TAX
Qualcomm Inc. hired Capitol Tax Partners LLP to work on issues related to international tax policy. Jonathan Talisman, assistant secretary for tax policy at the Treasury Department during the Clinton administration, will work on the account.
Juul Labs Inc. hired Miller & Chevalier Chartered to work on issues related to excise taxes on vapor products. Jorge Castro, former counselor to the IRS commissioner from 2010 to 2013, will work on the account.
The Global Business Alliance hired Holland & Knight LLP to work on issues related to international tax reform. Joshua Odintz, a Treasury Department official during the Obama administration, will work on the account.
FINANCE
Visa Inc. hired 535 Group LLC to work on issues related to banking and finance. Jefferies Murray, former chief of staff to ex-Rep. Bud Cramer (D-Ala.), will work on the account.
ENERGY
Alibaba Group hired Holland & Knight LLP to work on issues related to export promotion and e-commerce and to lobby the Senate’s China competitiveness bill. Todd Wooten, former professional staff to Democrats on the Senate Finance Committee, will work on the account.
Our Next Energy Inc. hired The Vogel Group to work on issues related to high energy density batteries. Alex Vogel, former chief counsel to ex-Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.), will work on the account.
INFRASTRUCTURE
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority in New York hired Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck LLP to work on infrastructure issues. Nadeam Elshami, former chief of staff to Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), will work on the account.
Updated at 9:53 a.m.