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Gulf State Analytics
Marathon Strategies subcontractor
(for KGL Investment)
Hired: May 2019
NEW Termination
Gulf State Analytics stopped working for Kuwait-based KGL Investment via Marathon Strategies on Feb. 11. The firm reported no activities in the first half of 2020.
Marathon Strategies
(for KGL Investment)
Hired: May 2019
Contract: $18,500/month
NEW Supplemental (termination)
(Nov. 1, 2019 – April 30, 2020)
Marathon Strategies stopped working for Kuwait-based KGL Investment (KGLI) on Feb. 11. The firm received $63,000 from the company in the six-month period ending April 30. Marathon declined to comment on whether the firm continues to work for law firm Crowell & Moring; the Port Fund, a KGLI investment vehicle; or any related entities.
SGR Government Affairs and Lobbying
(for Agility Public Warehousing Company)
Hired: July 2019
NEW Supplemental
(Oct. 1, 2019 – March 31, 2020)
In the six-month period ending March 31, SGR Government Relations & Lobbying was paid $180,000 by Kuwait-based logistics company Agility. Lobbyists from the firm met with 11 journalists for Agility.
Tricuro
(for Marsha Lazareva)
Hired: Aug. 2019
Contract: $35,000/month
NEW Supplemental
(Oct. 1, 2019 – March 31, 2020)
London-based Sanglier Media paid Tricuro $70,000 in the six-month period ending March 31 to coordinate PR and media relations efforts in support of Marsha Lazareva, the former CEO of Kuwait-based private equity firm KGL Investment who was convicted by a Kuwaiti court last year of swindling investors.
Fahmy Hudome International
(for KGL Investment)
Hired: March 2019
2019 fees: $150,000
NEW Q1 domestic lobbying termination
Fahmy Hudome International stopped lobbying for Kuwaiti private equity firm KGL Investment, which wants the United States to pressure Kuwait for the release of its former CEO, Marsha Lazareva, on March 1. The firm was paid $20,000 in the first quarter to lobby Congress and the State Department on “human rights, civil liberties and civil rights” related to Lazareva’s case.
Freeh Sporkin & Sullivan
(for KGL Investment)
Hired: Feb. 2019
NEW Q1 domestic lobbying filing
Freeh Sporkin & Sullivan reported no Q1 lobbying activity and less than $5,000 in fees for Kuwaiti private equity firm KGL Investment.
Squire Patton Boggs
Crowell & Moring subcontractor
(for KGL Investment)
Hired: Aug. 2019
2019 fees: $230,000
NEW Q1 domestic lobbying termination
Squire Patton Boggs stopped lobbying for Kuwaiti private equity firm KGL Investment, which wants the United States to pressure Kuwait for the release of its former CEO, Marsha Lazareva. Squire Patton Boggs, which was paid less than $5,000 in the first quarter and did not lobby in Q1, stopped lobbying for KGL Investment Jan. 1.
R & B Strategies
Crowell & Moring subcontractor
(for KGL Investment)
Hired: Feb. 2019
2019 fees: $140,000
NEW Q1 domestic lobbying termination
R&B Strategies stopped working for Kuwaiti private equity fund KGL Investment Jan. 2. The firm was paid $45,000 in the first quarter of 2020 and disclosed lobbying Congress and the State Department regarding “Defense contacts on Human Rights.”
Venable
(for Agility Public Warehousing Company)
Hired: March 2019
2019 fees: $180,000
NEW Q1 domestic lobbying filing
The Kuwait-based Agility Public Warehousing Company paid Venable $60,000 to lobby Congress on the annual defense authorization bill.
Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck
(for KGL Logistics)
Hired: Aug. 2018
2019 fees: $440,000
NEW Q1 domestic lobbying filing
Kuwait-based KGL Logistics paid Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck $110,000 to lobby the State Department, Defense Department and Congress on government contracting issues.