Global professional services firm Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) has launched its first African office in Cape Town. The opening is marked at a time when organisations across South Africa and the broader region face increasing pressure to improve operational performance, strengthen resilience and deliver greater returns from existing infrastructure and capital-intensive assets.

Asia and the Middle East are seeing a convergence – where wealth mobility, geopolitical realignment, and generational transition intersect. For insurance companies, private banks and financial advisors in or serving Asia, this dynamic presents a dual opportunity.

Lexology Index recognized Managing Directors Nancy Gutzler and Elizabeth Hanke in its 2026 Insurance guide. In this sector, Lexology recognizes the foremost expert witnesses for their expertise on insurance coverage and claims, loss allocation, and quantum of damages.

In this article, Dr. Andreas Tauer and Christoph Hörauf explore how technological change, regulatory complexity, and AI are reshaping evidence in disputes and investigations, the risks introduced by growing volumes of digital data, and the key considerations for maintaining integrity and defensibility.

AI has reduced friction from building software. However, governance within capital markets has not moved with it.

The A&M Corporate Transactions Group is proud to present the Automotive M&A Trends Report.

Despite tens of billions in collective investment, a staggering 95% of enterprise AI pilots deliver zero measurable P&L impact, according to MIT’s Project NANDA. The instinct is to blame the technology, the vendors, or the talent shortage, but the data points to a different culprit: organizational design.

In today’s unpredictable industrial landscape, companies need bold, fact‑based decisions that strengthen resilience, protect value, and deliver measurable impact. Alvarez & Marsal’s five‑part Blueprint for Footprint series brings clarity to that challenge.

This survey covers the pensions accounting assumptions used by Swiss listed companies.

What PE investors, operating partners, and PE-backed executives say is driving returns — and what is stalling execution — in today’s reopening deal environment.

The next 24 months will decide which third-party administrators (TPA) still matter in an AI-native market. The playbook that built today’s leaders will not build the next decade’s winners.

Canadian private capital enters 2026 in a state of disciplined optimism. The environment is more selective, more data-driven, and significantly more execution-focused than in prior cycles.

Most global sporting events are still managed like temporary projects, not enduring enterprises. This article examines seven execution moves that help organizers build repeatable outcomes, control risk, and unlock long‑term value.

Geopolitical volatility is the top challenge affecting value creation and returns in Private Equity, based on the European Private Equity Value Creation survey.