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South Korea has signed on Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck for government relations work.
The agreement went into effect Jan 12 with a monthly retainer set at $30K through June 30, at which time both parties will discuss renewing the pact.
Marc Lampkin, Brownstein’s Washington managing partner and a top policy advisor to former House Speaker John Boehner, oversees the nine-member South Korea lobbying team.
That group includes top Democrats such as Mark Begich (Alaska's former US senator and Anchorage mayor), Nadeam Elshami (one-time chief of staff to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi) and Al Mottur (fundraiser for Hillary for America and staffer to ex-South Carolina senator Fritz Hollings).
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.
