Capital One Financial has added Glover Park Group to its Washington lobbying team for matters such as banking, credit card, retirement savings regulation and tax policy.
The McClean, Va.-based financial company shelled out $2M in D.C. advocacy during the past year.
Joel Johnson, chief of staff for Ohio’s former Senator Howard Metzenbaum and President Clinton’s senior advisor for policy and communications, spearheads GPG’s Capital One group
John Hughes, ex-senior policy advisor for Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer, and Jon Gans former policy counsel for Arizona Senator Jon Kyl, join Johnson.
Capital One has reported a 9.3 percent rise in first-quarter profit to $1.1B on a three percent revenue dip to $5.3B.
Missy Edwards Strategies represents Shein Technology Group, the Los Angeles arm of the embattled Singapore-based “instant fashion” retailer.
Carlsbad, a north San Diego County city of 115K people, is looking for a firm to provide government relations and Sacramento lobbying services.
Gordon Sondland, who was US ambassador to the European Union under Donald Trump, has registered as a representative of Ukraine’s cabinet and ministers.
The Daschle Group is representing Santa Monica-based Stand with Hong Kong Action, an advocacy group that fights to end Chinese repression in Hong Kong.
McKinsey & Co. has reached out to Republican shop Harbinger Strategies to educate policymakers about the activities of the embattled management consultancy.
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