ARES MANAGEMENT

Lobbying client · California · filed 2025 to 2026

Global alternative investment firm focused on credit, private equity, real assets

$640,000 Reported spend

12 Filings counted

3 Outside firms hired

2 Bills named

Spend is reported income plus in-house expenses across 12 filings. The LDA keeps a separate client record for every registrant that files for a client, so this page adds up 3 records, one per registrant listed below. Records are combined when the client name matches once case, punctuation and endings such as Inc. or LLC are set aside; for a city, county or port the state has to match as well. These filings have also been reported as ARES MANAGEMENT LLC.

Who filed for this client 3

BROWNSTEIN HYATT FARBER SCHRECK, LLP $450,000 Outside firm · 6 filings
CORNERSTONE GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS, INC. $160,000 Outside firm · 3 filings
THE WILLIAMS GROUP $30,000 Outside firm · 3 filings

Spend per registrant: fees an outside firm reported, or the costs the client reported for lobbying in-house. The rows add up to the total above.

Bills named in these filings 2

H.R. 2225
Access to Small Business Investor Capital Act

4 filings
H.R. 6644
21st Century ROAD to Housing Act

2 filings

Reported by year 2 years

2026 $320,000 8 filings
2025 $320,000 4 filings

Issues lobbied 4

The count is how many filings named that issue area. A filing reports one lump figure covering every issue on it, so the money above cannot be split between them.

Agencies and chambers lobbied 4

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 9
SENATE 9
Commerce, Dept of (DOC) 1
State, Dept of (DOS) 1

Recent filings 12 total

Q3 report

THE WILLIAMS GROUP

3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30) · House · Senate · $30,000 income · posted Oct 15, 2026

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CORNERSTONE GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS, INC.

3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30) · House · Senate · $80,000 income · posted Oct 7, 2026

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THE WILLIAMS GROUP

2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30) · House · Senate · posted Jul 20, 2026

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BROWNSTEIN HYATT FARBER SCHRECK, LLP

2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30) · House · Senate · $50,000 income · posted Jul 15, 2026

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CORNERSTONE GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS, INC.

2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30) · House · Senate · $80,000 income · posted Jul 14, 2026

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THE WILLIAMS GROUP

2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30) · posted Jul 2, 2026

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CORNERSTONE GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS, INC.

2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30) · posted May 26, 2026

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BROWNSTEIN HYATT FARBER SCHRECK, LLP

1st Quarter 2026 (Jan 1 - Mar 31) · House · Senate · $80,000 income · posted Apr 17, 2026

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BROWNSTEIN HYATT FARBER SCHRECK, LLP

4th Quarter 2025 (Oct 1 - Dec 31) · House · Senate · $80,000 income · posted Jan 19, 2026

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BROWNSTEIN HYATT FARBER SCHRECK, LLP

3rd Quarter 2025 (July 1 - Sep 30) · House · Senate · $80,000 income · posted Oct 17, 2025

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BROWNSTEIN HYATT FARBER SCHRECK, LLP

2nd Quarter 2025 (Apr 1 - June 30) · House · Senate · $80,000 income · posted Jul 18, 2025

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BROWNSTEIN HYATT FARBER SCHRECK, LLP

1st Quarter 2025 (Jan 1 - Mar 31) · $80,000 income · posted Apr 15, 2025

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Filings through October 15, 2026, the newest posted date on this record. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings, synced daily. Money is self-reported by the filer and often rounded. Lobbying is legal, disclosed activity.