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==Political ties==
 
==Political ties==
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===UK political links===
 
===UK political links===
 
*[[Francis Maude]]: In October 2016, former government minister [[Francis Maude]] was taken on as a senior adviser. A spokesperson for Covington said that Maude 'will be assisting the firm and its clients as they navigate complexities around Brexit'. Maude's profile on Covington's website says: 'Lord Maude forms part of a key panel of senior advisors guiding clients through the evolving post-Brexit vote landscape.'  
 
*[[Francis Maude]]: In October 2016, former government minister [[Francis Maude]] was taken on as a senior adviser. A spokesperson for Covington said that Maude 'will be assisting the firm and its clients as they navigate complexities around Brexit'. Maude's profile on Covington's website says: 'Lord Maude forms part of a key panel of senior advisors guiding clients through the evolving post-Brexit vote landscape.'  

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Formation1919
Founder•  J. Harry Covington
•  Edward B. Burling
HeadquartersWashington DC, USA
Member ofCentre for European Policy Studies/Corporate Members, Council on Foreign Relations/Corporate Members
Sponsor ofCenter for Global Development
Membership•  David Campion Acheson
• Dean Acheson.jpg Dean Acheson
•  Donald Alexander
•  Richard S. Arnold
•  Peter Balás
•  Howard Berman
•  Stephanos Bibas
• Carl Bildt.jpg Carl Bildt
• John R. Bolton.jpg John R. Bolton
•  Kit Bond
•  Michael Boudin
•  Steven G. Bradbury
•  Lanny Breuer
• William Bundy.jpg William Bundy
•  Vince Girdhari Chhabria
•  Abram Chayes
• Michael Chertoff.jpg Michael Chertoff
•  W. Graham Claytor Jr.
•  Christopher Reid Cooper
•  John Sherman Cooper
•  Malik R. Dahlan
•  Roderick Allen DeArment
• Joan Donoghue.webp Joan Donoghue
• No image available (photo).jpg John W. Douglas
•  John C. Dugan
• Stuart Eizenstat.jpg Stuart E. Eizenstat
•  Leecia Eve
•  Adrian S. Fisher
•  Roger Fisher
•  Ivan K. Fong
•  Gerhard Gesell
•  Haywood Stirling Gilliam Jr.
•  Jack L. Goldsmith
•  Lino Graglia
•  Coleman Hicks
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• Eric Holder.jpg Eric Holder
•  Charles Antone Horsky
•  Philip K. Howard
• Reed Hundt.jpg Reed Hundt
•  Nicholas Johnson
•  Michael Karlan
•  Harold Hongju Koh
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•  Alex Kozinski
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•  Michael Leigh
•  Robert D. Lenhard
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•  Eugene Ludwig
•  Kenneth W. Mack
•  Gerard Magliocca
•  Erika Mann
•  David Marchick
•  Burke Marshall
•  Francis Maude
•  James C. McKay
•  Roderick R. McKelvie
• David McGiffert.jpg David E. McGiffert
•  Richard Meserve
•  Alfred H. Moses
•  David Nason
•  Dawn Clark Netsch
•  Kevin Newsom
•  John W. Nields Jr.
•  John Lord O'Brian
•  Mary Ellen O'Connell
•  Roberts Bishop Owen
•  David Remes
•  Gary R. Roberts
•  George Rublee
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•  Jean De Ruyt
•  Arjun Singh Sethi
•  Andrew J. Shapiro
•  Brad Smith
Washington DC law firm with deep state connections

Covington & Burling LLP is a deep state connected Washington DC law firm. The firm advises clients on significant transactional, litigation, regulatory, and public policy matters. It has an alliance with Kissinger Associates.[1]

History

Judge J. Harry Covington and Edward Burling founded the law firm of Covington and Burling in Washington D.C. in 1919.

