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Qatar has hired Empire Consulting Group, a firm with close ties to the Democratic party, to a $40K a month contract to keep tabs on developments in DC.
The contract kicked off on March 15 and runs through Jan. 2023.
Empire Consulting managing partner Mike McKay, who was a top aide to House Foreign Affairs Committee chief Greg Meeks (D-NY), signed the agreement with Brigadier General Mohamed Abdulaziz, security attache at the embassy.
He’s assisted by Eulice Brandon Garrett, who was an aide to former Ohio Congresswoman and current Housing & Urban Development Secretary Marcia Fudge.
Empire in January inked Taipei Economic & Cultural Representative Office in the US to a six-month $90K contract to analyze political developments and US policy moves that could impact US ties with Taiwan.
London Global Strategies is providing government relations and PR counsel to the economic development arm of the Mexican state of San Luis Potosí.
Havas Media Germany has hired Piro Inc. to further the digital push of the Israel Government Advertising Agency to sway US public opinion.
Hogan Lovells has signed a $100K monthly pact to represent Venezuela’s Ministry of Economy and Finance, and its Washington embassy.
Liberia has agreed to pay a $100K monthly retainer to Ballard Partners for counsel on how to improve its relations with the US.
Romania has signed a $565K monthly contract with Eversheds Sutherland for strategic counsel and government relations activities.
