Squire Patton Boggs
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Squire Patton Boggs (SPB) is an international law and lobbying firm with 46 offices in 21 countries.
It was formed in 2014 by the merger of multinational law firm Squire Sanders with Washington, D.C. based Patton Boggs.
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Lobbying services
According to official US records, SPB earned $19m in 2016 from lobbying services in the US ($25m in 2015; $32m in 2014).[1]
Brexit services
SPB has a dedicated Brexit service and website: www.brexitlegal.com.
It says: 'Since the UK’s decision to leave the European Union in June 2016 we have been providing our clients with support including undertaking careful analysis of the potential impact Brexit will have on them and the industries in which they operate.'[2]
Areas of law it says it can help with include 'international trade, regulated industries (e.g. financial services), tax and competition'.
Brexit team: political connections
SPB says its team to help steer clients through Brexit uncertainty includes:
- 'sitting members of the UK Parliament, former United States Trade Representative and WTO officials, Members of the European Parliament and senior regulators, as well as European Free Trade Association (EFTA) officials, ex-ambassadors and national government ministers.[3]
It isn't clear which UK Parliamentarians it currently employs.
It employed Conservative MP Jake Berry until he was appointed Northern Powerhouse Minister (for the Department of Communities and Local Government) in June 2017. Berry also accepted a donation of £10,000 in December 2015 from the firm for the sponsorship of a private party for MPs, which Berry co-hosted with three other MPs.[4]
However, in October 2017 SPB's Jeremy Cape tweeted that he was very pleased to have former International Development minister, James Wharton join the SPB team. On 23 October 2017, an article on Brexit by Wharton was posted on SPB's blog.[5]
Brexit team
Listed contacts for SPB's Brexit team:
- Peter Crossley in London
- Aline Doussin in London
- Wolfgang A. Maschek in Brussels
- Jens Rinze in Frankfurt
- Jeremy Cape in London
Clients
US lobbying clients
Lobbying clients in the US in 2017 include: (see Open Secrets[6] for a full list of clients. Amazon | Airbus | Nissan North America | Mars | Coca Cola | UnitedHealth Group | Shell | Sanderson Farms (US 3rd largest poultry producer) | Syngenta | Policy & Taxation Group | BAE Systems
UK clients
SPB says that it represents in the UK 'a number of household names including those within the retail, hospitality, manufacturing and architecture sectors'.[7]
It is not registered on the government's statutory register of consultant lobbyists.[8]
Contact
- Website: www.squirepattonboggs.com; www.brexitlegal.com
Notes
- ↑ SPB, Open Secrets website, accessed Nov 2017
- ↑ Brexit SPB website, accessed Nov 2017
- ↑ Brexit SPB website, accessed Nov 2017
- ↑ Berry register of interests, TheyWorkForYou, accessed Nov 2017
- ↑ EU Withdrawal, the missing Bill, SPB website, 23 October 2017
- ↑ SQP, Open Secrets, accessed Nov 2017
- ↑ 'Brexit and the Labour Market', written evidence, Parliament website, July 2017
- ↑ Registrar site, accessed Nov 2017
