Burson-Marsteller worked for Saudi Arabia in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks in the US in 2001 and has offices both in Saudi Arabia and Dubai. (…) BM punches above its weight on two fronts there: both as an advocate of the EU project and its importance, and also as a paid lobbyist of multinationals who manipulate MEPs in the European Parliament by writing their own amendments to draft legislation – rules which invariably favor massive companies over smaller firms which get hit hard by new EU laws.