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Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer is helping the Embassy of Uzbekistan's efforts to attract increased trade and investment in Central Asia’s most populous country.
Hired on Feb. 13, A&P is preparing a report due mid-March to show how the investment climate in Uzbekistan has improved during the past decade.
A&P is charging a special fee of $70K for the report, a discount from the firm’s commercial rates.
Thomas Shannon, A&P’s international policy advisor, is working on the Uzbekistan project. Earlier, he held the No. 3 post (under secretary of state for Political Affairs) at the State Dept. He helped manage US relations with the Russian Federation.
The US signed a pact with Uzbekistan on Feb. 18, which gives it better access to its reserves of gold, uranium and copper, along with critical minerals such as lithium and tungsten.
President Trump is working to boost US influence in Central Asia’s five former Soviet republics to counter Russian and Chinese clout in the region.
Uzbekistan president Shavkat Mirziyoyev attended the inaugural meeting of Trump’s Board of Peace that was held in DC last month.
Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck has agreed to provide government relations and PA services to the Kingdom of Morocco.
The Washington Media Group is providing strategic communications support for Qatar's Education City, home of satellite facilities of Weill Cornell Medicine, Carnegie Mellon, Georgetown and others.
DCI Group has signed a $250K monthly retainer contract to provide communications and government affairs services for the Commonwealth of the Bahamas.
DGA Group signs $42,500 monthly retainer pact to provide government affairs services to OCP North America, phosphate fertilizer operation owned by the Government of Morocco.
Qorvis is working with the embassy of Ghana to advance the mission of the country’s Millennium Excellence Foundation in the US.
