Ballard Partners Expands Ballard Global Alliance Through Strategic Partnership with Farrant Group in Dubai
Ballard Partners Expands Ballard Global Alliance Through Strategic Partnership with Farrant Group in Dubai
Partnership Adds the Alliance’s First Member Firm in the United Arab Emirates
WASHINGTON, D.C. and DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – Ballard Partners, a leading international government relations and public affairs firm, today announced the expansion of the Ballard Global Alliance through a strategic partnership with Farrant Group, a global strategic communications firm with offices in Dubai and London.
The partnership marks a significant milestone for both firms. For Ballard Partners, Farrant Group becomes the Alliance’s first member firm in the United Arab Emirates, complementing Ballard’s offices in Riyadh, Tel Aviv, and Istanbul and strengthening the firm’s ability to serve clients across the Middle East. For Farrant Group, the collaboration provides its clients with direct access to Ballard Partners’ bipartisan team of lobbyists in Washington, D.C., and across the United States.
“We are delighted to welcome Farrant Group to the Ballard Global Alliance,” said Brian Ballard, President and Founder of Ballard Partners. “Dubai has become one of the world’s great crossroads for diplomacy, capital, and commerce, and Farrant Group has earned the trust of governments and leaders operating in some of the most demanding and closely watched environments anywhere. Together, we will give our clients seamless, coordinated counsel from Washington to the Gulf and beyond.”
Farrant Group advises and supports governments, institutions, and private individuals around the world to build, protect, and enhance their reputations. The firm has advised more than 25 national governments and senior leaders, as well as high-profile individuals, family enterprises, and multinational organizations. Its work spans government, politics and elections; profile development; crisis and reputation management; content and branding; litigation and disputes; and research, strategy and insights.
Michael Farrant, Founder and CEO, said: “Rarely has geopolitics shifted so rapidly. Clients are facing growing challenges, global in scope, which they must navigate as effectively as possible with the best strategic support. Farrant Group is delighted to be working with Ballard Partners in this regard and looks forward to a collaboration that delivers the results clients have come to expect.”
Through this alliance, Ballard Partners and Farrant Group will jointly offer a comprehensive suite of services to clients with interests in the United States, the United Arab Emirates, and the United Kingdom, including:
- Government and Public Affairs: Strategic counsel and representation before legislative and executive branch decision-makers, ensuring clients’ interests are effectively advanced.
- Strategic Communications: Design and execution of integrated campaigns to shape public understanding and build support for clients’ priorities.
- Crisis and Reputation Management: Monitoring political and regulatory developments and deploying rapid-response strategies to protect clients’ reputations and operations.
- Litigation and Regulatory Communications: Communications strategy, developed alongside legal counsel, for clients facing high-stakes legal and regulatory challenges.
- Market Access and Business Development: Guidance on entering new markets and facilitating introductions between clients and key stakeholders in each market.
Each firm will continue to operate independently under its existing management.
About Ballard Partners
Ballard Partners has been named by state and national publications as the leading government affairs firm in Florida and as one of the top firms in the nation’s capital. The Florida-based firm, with offices in Washington, D.C., Los Angeles, Sacramento, Boston, Chicago, Tallahassee, Miami, Tampa, Fort Lauderdale, West Palm Beach, Jacksonville, Orlando, Sarasota, Fort Myers, Honolulu, Tel Aviv, Istanbul, Riyadh, Caracas, Budapest and Warsaw
combines extensive experience in government affairs with unwavering advocacy to maximize results
for the clients they serve.
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