Lobbyist

PAGANO, ED

FILINGS KEY

Client Is Connected to China as Indicated in Filing
Client Is Connected to China as per Heritage Foundation Analysis
No Known Client Connection to China
Lobbying Terminated
Based on data as of April 24, 2026
Associated Filings (239)

Client
US CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

Lobby Firm
AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD

Filing Year
2025

Lobbying Status
Terminated 2025

Foreign Entities Connected to Client

None

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Client
DCI GROUP AZ LLC FKA DCI GROUP AZ LLC

Lobby Firm
AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD

Filing Year
2025

Lobbying Status
Active

Foreign Entities Connected to Client

None

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Client
TE CONNECTIVITY

Lobby Firm
AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD

Filing Year
2011

Lobbying Status
Active

Foreign Entities Connected to Client

Entity Name
Country
Ownership %
TE CONNECTIVITY, LTD.
Switzerland
100.0

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Client
KIDNEY CARE PARTNERS

Lobby Firm
AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD

Filing Year
2014

Lobbying Status
Terminated 2014

Foreign Entities Connected to Client

None

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Client
ASIAN AMERICAN HOTEL OWNERS ASSOCIATION

Lobby Firm
AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD

Filing Year
2014

Lobbying Status
Terminated 2016

Foreign Entities Connected to Client

None

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Client
SMALL UAV COALITION

Lobby Firm
AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD

Filing Year
2014

Lobbying Status
Terminated 2017

Foreign Entities Connected to Client

Entity Name
Country
Ownership %
PARROT SA
France
0.0
SZ DJI TECHNOLOGY CO LTD
China
0.0

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Client
PROJECT FROG INC

Lobby Firm
AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD

Filing Year
2014

Lobbying Status
Terminated 2015

Foreign Entities Connected to Client

None

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Client
HOFFMAN TOWN CENTER

Lobby Firm
AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD

Filing Year
2014

Lobbying Status
Terminated 2015

Foreign Entities Connected to Client

None

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Client
CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS OPERATING LLC

Lobby Firm
AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD

Filing Year
2015

Lobbying Status
Terminated 2016

Foreign Entities Connected to Client

None

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Client
IRVING PAPER LIMITED

Lobby Firm
AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD

Filing Year
2015

Lobbying Status
Terminated 2016

Foreign Entities Connected to Client

Entity Name
Country
Ownership %
GRAND FOREST HOLDINGS INCORPORATED
Canada
100.0

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Client
THRIVENT FINANCIAL

Lobby Firm
AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD

Filing Year
2015

Lobbying Status
Terminated 2016

Foreign Entities Connected to Client

None

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Client
KBR

Lobby Firm
AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD

Filing Year
2016

Lobbying Status
Terminated 2018

Foreign Entities Connected to Client

None

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Client
USAFUNDS

Lobby Firm
AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD

Filing Year
2016

Lobbying Status
Terminated 2017

Foreign Entities Connected to Client

None

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Client
IRONSHORE HOLDINGS US INC

Lobby Firm
AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD

Filing Year
2016

Lobbying Status
Terminated 2017

Foreign Entities Connected to Client

Entity Name
Country
Ownership %
FOSUN CAPITAL HOLDINGS LIMITED
Hong Kong
80.0
FOSUN FINANCIAL HOLDINGS LIMITED
Hong Kong
20.0
FOSUN HOLDINGS LIMITED
Hong Kong
71.0
FOSUN INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS LTD.
Virgin Islands (British)
71.0
FOSUN INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
Hong Kong
100.0
GUO GUANGCHANG
Hong Kong
46.0
IRONSHORE INSURANCE, LTD.
Bermuda
100.0
IRONSHORE, INC.
Bermuda
100.0
METTLESOME INVESTMENTS LIMITED
Hong Kong
20.0
METTLESOME INVESTMENTS LTD. I, II, AND III (CAYMAN)
Cayman Islands
80.0
ULTIMATE OASIS LIMITED
Hong Kong
80.0

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Client
OSCAR CERNA

Lobby Firm
AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD

Filing Year
2016

Lobbying Status
Terminated 2016

Foreign Entities Connected to Client

None

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Client
OSCAR CERNA

Lobby Firm
AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD

Filing Year
2017

Lobbying Status
Terminated 2017

Foreign Entities Connected to Client

None

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Client
INFOSYS LIMITED

Lobby Firm
AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD

Filing Year
2016

Lobbying Status
Terminated 2017

Foreign Entities Connected to Client

None

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Client
ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE

Lobby Firm
AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD

Filing Year
2017

Lobbying Status
Terminated 2018

Foreign Entities Connected to Client

None

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Client
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AMERICA CORP

