The
Corporate Alliance is the negotiating body for many of the galaxy's largest commercial firms. The huge business concern held considerable influence in the waning days of the Republic, being represented in the Senate by its Magistrate,
Passel Argente.
As the Clone Wars dawned with the rise of a Separatist movement led by Count Dooku, the Corporate Alliance sided with the Separatists with the promise of limitless profit under a new government. Argente committed his corporate military forces and battle droid armies to the cause.