Editing Rudy Giuliani (section)

== Other post-mayoral ventures ==

=== Giuliani Partners ===
{{Main|Giuliani Partners}}

After leaving the New York City mayor's office, Giuliani founded a security consulting business, Giuliani Partners LLC, in 2002, a firm that has been categorized by multiple media outlets as a lobbying entity capitalizing on Giuliani's name recognition,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/01-07-2007/news/story/486423p-409552c.html |work=[[New York Daily News]] |title=Rudy Inc., or Rudy sink? Mayor's client roster could hurt '08 hopes |last1=Saltonstall |first1=David |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070211063741/http://www.nydailynews.com/01-07-2007/news/story/486423p-409552c.html |archive-date=February 11, 2007 |date=January 7, 2007 |access-date=May 17, 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://nymag.com/nymetro/news/sept11/features/n_7689/ |date=September 6, 2002 |title=American Idol |work=[[New York (magazine)|New York magazine]] |page=3 |first=Chris |last=Smith |access-date=May 25, 2017}}</ref> and which has been the subject of allegations surrounding staff hired by Giuliani and due to the firm's chosen client base.<ref name="Solomon-2007"/> Over five years, Giuliani Partners earned more than $100{{spaces}}million.<ref name="Solomon-2007">{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/12/AR2007051201270_pf.html |title=In Private Sector, Giuliani Parlayed Fame Into Wealth |last1=Solomon |first1=John |last2=Mosk |first2=Matthew |name-list-style=amp |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=May 13, 2007 |access-date=June 8, 2007}}</ref>

In June 2007, he stepped down as CEO and chairman of Giuliani Partners,<ref name="Brune-2007">{{cite news|url=http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/ny-usrudy055488144dec05,0,6737667.story |title=Rudy no longer firm CEO |last=Brune |first=Tom |work=[[Newsday]] |date=December 5, 2007 |access-date=December 6, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071206115153/http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/ny-usrudy055488144dec05%2C0%2C6737667.story |archive-date=December 6, 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref> although this action was not made public until December 4, 2007;<ref>{{cite news |agency=[[Associated Press]] |title=Giuliani resigns as head of firm, calls his work there 'totally legal' |url=http://archive.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2007/12/05/giuliani_resigns_as_head_of_firm_calls_his_work_there_totally_legal/ |work=[[The Boston Globe]] |date=December 5, 2007 |access-date=December 6, 2007 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090626231207/http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2007/12/05/giuliani_resigns_as_head_of_firm_calls_his_work_there_totally_legal/ |archive-date=June 26, 2009}}</ref> he maintained his equity interest in the firm.<ref name="Brune-2007" /> Giuliani subsequently returned to active participation in the firm following the election. In late 2009, Giuliani announced that they had a security consulting contract with [[Rio de Janeiro]], Brazil regarding the [[2016 Summer Olympics]].<ref name="Martin-2009" /> He faced criticism in 2012 for advising people once allied with [[Slobodan Milošević]] who had lauded Serbian war criminals.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.tabletmag.com/jewish-news-and-politics/100536/rudy-giulianis-new-low |last=Kirchick |first=James |author-link=James Kirchick |date=May 24, 2012 |title=Rudy Giuliani's New Low |work=Tablet Magazine |access-date=May 25, 2012}}</ref>
[[File:Tomislav Nikolic & Rudy Giuliani-mc.rs.jpg|right|thumb|Serbian president [[Tomislav Nikolić]] and Giuliani at a joint press conference, 2012]]

=== Bracewell & Giuliani ===
{{Main|Bracewell LLP}}

In 2005, Giuliani joined the law firm of Bracewell & Patterson LLP (renamed Bracewell & Giuliani LLP) as a name partner and basis for the expanding firm's new New York office.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/30/nyregion/giuliani-to-be-partner-in-texas-law-firm.html |access-date=May 17, 2023 |title=Giuliani to Be Partner in Texas Law Firm |last1=Healy |first1=Patrick D. |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=March 30, 2005}}</ref> When he joined the Texas-based firm he brought Marc Mukasey, the son of [[United States Attorney General|Attorney General]] [[Michael Mukasey]], into the firm.

Despite a busy schedule, Giuliani was highly active in the day-to-day business of the law firm, which was a high-profile supplier of legal and lobbying services to the oil, gas, and energy industries. Its aggressive defense of pollution-causing coal-fired power plants threatened to cause political risk for Giuliani, but association with the firm helped Giuliani achieve fund-raising success in Texas.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/02/us/politics/02giuliani.html |title=Giuliani's Tie to Texas Law Firm May Pose Risk |work=[[The New York Times]] |last1=Buettner |first1=Russ |date=May 2, 2007 |access-date=May 17, 2023 }}</ref> In 2006, Giuliani acted as the lead counsel and lead spokesmen for Bracewell & Giuliani client [[Purdue Pharma]], the makers of [[OxyContin]], during their negotiations with federal prosecutors over charges that the pharmaceutical company misled the public about OxyContin's addictive properties. The agreement reached resulted in Purdue Pharma and some of its executives paying $634.5{{spaces}}million in fines.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/19/business/19drug.html |title=Big Part of OxyContin Profit Was Consumed by Penalties |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=June 19, 2007 |last=Meier |first=Barry |access-date=June 30, 2022 }}</ref>

Bracewell & Giuliani represented corporate clients before many U.S. government departments and agencies. Some clients have worked with corporations and foreign governments.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2007/05/15/giulianis-firms-work-could-be-ethics-problem/ |agency=[[Associated Press]] |work=[[East Bay Times]] |date=May 15, 2007 |last1=Theimer |first1=Sharon |title=Giuliani's firm's work could be ethics problem |access-date=May 17, 2023 }}</ref>

Giuliani left the firm in January 2016,<ref>{{cite news | title = Ex-New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani Leaves Bracewell Law Firm | url = https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/2016/01/20/134811/ex-new-york-mayor-rudolph-giuliani-leaves-bracewell-law-firm/ |access-date=May 12, 2016 |first=Andrew |last=Schneider |date=January 20, 2016 |work=[[KUHT|Houston Public Media]]}}</ref> by "amicable agreement",<ref name="Moyer-2016">{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/20/business/dealbook/rudolph-giuliani-to-join-greenbergtraurig.html |title=Rudolph Giuliani to Join Greenberg Traurig Law Firm |first=Liz |last=Moyer |date=January 19, 2016 |newspaper=The New York Times |access-date=April 10, 2018}}</ref> and the firm was rebranded as Bracewell LLP.

