Report suggests that UAE consumers are less likely to compromise on product quality for lower prices and are more inclined to sacrifice convenience or the shopping experience

Erin Brookes, Managing Director and Head of Retail & Consumer, Europe looks at the challenges of generous returns policies and analyses how these issues can be addressed in this Retail Week article.

London, 14 June 2022 – A new report by global professional services firm Alvarez & Marsal (A&M), in partnership with Retail Economics, has found that as inflation hits a 40-year high, consumers are increasingly driven by price, yet they remain unwilling to compromise on quality and ethics.

The privacy landscape in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region is evolving rapidly with increased regulatory developments and scrutiny on data protection. Over the last five years, many countries have enacted new privacy laws or amended existing laws to keep pace with technology and best practices in other parts of the world.

On 7 June 2022, Luxembourg and the UK signed a new double tax treaty (the “DTT”) and an additional Protocol which will replace the double tax treaty signed back in 1967 (the “old tax treaty”).

A&M's Kevin M. Jacobs addresses concerns with Tax Notes on the generic legal advice memorandum (GLAM) recently released as AM 2022-001 by the IRS.

A&M can help with the Coal Plant Decommissioning landscape and challenges.

Across the EMEA region our teams measure the performance of the banking industries and assess various factors such as their performance, the risks that they are facing and how they are tackling their biggest challenges. Explore all of our Banking Pulse reports below.

Alvarez & Marsal Taxand, LLP (A&M Taxand), an affiliate of leading global professional services firm Alvarez & Marsal (A&M), has appointed Kathy Lloyd and Chris Prout as London-based Senior Directors.

A&M continues to expand its Chief Restructuring Officer offering across Europe with the hire of Managing Director Pablo Blanco in Spain. Pablo’s experience will provide boots-on-the-ground expertise to help clients capitalize on recent legislation in Spain allowing for more agile and flexible pre-insolvency procedures with a broader scope to promote restructuring at an earlier stage.

A&M Taxand experts co-author article for Premium Insurance magazine, discussing the tax insurance market in the Middle East.

The report suggests that aggregate profitability of top Saudi banks increased substantially by 17.6 percent quarter on quarter (QoQ) in Q1’22 driven largely by operational income growth of 5.6 percent QoQ.

Francois Bardi and John Corrigan join as Managing Directors expanding A&M’s energy sector expertise.

In a recent Inc. article, Managing Director and supply chain expert Sean Laffere discuss five strategies to solve supply chain woes.