In March 2026, the Australian Institute of Professional Investigators held its annual conference in Melbourne, Australia. Three interconnected themes shaped discussions across the conference and emerged as critical to the effectiveness, credibility, and resilience of modern investigations: maintaining investigative objectivity, protecting witness and whistleblower welfare, and addressing the growing complexity of insider threat and cryptocurrency enabled money laundering.

Private markets, led by private equity and private credit funds, have grown significantly in size and scope. Limited partner (LP) investors and their managers need to take a more active role to ensure their interests are protected.

Lexology Index recognized 33 leading experts and future leaders from A&M's Disputes and Investigations practice in their 2026 Investigations guide.

In October 2025, we published our first edition of the Bank Deregulation Primer focused on capital deregulation proposals for the top 19 global banks and their pro forma impact. In the second edition of our Bank Deregulation Primer, we now assess the latest wave of regulatory developments and their implications.

AI is rapidly reshaping how private equity portfolio companies drive growth, but its impact on sales and marketing functions depends on more than just technology adoption. Firms must assess their existing sales and marketing functions to tailor AI investment for its unique business needs.

• Alvarez & Marsal refuerza su compromiso con el impulso a la cultura y su apoyo a instituciones de referencia internacional en el ámbito artístico y escénico

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.