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Ballard Partners is making the case for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees as president Trump slashes US support for humanitarian organizations.
The Trump-connected firm will advocate on behalf of the US providing relief for refugees.
UNHCR serves 43.7 million refugees worldwide, along 122 million people driven from their homes by conflicts and natural disasters.
It is active in Syria, Sudan, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Bangladesh, and Myanmar.
UNHCR said “brutal funding cuts in the humanitarian sector are putting millions of lives at risk.”
The agency plans to reduce headcount, downsize headquarters and shutter regional offices.
It will be forced to cut or stop programs that provide food, clean water, medicines, and emergency shelter to desperate people.
Brian Ballard, a top Trump fundraiser, is working on the UNHCR push.
He is joined by Dan McFaul, chief of staff for Florida Congressman Matt Gaetz; and William Russell, an advisor for DC outreach during Trump’s 2024 campaign.
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.