Covington, a Maryland congressman, had been appointed Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Washington D.C., by Woodrow Wilson as a reward for voting for the passage of the Federal Reserve Act. In 1918, Wilson appointed Covington as United States Railroad Commissioner. Covington was a director of Kennecott Copper and Union Trust. Wilson had also appointed Edward Burling chief counsel of the U.S. Shipping Board. He served in this post from 1917-1919, working closely with Herbert Hoover and Prentiss Gray, later of J. Henry Schroder Co.

Lobbying

Covington & Burling says its public policy and government affairs team employs 'more than 120 former government officials, diplomats, and regulators'. Its website lists a number of 'case studies' of work carried out by the team, including work for 'a global chemical company' facing a World Health Organization (WHO) classification of one of its key products as “probably carcinogenic,” but which other national regulatory bodies 'found to be safe'. Covington was asked to help 'develop a strategy to seek a public clarification from' the WHO.[2]

US lobbying

Its US lobbying clients include in 2017 (for a full list, see the Open Secrets website)[3] Qualcomm | Pharmaceutical Research & Manufacturers of America | Northrop Grumman | Wal-Mart | Celgene Corp | Microsoft | Bombardier | Consumer Healthcare Products Association | Eli Lilly | BAE Systems | BP | Johnson & Johnson | Wells Fargo | Merck | American Bankers Association

Brussels lobbying

Covington and Burling's Brussel's lobbying clients 2015-16:[4] Uber | Eli Lilly | Vertex Pharmaceuticals | Nike | IMS Health | Illumina | bluebird bio | European Tissue Symposium | General Electric | European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations | BSA The Software Alliance | Microsoft | Cubist Pharmaceuticals | Kosmos Energy | Akamai Technologies | Monster Energy Company | Merck | PJSC Myronivsky Hliboproduct (Ukrainian agro-industrial company, also known as MHP).

Brexit lobbying

In 2017 Covington & Burling set up a Brexit Task Force staffed by lawyers and advisors in London, Brussels, and Washington.

It says it is monitoring events for clients and advising them on the policy and regulatory impact and implications of Brexit, including around: employment and Immigration, data protection, and international trade.[5]

Political ties

UK political links

  • Francis Maude: In October 2016, former government minister Francis Maude was taken on as a senior adviser. A spokesperson for Covington said that Maude 'will be assisting the firm and its clients as they navigate complexities around Brexit'. Maude's profile on Covington's website says: 'Lord Maude forms part of a key panel of senior advisors guiding clients through the evolving post-Brexit vote landscape.'

Other European political links

  • Carl Bildt: in May 2016, Covington and Burling announced that Bildt, the former Prime Minister of Sweden, had joined the firm as a Senior Policy Advisor in its global Public Policy and Government Affairs practice. Most recently, Mr Bildt served as Sweden’s Minister for Foreign Affairs between 2006 and 2014.[6]
  • Peter Balás, senior advisor; Balas was recently Deputy Director General, DG Trade to the European Commission (2005-2014) and Head of the Support Group for the Ukraine in the European Commission (2014-2015); and before that Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Hungary to the World Trade Organisation.
  • Jean De Ruyt, senior advisor; described as 'among the most experienced diplomats in Europe', De Ruyt was Permanent Representative of B
  • http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost/access/416939251.html?dids=416939251:416939251&FMT=FT&FMTS=ABS:FT&fmac=&date=OCT+02%2C+2003&author=Judy+Sarasohn&desc=Making+an+Alliance+Official
  • Public Policy and Government Affairs, Covington website, accessed Nov 2017
  • Covington and Burling, Open Secrets, accessed Nov 2017
  • Covington and Burling, EU transparency register, accessed Nov 2017
  • [https://www.cov.com/en/news-and-insights/insights/2016/07/brexit-task-force-provides-insights-on-latest-developments Covington's Brexit Task Force Provides Insights on Latest Developments], Covington & Burling website, accessed Nov 2017
  • Former Prime Minister of Sweden Carl Bildt Joins Covington, C&B website, 19 May 2016