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BGR Government Affairs is representing Altice USA, which markets its broadband communications and video services under the Optimum and Suddenlink brands.
Netherlands-based Altice made a splash in the US via its $17.7B acquisition of Cablevision from the Dolan family and public shareholders in 2015.
BGR’s lobbying team includes Jonathan Mantz, (national finance director for Hillary Clinton presidential run in 2008), Erskine Wells (deputy chief of staff to Mississippi Sen. Roger Wicker), Andy Lewin (aide to Democratic Congressmen Dennis Moore, Max Sandlin) and Justin Rzepka (staffer for Nevada Republican Sen. John Ensign).
Altice has 4.9M business/residential customers in 21 states.
Ballard Partners has signed to a represent the US unit of Rheinmetall, Germany’s biggest defense contractor, on Army procurement issues.
BGR Group signs on to provide lobbying and PR services for Terzo, an AI financial intelligence platform. Douglas Lute, chair of BGR’s international and defense practices, will join Terzo’s board of directors.
Avoq has landed Palantir Technologies, the controversial surveillance company founded by right-wing billionaire Peter Thiel, as a client.
Anne Kierig, who was senior manager of public policy at Amazon, has joined the American Advertising Federation as VP-government affairs. She takes over for Clark Rector, who is retiring after a 37-year run at AAF.
TikTok USDS Joint Venture LLC, which was established in compliance with the executive order signed by President Trump, has hired Valcour LLC, which has close ties with his administration.