Lobby Firm
AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD

Filing Year
2017

Lobbying Status
Terminated 2020

Foreign Entities Connected to Client

Entity Name
Country
Ownership %
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG
Germany
100.0

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Client
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AMERICA CORP

Lobby Firm
AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD

Filing Year
2021

Lobbying Status
Terminated 2024

Foreign Entities Connected to Client

Entity Name
Country
Ownership %
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG
Germany
100.0

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Client
MDIF MEDIA PARTNERS I LP

Lobby Firm
AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD

Filing Year
2017

Lobbying Status
Terminated 2022

Foreign Entities Connected to Client

None

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Client
CRANEMASTERS INC

Lobby Firm
AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD

Filing Year
2018

Lobbying Status
Terminated 2020

Foreign Entities Connected to Client

None

Lobbyists

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Client
AARON'S INC

Lobby Firm
AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD

Filing Year
2018

Lobbying Status
Terminated 2020

Foreign Entities Connected to Client

None

Lobbyists

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Client
VIZIO INC

Lobby Firm
AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD

Filing Year
2018

Lobbying Status
Terminated 2022

Foreign Entities Connected to Client

None

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Client
PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES INC

Lobby Firm
AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD

Filing Year
2018

Lobbying Status
Terminated 2022

Foreign Entities Connected to Client

None

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Client
ARCOSA INC

Lobby Firm
AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD

Filing Year
2018

Lobbying Status
Active

Foreign Entities Connected to Client

None

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Client
INTERNATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCE COMPANY

Lobby Firm
AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD

Filing Year
2019

Lobbying Status
Terminated 2020

Foreign Entities Connected to Client

None

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Client
FEDERATED WIRELESS INC

Lobby Firm
AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD

Filing Year
2019

Lobbying Status
Terminated 2024

Foreign Entities Connected to Client

None

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Client
TUBE TRANSPORT FKA HYPERLOOP AMERICA INC

Lobby Firm
AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD

Filing Year
2019

Lobbying Status
Terminated 2020

Foreign Entities Connected to Client

None

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Client
CITY OF ST LOUIS DBA FLY 314 COALITION

Lobby Firm
AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD

Filing Year
2019

Lobbying Status
Terminated 2020

Foreign Entities Connected to Client

None

Lobbyists

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Client
ISM CONNECT

Lobby Firm
AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD

Filing Year
2019

Lobbying Status
Terminated 2020

Foreign Entities Connected to Client

None

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Client
COOK GROUP INC

Lobby Firm
AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD

Filing Year
2019

Lobbying Status
Terminated 2021

Foreign Entities Connected to Client

None

Lobbyists

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Client
AMERINAT LLP

Lobby Firm
AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD

Filing Year
2019

Lobbying Status
Terminated 2020

Foreign Entities Connected to Client

None

Lobbyists

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Client
OC OERLIKON MANAGEMENT AG

Lobby Firm
AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD

Filing Year
2020

Lobbying Status
Terminated 2024

Foreign Entities Connected to Client

None

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Client
NATIONAL SPECTRUM CONSORTIUM

Lobby Firm
AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD

Filing Year
2020

Lobbying Status
Terminated 2020

Foreign Entities Connected to Client

None

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Client
AMERICAN CRUISE LINES

Lobby Firm
AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD

Filing Year
2020

Lobbying Status
Terminated 2024

Foreign Entities Connected to Client

None

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Client
MICHAELS COMPANIES INC

Lobby Firm
AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD

Filing Year
2020

Lobbying Status
Terminated 2021

Foreign Entities Connected to Client

None

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Client
1HUDDLE INC

Lobby Firm
AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD

Filing Year
2020

Lobbying Status
Terminated 2020

Foreign Entities Connected to Client

None

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Client
NATIONAL IMMIGRATION LAW CENTER

Lobby Firm
AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD

Filing Year
2021

Lobbying Status
Terminated 2022

Foreign Entities Connected to Client

None

Lobbyists

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Client
SIG SAUER INC

Lobby Firm
AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD

Filing Year
2020

Lobbying Status
Terminated 2022

Foreign Entities Connected to Client

Entity Name
Country
Ownership %
L&O HOLDING GMBH & CO, KG
Germany
100.0

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Client
SIG SAUER INC

Lobby Firm
AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD

Filing Year
2024

Lobbying Status
Active

Foreign Entities Connected to Client

Entity Name
Country
Ownership %
L&O HOLDING GMBH & CO, KG
Germany
100.0

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Client
COALITION TO STOP RESTAURANT TARIFFS

Lobby Firm
AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD

Filing Year
2020

Lobbying Status
Terminated 2023

Foreign Entities Connected to Client

None

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Client
NATIONAL FIRE PROTECTION ASSOCIATION

