On November 20, 2024, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) unsealed an indictment against the Adani Group, charging its chairman Gautam Adani, his nephew Sagar Adani and other senior executives with orchestrating a “massive bribery scheme” to win energy contracts in India. This event changed the dynamics of the Adani Group’s newly initiated lobbying efforts in the US. From a modest commercial lobbying exercise, it turned into a targeted lobbying effort with two of most renowned legal and lobbying firms brought on board for what appears to have been a crisis management campaign.
Special | Facing US Indictment, Adani Group Has Launched a Massive Lobbying Campaign - The Wire
| Year | Total Spending | Key Firms Hired | Key Agencies Lobbied | Stated Purpose / Context |
| 2023 | $40,000 | Adani Solar USA (in-house) | Dept of Commerce, Dept of State, National Security Council, Export-Import Bank | Promoting its solar business and general trade issues. |
| 2024 | $70,000 | Akin, Gump | Dept of Commerce, Dept of State, National Security Council, White House | Officially for ‘supply chain issues,’ but hired the day after the DOJ indictment. |
| 2025 (first half) | $150,000 | Kirkland & Ellis, Quinn, Emanuel | Dept of State | Explicitly for ‘related criminal and civil matters’ in response to the indictment. |
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