 Bob Ferguson |
The Ashcroft Law Firm, which received a $2.5M retainer from Qatar in June, has tapped The Hawksbill Group to strengthen the Gulf State's anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism compliance programs.
THG will review documents, provide strategic communications counsel, conduct interviews and engage in outreach to US government officials and policy people on behalf of the Qataris.
Three top General Motors executives, who helped guide the No. 1 US automaker through bankruptcy, launched Hawksbill, which is named after an endangered sea turtle.
Bob Ferguson, who heads the firm, served as GM's senior VP-global public policy. Tim Lee was the automaker's executive VP-global manufacturing/China chairman, while Jaime Ardila held the South America president post.
TALF, which is the firm of former Attorney General and Missouri Senator John Ashcroft, pays THG $165K for the six-month contract that went into effect Aug. 1.
Qatar, which has been under an economic boycott from its Arab neighbors since June, is the home of the US Central Command and 10K American troops.
The Gulf Cooperation Council imposed the boycott for Qatar's close ties with Iran, with which it shares an offshore natural gas field, and alleged support of extremist groups.
Qatar denies ties to extremists.
THG donates a portion of its profit to the Florida Hawksbill Project.
Former Georgia Republican Congressman Tom Graves is representing the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, positioning the country as a reliable partner with the US.
Bridges Partners is running an influencer campaign on behalf of Israel to promote the cultural interchange between it and the US.
San Diego’s Show Faith by Works is spreading pro-Israel messaging to Christian groups in the western US on behalf of the country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
KNP Communications has lined up a contract to provide media training to members of Canada’s US embassy.
The firm of Donald Trump’s former campaign manager Brad Parscale has a four-month $6M agreement for strategic communications and media services in support of Havas Media’s engagement by Israel to develop a nationwide campaign in the US to combat antisemitism.