Lobby Firm
AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD

Filing Year
2025

Lobbying Status
Active

Foreign Entities Connected to Client

None

Lobbyists

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Client
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION

Lobby Firm
AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD

Filing Year
2021

Lobbying Status
Terminated 2022

Foreign Entities Connected to Client

None

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Client
FIREEYE INC

Lobby Firm
AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD

Filing Year
2021

Lobbying Status
Terminated 2022

Foreign Entities Connected to Client

None

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Client
AON SERVICE CORPORATION

Lobby Firm
AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD

Filing Year
2021

Lobbying Status
Terminated 2022

Foreign Entities Connected to Client

Entity Name
Country
Ownership %
AON PLC
United Kingdom
100.0

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Client
ANT GROUP CO LTD

Lobby Firm
AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD

Filing Year
2021

Lobbying Status
Active

Foreign Entities Connected to Client

Entity Name
Country
Ownership %
ALIBABA GROUP
China
32.0
HANGZHOU JUNAO EQUITY INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIP
China
20.0
HANGZHOU JUNHAN EQUITY INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIP
China
29.0

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Client
PACIFIC ARCHITECTS AND ENGINEERS LLC

Lobby Firm
AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD

Filing Year
2021

Lobbying Status
Terminated 2021

Foreign Entities Connected to Client

None

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Client
WE ACT COALITION

Lobby Firm
AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD

Filing Year
2021

Lobbying Status
Terminated 2021

Foreign Entities Connected to Client

None

Lobbyists

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Client
FREEPOINT COMMODITIES LLC

Lobby Firm
AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD

Filing Year
2021

Lobbying Status
Active

Foreign Entities Connected to Client

None

Lobbyists

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Client
NATIONAL RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION

Lobby Firm
AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD

Filing Year
2021

Lobbying Status
Terminated 2021

Foreign Entities Connected to Client

None

Lobbyists

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Client
CENTER FOR SPORTFISHING POLICY

Lobby Firm
AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD

Filing Year
2021

Lobbying Status
Terminated 2025

Foreign Entities Connected to Client

None

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Client
COMMUNICARE

Lobby Firm
AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD

Filing Year
2021

Lobbying Status
Terminated 2021

Foreign Entities Connected to Client

None

Lobbyists

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Client
VR GLOBAL PARTNERS LP

Lobby Firm
AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD

Filing Year
2021

Lobbying Status
Terminated 2022

Foreign Entities Connected to Client

None

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Client
ATTENTIVE MOBILE INC

Lobby Firm
AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD

Filing Year
2021

Lobbying Status
Terminated 2025

Foreign Entities Connected to Client

None

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Client
BRIAN DEBUSK

Lobby Firm
AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD

Filing Year
2021

Lobbying Status
Terminated 2022

Foreign Entities Connected to Client

None

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Foreign Entities Connected to Client

None

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Client
SHEIN TECHNOLOGY LLC

Lobby Firm
AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD

Filing Year
2022

Lobbying Status
Terminated 2025

Foreign Entities Connected to Client

Entity Name
Country
Ownership %
INFINITE FASHION ECOMMERCE LIMITED
Ireland
100.0
ROADGET BUSINESS PTE., LTD.
Singapore
100.0
No Chinese entities declared; only Infinite Fasion Ecommerce Limited, based in Dublin, Ireland, and Roadget Business Pte., Ltd., based in Singapore, are listed as 100 percent owners of the client. However, according to WireScreen, Roadget Business Pte. Ltd. is "Shein's legalentity operating the company's global website," which in turn fully owns the Shein International Import and Export Company Limited, a Chinese company based in Guangdong, China. According to the Economist, the company was previously headquartered in China, before it moved its headquarters to Singapore. The company still maintains significant production in China.

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Client
MACOM TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS

Lobby Firm
AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD

Filing Year
2022

Lobbying Status
Active

Foreign Entities Connected to Client

None

Lobbyists

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Client
ELLIOTT INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LP

Lobby Firm
AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD

Filing Year
2022

Lobbying Status
Terminated 2024

Foreign Entities Connected to Client

None

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Client
IMMIGRATION HUB LLC

Lobby Firm
AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD

Filing Year
2023

Lobbying Status
Terminated 2025

Foreign Entities Connected to Client

None

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Client
CROWELL & MORING LLP OBO VICTIMS OF STATE SPONSORED TERRORISM

