Lobbying Relationship

Client

SPI Group SA

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Lobbying firm

APCO WORLDWIDE INC.

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  • Advocacy on behalf of SPI executives on their US business activities.

Duration: to

General Issues: Foreign Relations

Spending: about $460,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2008: House of Representatives, U.S. Senate, State - Dept of (DOS), Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS), Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS),, White House Office, State - Dept of (DOS),

Related Foreign Entities: SPI Group Sarl (Lumembourg, LUX); contribution to lobbying: $0; ownership 100%; Mr. Yuri Shefler (London, GBR); contribution to lobbying: $0; ownership 0%

Lobbyists

Lobbyists named here were listed on a filing related to this lobbying engagement. They may not be working on it now. Occasionally, a single lobbyist whose name is spelled two different ways on filings may be represented twice here.

Lobbyist Covered positions?
A. Elizabeth Jones Ambassador to Kazakhstan Assistant Secretary for Europe and Eurasia, US State Dept. Asst Secy for Europe and Eurasia, US Dept of State Asst Sec for Europe and Eurasia, US Dept of State
Don Riegle US Senator
Don Bonker Member, US House of Representatives Member, U.S. House of Representatives
Paul Clayman Chief Counsel, Senate Foreign Relations Committee Office of the Legal Advisor, US State Dept. Office of the General Counsel, USTR
Brian McLaughlin Research Asst., Senate Homeland Security Research Asst., Sen. Richard Durbin Research Asst., Senate Homeland Security Comm.
Jon Gregory Paid Intern, House Recording Studio Legislative Assistant, Rep. Norman Sisisky
Bob Bissen Legislative Asst., Sen. Robert W. Kasten Intergovernmental Affairs Spec., US Energy Dept.
Ariuna Namsrai n/a

Disclosures Filed

Once a lobbying engagement begins, the lobbyist or firm is required to file updates four times a year. Those updates sometimes change which lobbyists are involved or add new issues being discussed. When lobbyists stop working for a client, the firm is also supposed to file a report disclosing the end of the relationship.

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Source: Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives and Secretary of the Senate

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