As Canada prepared to swear in a new prime minister amid an escalating trade war with the Trump administration, the country’s provinces have turned to K Street for help finding leverage to ride out the storm, according to documents filed with the Justice Department. Several weeks before Trump took office, Capitol Counsel announced its own cross-border partnership with the Canadian firm Rubicon Strategy Inc.

The American Football Coaches Association, whose 11,000 members coach players from high school to the NFL, has tapped Capitol Counsel to give the profession a broad and unified voice as the debate in Washington plays out over the coming years.

George Sifakis and Michael Lamoureux are joining Capitol Counsel as partners, and John Martin has been promoted to lead the firm’s health care practice, beefing up their Trump bona fides.