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| Lukas Walton |
FGS Global is monitoring legislation in the areas of energy, agriculture, climate and oceans on behalf of S2G Ventures of Chicago.
S2G is the investment platform of Builders Vision, which was launched and is led Lukas Walton.
He is the grandson of Sam and Helen Walton, founders of Walmart and the Walton Family Foundation.
Builders Vision invests in and collaborates with non-profits, businesses, and others working towards sustainable solutions to societal and environmental challenges.
FGS has nine staffers working the S2G Ventures push. The team includes partners Catharine Ransom (senior climate & environmental advisor to Sen. Max Baucus); Anthony Reed (chief of staff to Rep. Denny Hastert); Grant Leslie (senior advisor to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack); and Jacqlyn Schneider (deputy staff director for the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition & Forestry).
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.
