Turkey counsel registers under FARA after 20 years; foreign lobbyists score coveted COVID-19 grants; Freeh battles corruption for Estonia; ex-Sen. D’Amato lobbies for tungsten mine in South Korea Law firm made to register as Turkish agent after getting $15 million over two decades Washington firms continue their scramble to register[Read More…]
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Washington foreign agents score up to $39 million in COVID-19 aid
Influence firms working for Chinese companies and Arab monarchies are among the approved recipients of coveted COVID-19 aid, according to a Foreign Lobby Report analysis of Washington, DC-area loan data that the Small Business Administration (SBA) made public today. In all a dozen Washington firms representing foreign clients were approved[Read More…]
Law firm made to register as Turkish agent after getting $15 million over two decades
The longtime legal counsel to the Turkish Embassy in Washington has registered as a Turkish foreign agent in the latest fallout from the Justice Department’s increasingly strict interpretation of what constitutes lobbying. Washington law firm Saltzman & Evinch disclosed on June 29 that it had signed a new one-year, $1.1[Read More…]
Daily Digest for Thursday, July 2
Latvian bank hires ex-Trump aide; Dershowitz client accused of evading US sanctions in DR Congo; Iran opposition discloses latest lobbying Ex-Trump aide lobbies for Latvian bank accused of laundering Russian money A Latvian bank accused of laundering Russian money has hired a former Donald Trump aide to prepare for life[Read More…]
Ex-Trump aide lobbies for Latvian bank accused of laundering Russian money
A Latvian bank caught in the cross-hairs of the US Treasury Department has hired a former campaign aide to President Donald Trump as its executives prepare for life after liquidation. ABLV Bank AS in Liquidation hired Mercury Public Affairs to conduct “Treasury outreach” for the bank effective May 15. Bryan[Read More…]
Daily Digest for Wednesday, July 1
UK hires law firm for digital services tax fight; UAE hires PR for Mars mission; Hong Kong’s trade mission pushes back on US accusations; Mercury lobbies for troubled Baltic bank UK hires law firm to help defend digital services tax amid US probe The United Kingdom wants to tax US[Read More…]
UAE hires PR firm to boost Mars mission
The United Arab Emirates has retained a St. Louis public relations firm to boost its space program as the country prepares to make history this month with the Arab world’s first mission to Mars. Fleishman-Hillard is assisting its affiliates, the Fleishman-Hillard Group in the UK (FH UK) and Impact BBDO[Read More…]
UK hires law firm to help defend digital services tax amid US probe
The United Kingdom has hired Washington law firm Steptoe & Johnson to advise the country’s Treasury amid push-back from the Donald Trump administration against its plans to tax digital giants such a Facebook and Amazon. The Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR) announced in early June that it was[Read More…]
Twitter dragged into intra-Saudi feud
Twitter has been dragged into the Washington feud pitting Saudi dissident Ali al-Ahmed against the government of Saudi Arabia and its US agents. Ahmed, the director of the now-dormant Institute for Gulf Affairs in Washington, sued the social media giant in US district court in New York on Monday. He[Read More…]
Zimbabwe extends lobbying against US sanctions that still bite post-Mugabe
Mercury Public Affairs has extended its lobbying for Zimbabwe for another year as western powers maintain their sanctions on the south African nation despite the passing of strongman Robert Mugabe. The firm is working for the country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (MFA) as a subcontractor to Mercury[Read More…]