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Our CEO and Global Practice Managing Director Jason Descamps wraps up a few weeks in Washington, D.C., bringing back his top 10 insights on the differences in government relations / public affairs cultures, practices, and positioning in the professional ecosystem between US and EU lobbyists.

By Jason Descamps, Mavence CEO and Managing Director Global Practice Having just wrapped up a recent trip to Washington, D.C. as part of our work expanding our global talent and executive advisory footprint, I was struck by all the ways that lobbying feels distinctly different in the US, even if the underlying DNA of government […]

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