John P. Schmitz

John P. Schmitz is a Managing Director at the Prime Policy Group, a premier bipartisan government relations and consulting firm in Washington, D.C. He helps direct the firm’s newly created Prime Policy Transatlantic Group, which will extend the firm’s reach to Europe.

Mr. Schmitz was formerly a principal in Bingham Consulting and a partner at Bingham McCutchen LLP. He represented U.S. and European companies in complex international transactions and regulatory matters, with a focus on antitrust, media and telecommunications, energy, and environmental issues. Mr. Schmitz has extensive experience with U.S. and German political regulatory concerns and has worked on numerous high-profile business and regulatory matters involving both American and German public policy and legal activities. His clients have included the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, General Electric, Bayer AG, Bertelsmann AG, Bosch GmbH, Deutsche Welle, Gillette, Pfizer, Eli Lilly GmbH, NBC, Airbus Americas Inc., Deutsche Telekom AG, Lufthansa AG, and Ford Motor Co.