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Credit Suisse Securities has invested in BGR Government Affairs for DC support on legislative and regulatory matters.
BGR's team includes Jonathan Mantz, national finance director of Hillary Clinton's 2008 presidential run; Andy Lewin, who was assistant VP at Zurich Financial for government/industry affairs; Matt Hoffman, legislative director for former House Speaker Paul Ryan; and Dan Murphy, director on the Trump presidential transition team and ex-chief of staff to former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Mel Martinez.
The Washington-based firm of Republican powerhouse Haley Barbour will also counsel Credit Suisse Securities on financial and tax issues.
Credit Suisse Securities is among the lead underwriters of Lyft's hotly anticipated IPO and helped manage this month's public offering by Cushman & Wakefield commercial real estate giant.
Knob Petroleum, which is based in Panama City, has retained Ballard Partners to explore opportunities in Venezuela.
Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck has signed to represent Eastern Air Holdings, which operates deportation flights for Immigration & Customs Enforcement.
Ballard Partners has lined up Australia’s Energy Transition Minerals company, an explorer and developer of rare earths minerals opportunities. It touts its Greenland property as having the potential to become the biggest rare earths producer in the western world.
Abbvie has retained Trump-connected Winston-Salem-based Checkmate Government Relations for healthcare matters and issues related to the life sciences sector.
Netflix has retained Bloom Strategic Counsel for regulatory matters regarding its proposed $83B merger with Warner Bros. Discovery.
