Ex-Solicitor General Olson Toils for Saudis
Wed, Sep. 19, 2018
By Kevin McCauley
Former US Solicitor General Ted Olson spearheads the Saudi Arabia embassy’s effort to protect the Kingdom from US oil price-fixing lawsuits. (3 reader comments)
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Former US Solicitor General Ted Olson spearheads the Saudi Arabia embassy’s effort to protect the Kingdom from US oil price-fixing lawsuits. (3 reader comments)
Steve Lipin's Gladstone Place Partners is working for the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia, which is backing the construction of the $500B mega-city that is meant to help the Kingdom diversify its economic base and reduce its dependence on energy revenues. (1 reader comment)
Burson-Marsteller Washington has registered a $700K agreement to promote investment in the Philippines.
Blue Star Strategies, which was founded by a pair of president Bill Clinton aides, represents the Bangladesh National Party in the US ahead of the elections slated by the end of the year.
APCO Worldwide has agreed to represent the Goethe-Institut’s Washington office and its participation in Deutschlandjahr (Year of Germany) 2018-2019, which kicks off in October.
Mercury Public Affairs has signed an $840K one-year agreement to represent high-flying Hikvision USA, the China government-connected leader in the making of video surveillance systems.
Edelman has recruited Ian McCabe, who was Asia Pacific vice chairman for PA & government communications at Burson-Marsteller, as vice chair of its APAC PA group.
Burson-Marsteller Washington handles public policy and PA issues for high-flying Hikvision, the China-government affiliated dominant maker of video surveillance systems.
New York’s BerlinRosen is providing strategic communications and media relations support through August for the Cambodia National Rescue Movement, which was formed in January by exiled opponents of prime minister Hun Sen.
Sitrick And Company has agreed to serve as public communications advisor and consultant to the Embassy of Qatar. (2 reader comments)
Ballard Partners, which has close ties to the Trump administration, has signed on as DC representative for Turkiye Halk Bankasi AS, the Turkish state-owned bank, on financial services matters. (1 reader comment)
Former California Republican Congressman Buck McKeon has signed up as representative of Saudi Arabia for a year to work the Trump Administration and former House colleagues on behalf of the kingdom. (4 reader comments)
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Ogilvy Government Relations is providing outreach and engagement with key Washington policymakers for Qatar, which has been under an economic and political boycott by neighboring Arab states for more than a year. (1 reader comment)
Turkey slices monthly fees paid to Trump-connected Ballard Partners nearly 50 percent to $62,500.
Qatar gives New York-based Lexington Strategies $1.5M to build support in the US and Qatar for its hosting of the 2022 World Cup.
Bahrain has signed BGR Government Affairs to a two-year strategic communications contract worth $1.6M. (5 reader comments)
Former Minnesota Republican Senator Norm Coleman represents ZTE Corp, which scored a major victory today as the US Commerce Dept. announced a deal to lift sanctions imposed on it.
Qatar, which has faced an economic blockade for the past year, signs $1.2M pact with Blueprint Advisors, a firm that has close ties with president Trump's lawyer Rudy Giuliani. (4 reader comments)
Hill+Knowlton Strategies has signed up for a two-month project with Saudi Arabia's Capital Market Authority, the Kingdom's market regulator. (1 reader comment)
Mercury Public Affairs has a $75K monthly retainer account to represent ZTE Corp, the Chinese smartphone company sanctioned by the Trump Administration for selling gear to Iran. Senators call ZTE a threat to national security. (4 reader comments)
Lobbying firm Sorini, Samet & Associates has been hired by a Manila-based trade association to advocate on behalf of a potential bilateral free trade agreement between the US and the Philippines.
Brunswick Group is working with Abu Dhabi, which is the richest part and capital of the United Arab Emirates, to better position it on the world's stage. (3 reader comments)
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