park’s new German partner lobbies for Huawei; Hungary loses New York connection; US firm lobbies for COVID-19 aid for French cargo handler DR Congo mining chief lobbies for US visit amid corruption allegations The head of the DR Congo’s troubled state mining company[Read More…]
DR Congo mining chief lobbies for US visit amid corruption allegations
The head of the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s state mining company has hired a lobbyist to help arrange a visit to the United States as he faces backlash at home and abroad over allegations of corruption. Albert Yuma Mulindi, the chairman of Gecamines, hired George Denison effective July 7,[Read More…]
Apple lobbyist Glover Park merges with German lobbyist for Huawei
Washington’s Glover Park Group is joining forces with one of Huawei‘s top lobbyists in Europe as part of the three-way trans-Atlantic merger that was announced Tuesday. Germany’s Hering Schuppener received between €300,000 and €400,000 ($334,000 to $452,000) from the Chinese telecommunications giant in 2019, according to a review of the[Read More…]
Daily Digest for Tuesday, July 7
Saudi megacity hires more PR muscle; Glover Park merges with European firms; Gephardt renews Taiwan contract; Saudi PR machine targets SD Gov. Noem Saudi dream city hires PR giant for international media campaign Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman‘s vision for a $500 billion futuristic city in the desert faces[Read More…]
Saudi dream city hires PR giant for international media campaign
The government-funded group behind Saudi Arabia’s $500 billion gamble to sprout a futuristic megacity in the desert has hired the world’s third-largest public relations firm to try to convince skeptics that it’s not a mirage. The Neom Company hired BCW (Burson Cohn & Wolfe) for just under $1.1 million on[Read More…]