The Harbour Group, LLC is a Washington D.C. lobbying and public relations firm.
History edit
Harbour Group was founded in 2001 by former Clinton administration senior advisor for policy and communications Joel Johnson,[1][2] who left in 2005 to join the Glover Park Group,[3] and Richard Marcus, who continued to lead it as of 2018[update].
Harbour Group formerly worked with the Alexander Strategy Group to provide access to Washington, D.C. decision makers, according to ASG's website, before ASG was dissolved in late 2005. The Harbour Group was associated with Swidler Berlin Shereff Friedman LLP, a Washington, D.C.-based law firm, until February 28, 2006, when that firm merged with Bingham McCutchen LLP.[4]
On September 27, 2001, Belle Haven Consultants, a Hong Kong consulting firm run by principals at The Heritage Foundation, hired the Alexander Strategy Group to represent Malaysian interests. According to U.S. Senate lobbying records, Belle Haven paid ASG US$620,000 over two years "on behalf of unspecified Malaysian business interests seeking to present a positive image of their country in the United States". Belle Haven also paid the Harbour Group, the Western Strategy Group, and a third lobbying firm another $640,000 to represent Malaysian interests at the same time.[5]
In 2021, the public affairs company Finsbury Glover Hering announced that it would be acquiring Harbour Group.[6]
References edit
- ^ "Clinton Alums on K Street". Washington Business Forward. February 2002. Archived from the original on 2007-02-02.
- ^ "Bios - Panel 3: Democrats 2004". U. Va. Center For Politics American Democracy Conference. 2002. Archived from the original on 2003-02-20.
- ^ "Thurgood Marshall, Jr. and Suzanne Spaulding Join The Harbour Group as Managing Directors". Harbour Group. January 10, 2005. Archived from the original on March 6, 2005.
- ^ "Alexander Strategy Group, Swidler Berlin Shereff Friedman and its Harbour Group Subsidiary Form Strategic Alliance". Mondaq. January 31, 2003.
- ^ Thomas B. Edsall (April 17, 2005). "Think Tank's Ideas Shifted As Malaysia Ties Grew: Business Interests Overlapped Policy". Washington Post.
- ^ Oprysko, Caitlin (6 October 2021). "King of Jordan brings on some PR help". Politico. Retrieved 21 August 2023.