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FTI Consulting is handling Mexico-based building materials giant Cemex on infrastructure and sustainability matters.
The US accounted for 30 percent of Cemex’s $14.5B sales in 2021, while Mexico generated 25 percent of revenues.
US sales rose 18 percent to $1.2B during the first quarter of this year, while Cemex’s revenues in Mexico grew two percent to $881M.
The company in March restarted a facility in northwest Mexico to meet burgeoning cement demand in California, Arizona and Nevada.
FTI has a five-member team working on the Cemex business, which includes government affairs head Bryan Zumwalt; and strategic communications unit managing directors John Steitz and Russ Kelley.
Knob Petroleum, which is based in Panama City, has retained Ballard Partners to explore opportunities in Venezuela.
Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck has signed to represent Eastern Air Holdings, which operates deportation flights for Immigration & Customs Enforcement.
Ballard Partners has lined up Australia’s Energy Transition Minerals company, an explorer and developer of rare earths minerals opportunities. It touts its Greenland property as having the potential to become the biggest rare earths producer in the western world.
Abbvie has retained Trump-connected Winston-Salem-based Checkmate Government Relations for healthcare matters and issues related to the life sciences sector.
Netflix has retained Bloom Strategic Counsel for regulatory matters regarding its proposed $83B merger with Warner Bros. Discovery.