=== Greenberg Traurig ===
In January 2016, Giuliani moved to the law firm [[Greenberg Traurig]], where he served as the global chairman for Greenberg's cybersecurity and crisis management group, as well as a senior advisor to the firm's executive chairman.<ref name="Moyer-2016"/> He took an unpaid leave of absence in April 2018 when he joined Trump's legal defense team.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.politico.com/story/2018/05/10/giuliani-resigns-law-firm-579916|title=Trump attorney Giuliani resigns from private law firm|last=Samuelsohn|first=Darren|date=May 10, 2018|work=[[Politico]]|access-date=May 11, 2018}}</ref> He resigned from the firm on May 9, 2018.<ref>{{cite news |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/10/us/politics/rudy-giuliani-resigns-law-firm-greenberg-traurig.html |date=May 10, 2018 |title=Giuliani's Law Firm Undercuts His Statements as They Part Ways |first1=Michael S. |last1=Schmidt |first2=Maggie |last2=Haberman |author2-link=Maggie Haberman |access-date=May 17, 2023 }}</ref>

=== Lobbying in Romania ===
In August 2018, Giuliani was retained by [[Freeh Group International Solutions]], a global consulting firm run by former FBI Director [[Louis Freeh]], which paid him a fee to lobby Romanian president [[Klaus Iohannis]] to change Romania's anti-corruption policy and reduce the role of the [[National Anticorruption Directorate]]. Giuliani argued that the anti-corruption efforts had gone too far.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.politico.com/story/2018/08/29/rudy-giuliani-romania-consulting-advocacy-801582 |title=Giuliani got paid for advocacy in Romania |date=August 29, 2018 |first1=Marianne |last1=Levine |first2=Lili |last2=Bayer |newspaper=[[Politico]] |access-date=August 29, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |publisher=[[Mediafax]] |title=Rudolph Giuliani, avocatul lui Donald Trump, scrisoare către Klaus Iohannis: Protocoalele promovate de Kovesi şi Maior subminează statul de drept |trans-title=Rudolph Giuliani, Donald Trump's lawyer, letter to Klaus Iohannis: The protocols promoted by Kovesi and Major undermine the rule of law |language=ro |url=https://www.mediafax.ro/social/exclusiv-rudolph-giuliani-avocatul-lui-donald-trump-scrisoare-catre-klaus-iohannis-protocoalele-promovate-de-kovesi-si-maior-submineaza-statul-de-drept-document-17482807 |date=August 26, 2018 |first=Petriana |last=Condrut |access-date=August 29, 2018}}</ref>

=== Podcast ===
Giuliani launched a podcast, ''Rudy Giuliani's Common Sense'', in January 2020.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-impeachment-inquiry/giuliani-launches-common-sense-podcast-urges-impeachment-case-be-dismissed-n1122041 |title=Giuliani launches 'common sense' podcast, urges impeachment case be dismissed |work=[[NBC News]] |date=January 24, 2020 |first=Dareh |last=Gregorian |access-date=February 26, 2022 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://rudygiulianics.com/ |website=rudygiulianics.com |title=Rudy Giuliani's Common Sense |access-date=February 26, 2022}}</ref>

=== Television appearances ===
Giuliani was reportedly revealed to be the first unmasking on the [[The Masked Singer (American TV series) season 7|seventh season]] of ''[[The Masked Singer (American TV series)|The Masked Singer]]'', which caused judges [[Ken Jeong]] and [[Robin Thicke]] to leave the set in disgust.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2022/02/rudy-giuliani-the-masked-singer-contestant-judge-ken-jeong-robin-thicke-walk-off-in-protest-1234925291/|title=Unmasking Of Rudy Giuliani On Fox's ''The Masked Singer'' Prompts Judges Ken Jeong & Robin Thicke To Walk Off In Protest|work=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |first1=Mike Jr. |last1=Fleming |date=February 2, 2022|access-date=February 2, 2022}}</ref> Giuliani actually turned out to be the ninth unmasking as "Jack in the Box" of Team Bad. He mentioned that he partook in this show to do it for his newborn granddaughter. It was during his unmasked performance of [[George Thorogood]]'s "[[Bad to the Bone]]" when Jeong walked off.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://people.com/tv/ken-jeong-walks-off-the-masked-singer-after/ |title=Ken Jeong Walks Off of ''The Masked Singer'' Set After 1 Contestant's Unmasking: 'I'm Done' |work=[[People (magazine)|People]] |first1=Dana Rose |last1=Falcone |date=April 20, 2022 |access-date=April 22, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2022/04/rudy-giuliani-the-masked-singer-reveal-robert-duvall-1235006599/ |title=''The Masked Singer'' Finally Unveils Rudy Giuliani: 'Is That Robert Duvall?' |work=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |first1=Peter |last1=White |date=April 20, 2022 |access-date=April 20, 2022}}</ref>