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| David Urban |
BGR Group has hired David Urban, executive VP of North American corporate affairs for China’s ByteDance, as managing director.
He joined the parent of TikTok in 2020 to help it navigate tricky public policy issues and communications challenges. He also advised ByteDance on ESG and corporate social responsibility issues.
Earlier, Urban was president of the American Continental Group lobbying shop, handling clients such as Zoom and 7-Eleven.
Urban made his mark in Pennsylvania Republican politics, counseling Senators Arlen Specter, Rick Santorum and Pat Toomey.
He also served as senior campaign advisor to Donald Trump during his presidential run.
BGR founding partner Haley Barbour said Urban’s “insights into communications, policy, law and politics make him uniquely suited to the BGR team.”
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.
