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Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck has signed on to represent Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah University of Science and Technology to support the advancement of its supercomputer center and other policy-related matters.
The contract, which was signed March 14, runs through Sept. 9 and carries a monthly retaienr of $31,500. The pact will automatically renew for another six-month period.
Brownstein is to “establish the current state of play” with regard to the Bureau of Industry and Security "export controls impacting KAUST’s supercomputer” and "develop messaging materials that clarify and underscore KAUST's proven experience working within Department of Commerce regulations and U.S. national security concerns,” according to the agreement.
The firm is to directly support KAUST's communications with the Commerce Dept., BIS, as well as the Trump administration, Congress and supporters of KAUST’s mission.
Its six-member team includes Mimi Burke, who spent two decades working at the US embassy in Saudi Arabia; Samantha Carl-Yodder, co-chair of Brownstein's international practice, as well as State Dept. veterans Thomas Wotka and Lauren Diekman.
The Kurdistan Regional Government of Iraq, which has been hit hard by the US/Iran war, has retained Continental Strategy to promote its interests among US policymakers, business leaders and key decision-makers.
Qorvis has signed a $35K per-month agreement to provide strategic communications to Morocco to further its effort to enhance its relationship with the US.
Ontario has retained Capitol Counsel to support its interests related to the free trade agreement between Canada, Mexico and the US. 
Mercury Public Affairs has agreed to perform PR, communications and government relations services for the 
Manchester Trade is working to promote US investment in the minerals-rich Democratic Republic of the Congo.
