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Ballard Partners has landed Breitling, the Swiss luxury watchmaker, for guidance related to trade and tariffs.
President Donald Trump has slapped a 39 percent tariff on Switzerland’s imports to the US. That levy is more than twice the 15 percent tariff that Trump placed on European Union imports of autos and auto parts, pharmaceuticals and semiconductors.
Trump appeared at the US Open men’s singles championship on Sept 7 as a guest of Switzerland-based Rolex CEO Jean-Frederic Dufour.
Brian Ballard, a key Trump fundraiser, and Hunter Morgen, a special advisor to the president in Trump’s first administration, handle the Breitling business.
Leon Breitling founded the watchmaker in 1884. It is the “official timepiece partner of the National Football League." Cost of New York Giants edition Breitling watches range from $4,400 to $9,200.
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.
