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Ruder Finn has agreed to provide strategic communications support for Futurewei Technologies, a wholly owned subsidiary of China’s Huawei Technologies.
The Trump administration slapped trade sanctions on Huawei in 2019, deeming it a risk to national security.
Ruder Finn’s contract with Futurewei went into effect Jan. 5 and runs through March.
The pact calls for strategic counsel, media relations, influential stakeholder mapping, thought leadership, content strategy/development/management, and crisis/issues communications.
RF has a dozen staffers handling Futurewei, including CEO Kathy Bloomgarden and senior VPs Brianna Rabe and Antonia Caamano.
The New York-based shop also represents Huawei Technologies USA, which spent $806K in fees at RF during the 12-month period ended June 30.
Kyivstar, Ukraine’s largest telecommunications network, which suffered a massive Russian cyberattack in December, has hired FTI Government Affairs for representation in Washington.
Zeno Group has signed a one-year contract to provide PR strategy and counsel to the Singapore e-commerce platform of China’s Alibaba Group, the multinational retail, internet and technology behemoth.
Edelman has picked up an additional $500K worth of work to provide COP28 press office support for Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company-Masdar.
Invariant is providing DC representation to Arm Holdings, the British semiconductor design company that completed a blockbuster $5B IPO on the NASDAQ on Sept. 14.
The Indian Pharmaceutical Alliance is using Medsecurean to advance a closer relationship between India and the US, and investment opportunities for India’s drug companies.
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