FTI Consulting strategic communications revenues rose 5.4% to $53.3M in the second quarter 2014 on the strength of retainer clients in the EMEA region.
FTI said 2.8% of its 5.4% gain in strategic communications came from favorable currency conversions.
Overall, FTI revenues rose 9.6% to $454.3M, although net income declined 25% to $35.4M.
Revenue was buoyed by strong gains in forensic and litigation consulting (+13.3% to $119.1M) and corporate finance/restructuring (+7.6% to $104M). Technology rose 18.6% to $60.7M while economic consulting was up 5.6% to $117.2M.
FTI's PR operation of late has been advising Shire in its courtship and takeover by AbbVie, Chilean bank Corpbanca in its merger attempt with Brazil's Itau Unibanco, and cupcake seller Crumbs' bankruptcy. The firm was the top global M&A PR adviser by number of deals last year with 202, according to mergermarket.
FTI moved its headquarters from West Palm Beach, Fla., to Washington, D.C., during the quarter.
Teneo is handling the initial public offering of CVC Capital Partners, one of Europe’s largest private equity firms with nearly $200B in assets under management.
Brunswick Group represents Endeavor Group Holdings as it agrees to go private via its acquisition by Silver Lake technology investment firm, which is handled by Edelman Smithfield.
Tod Donhauser, a nine-year veteran of Edelman, has joined H/Advisors Abernathy as managing director and head of its San Francisco office.
Intelligent Group Ltd, a Hong Kong-based financial PR firm, has priced its initial public offering of 1.9M shares at $4, which is the low end of the $4 to $5 range.
Kekst CNC represents Grant Thornton as it sells a majority stake in its US arm to New Mountain Capital, which relies on Goldin Solutions, in what is billed as the largest PE investment in the accounting and advisory sector.
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