Lobby Firm
AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD

Filing Year
2022

Lobbying Status
Terminated 2022

Foreign Entities Connected to Client

None

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Client
SNAP INC

Lobby Firm
AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD

Filing Year
2023

Lobbying Status
Active

Foreign Entities Connected to Client

None

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Client
MILLIKEN & COMPANY

Lobby Firm
AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD

Filing Year
2023

Lobbying Status
Active

Foreign Entities Connected to Client

None

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Client
SARONIC INC

Lobby Firm
AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD

Filing Year
2023

Lobbying Status
Active

Foreign Entities Connected to Client

None

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Client
METGLAS INC

Lobby Firm
AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD

Filing Year
2023

Lobbying Status
Terminated 2023

Foreign Entities Connected to Client

Entity Name
Country
Ownership %
BAIN CAPITAL FUND XII, L.P.
Cayman Islands
34.9
BCPE DYNAMO CAYMAN, L.P.
Cayman Islands
88.3
BCPE DYNAMO HOLDINGS CAYMAN, L.P.
Cayman Islands
66.4
BCPE DYNAMO INTERMEDIATE HOLDINGS CAYMAN, L.P.
Cayman Islands
88.3
K.K. BCJ-51
Japan
100.0
K.K. BCJ-52
Japan
100.0
PROTERIAL, LTD.
Japan
100.0

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Client
PEOPLE CENTER INC

Lobby Firm
AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD

Filing Year
2023

Lobbying Status
Terminated 2023

Foreign Entities Connected to Client

None

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Client
PEOPLE CENTER INC

Lobby Firm
AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD

Filing Year
2024

Lobbying Status
Terminated 2025

Foreign Entities Connected to Client

None

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Client
TRINA SOLAR US HOLDING INC

Lobby Firm
AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD

Filing Year
2023

Lobbying Status
Terminated 2025

Foreign Entities Connected to Client

Entity Name
Country
Ownership %
TRINA SOLAR CO., LTD.
China
100.0

Lobbyists

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Client
POSCO AMERICA

Lobby Firm
AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD

Filing Year
2023

Lobbying Status
Active

Foreign Entities Connected to Client

Entity Name
Country
Ownership %
POSCO
South Korea
100.0

Lobbyists

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Client
ATLANTIC AVIATION HOLDINGS CORPORATION

Lobby Firm
AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD

Filing Year
2023

Lobbying Status
Active

Foreign Entities Connected to Client

None

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Client
DOMA HOLDINGS INC

Lobby Firm
AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD

Filing Year
2023

Lobbying Status
Terminated 2023

Foreign Entities Connected to Client

None

Lobbyists

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Client
REALPAGE INC

Lobby Firm
AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD

Filing Year
2023

Lobbying Status
Active

Foreign Entities Connected to Client

None

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Client
RT VANDERBILT HOLDING COMPANY INC

Lobby Firm
AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD

Filing Year
2023

Lobbying Status
Active

Foreign Entities Connected to Client

None

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Client
SOCIETY OF MANUFACTURING ENGINEERS

Lobby Firm
AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD

Filing Year
2024

Lobbying Status
Terminated 2025

Foreign Entities Connected to Client

None

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Client
FAIR ISAAC CORPORATION FICO

Lobby Firm
AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD

Filing Year
2024

Lobbying Status
Active

Foreign Entities Connected to Client

None

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Client
ORANGE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEYS OFFICE

Lobby Firm
AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD

Filing Year
2024

Lobbying Status
Terminated 2025

Foreign Entities Connected to Client

None

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Client
DENSITY INC

Lobby Firm
AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD

Filing Year
2024

Lobbying Status
Terminated 2025

Foreign Entities Connected to Client

None

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Client
SMACK TECHNOLOGIES INC

Lobby Firm
AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD

Filing Year
2024

Lobbying Status
Active

Foreign Entities Connected to Client

None

Lobbyists

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Client
SHARDA USA LLC

Lobby Firm
AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD

Filing Year
2024

Lobbying Status
Terminated 2025

Foreign Entities Connected to Client

Entity Name
Country
Ownership %
SHARDA CROPCHEM LIMITED
India
100.0

Lobbyists

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Client
AFLAC INC

Lobby Firm
AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD

Filing Year
2025

Lobbying Status
Active

Foreign Entities Connected to Client

None

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Client
ASTRANIS SPACE TECHNOLOGIES CORP

Lobby Firm
AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD

Filing Year
2025

Lobbying Status
Active

Foreign Entities Connected to Client

None

Lobbyists

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Client
AMERICAN AIRLINES INC

Lobby Firm
AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD

Filing Year
2016

Lobbying Status
Terminated 2020

Foreign Entities Connected to Client

None

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Client
VOLKSWAGEN GROUP OF AMERICA INC

Lobby Firm
AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD

Filing Year
2021

Lobbying Status
Active

Foreign Entities Connected to Client

Entity Name
Country
Ownership %
PORSCHE AUTOMOBIL
Germany
31.0
VOLKSWAGEN AG
Germany
100.0

Lobbyists

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