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Saudi Arabia’s Washington embassy has doled out a $1.5M one-year contract to Larson Shannahan Slifka Group, of Des Moines, for PR, government affairs and media outreach duties.
LS2group has strong ties to the Republican party and energy sector.
Its six-member Saudi lobbying team includes partners Charles Larson, Jr., who was appointed by president George W. Bush to serve as ambassador to Latvia, and Karen Slifka, ex-Midwest political director of the Republican National Committee.
Charles W. Larson, Sr., former US attorney under Ronald Reagan/Bush I/Bush 11, senior advisor to US ambassador to Iraq John Negroponte and director of law enforcement for Saudi Arabia’s highway patrol, is of counsel to LS2group.
The firm also represented Energy Transfer Partners, operator of the controversial Dakota Access Pipeline, that was stymied by President Obama and greenlighted by President Trump.
LS2group’s Saudi contract, which is pegged at a $126,500 monthly retainer, kicked off Nov. 1. Saud Kabli, director of communications at the Embassy, oversees the work.
Bridges Partners is running an influencer campaign on behalf of Israel to promote the cultural interchange between it and the US.
San Diego’s Show Faith by Works is spreading pro-Israel messaging to Christian groups in the western US on behalf of the country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
KNP Communications has lined up a contract to provide media training to members of Canada’s US embassy.
The firm of Donald Trump’s former campaign manager Brad Parscale has a four-month $6M agreement for strategic communications and media services in support of Havas Media’s engagement by Israel to develop a nationwide campaign in the US to combat antisemitism.
Imperium Strategies has signed the Government of Turkey as a client for government relations services.
