Shein’s Mark Aitken registered to lobby for the retailer as well, as the company looks to weather bipartisan criticism over its labor practices and possible exploitation of trade and tax loopholes - in addition to scrutiny over its ties to the Chinese government. She moved over to the White House last year to help confirm Biden’s Fed nominees before leaving in March 2022 to work as an independent consultant, according to Attapit’s LinkedIn. Trade Representative Katherine Tai’s liaison to state and local elected officials, and later to the private sector as well. Attapit joined the Biden administration in its early days as U.S. government relations and registered as one of Shein’s first in-house lobbyists last month, according to newly filed disclosures. Sirat Attapit joined the e-commerce site in April as its vice president of U.S. SHEIN HIRES BIDEN USTR OFFICIAL: Fast fashion giant Shein has hired a former Biden administration trade official to help lead its efforts to charm Washington amid scrutiny on the Hill. He was also a fundraiser for Kamala Harris during her presidential campaign before becoming a bundler for President Joe Biden, and was named to Biden’s FCC transition team and endorsed by the Congressional Black Caucus to chair the agency.
Prior to joining DLA Piper, Smith spent around a decade in federal telecom agencies and ran for D.C. He’ll report to Mark Nelson, the carrier’s general counsel and executive vice president.
Smith will become the carrier’s senior vice president of public policy and government affairs following the October departure of Kathleen O’Brien Ham, who is retiring as senior vice president of government affairs after two decades with T-Mobile. He also led the firm’s telecom practice, where he helped T-Mobile steer its blockbuster merger with Sprint through regulatory hurdles. office and overseeing a merger of the firm’s regulatory and lobbying practices. Smith has been at DLA Piper for more than half a decade, most recently serving as managing partner of its D.C. DLA PIPER’S SMITH JUMPS TO T-MOBILE: Veteran telecom attorney Edward “Smitty” Smith is headed to T-Mobile to help head up the company’s lobbying operation.
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