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BGR Government Affairs has inked a $30K monthly contract to provide strategic counsel and outreach to officials, decision-makers, non-government organizations and media in the US, specifically in Texas, for Qatar.
Walker Roberts, co-head of both BGR’s international and trade practice and defense group, handles the effort with PR principal Jo Maney.
Roberts served as deputy staff director of the International Relations Committee under Republican Henry Hyde of Illinois. Maney was communications director of the House Rules Committee when it was chaired by David Dreier (R-CA).
BGR's contract with Qatar, which has emerged from an economic blockade launched by its Arab neighbors, went into effect Dec. 1 and runs through May 31.
The DC-based firm reports to Hamad Al-Muftah, deputy chief of mission at Qatar’s embassy.
Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer is helping the Embassy of Uzbekistan's efforts to attract increased trade and investment in Central Asia’s most populous country.
Cornerstone Government Affairs has signed a six-month agreement to represent Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the US.
Florida’s Corvus Strategic Partners has signed to represent the interests of Colombia regarding its relations with the US.
Gunster Strategies Worldwide is representing the interests of the Chagossian Government in Exile, which opposes the planned UK transfer of the sovereignty of the Chagos Archipelago, which hosts the joint UK/US military base, to Mauritius.
Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck has inked a six-month agreement with NATO-member Iceland to provide strategic advice on how to navigate engagements with the US government.
