Managing Director Vincent Walden co-authored a chapter in Latin Lawyer’s book The Guide to Corporate Compliance along with Matthew Galvin, Global Vice President for Ethics and Compliance for AB InBev.

This 2020 Third Party IoT Risk Management study has helped to document a set of leading practices for better reducing risks associated with the geometric increase and lack of security involved in Internet of Things (IoT) devices.

A&M worked with Maverick Natural Resources in 2018-2019 to reduce lease operating expense (LOE) by 32 percent and increase EBITDA by 33 percent

Economies worldwide are opening up as Covid-19 lockdown restrictions ease, but there will be no return to business as usual. Instead, CEOs find themselves with a unique and very short window of time to reset their business models to meet new customer expectations, and to emerge stronger in the future.

The impact of COVID-19 on the ‘failing firm’ defence in M&A. While the pandemic might put more firms into a situation in which a rescue merger might be considered, the significant uncertainty around the post-COVID-19 economic environment adds considerable complexity in gathering evidence in support of any potential transaction.

Effective June 2020, the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) updated its guidance for the Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs, enhancing its own guidance documents based on what its prosecutors have learned from investigations, compliance presentations, and monitorships during the past year.  

Today, the President signed the Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act of 2020

Developing a long term strategy to shift or diversify global supply chains can position manufacturers for growth and resiliency.

Debt Investments and the Availability of Tax Loss Relief, COVID-19 Working from Home Tax Reliefs and Exemptions, and Employment Related Securities Reporting

Deferrals of Payments on Account, COVID-19 UK Tax Developments, and Key Takeaways from March 2020 Budget

Leading global professional services firm Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) today released its latest UAE Banking Pulse for Q1 2020 . The report suggests that the top 10 UAE banks reported a combined 6.3% quarter-on-quarter (QoQ) drop in interest income, largely due to the low interest rate environment.

Global professional services firm Alvarez & Marsal (“A&M”), has appointed Devean George as a Managing Director, based in London.

The IRS continues to provide guidance as part of its ongoing efforts to implement the CARES Act and respond to the economic challenges arising from the COVID-19 pandemic. As part of our continuing coverage of COVID-19 relief, this Tax Special Alert highlights Notice 2020-35, which was issued on May 28, 2020.

The New York State Legislature passed a bill that would amend the administrative code of the city of New York and decouple from certain amendments made by the CARES Act (Pub. L. 116-136) to the Internal Revenue Code (“IRC”) for the New York City (“NYC”) unincorporated business corporation tax (“UBT”), general corporation tax (“GCT”), banking tax (“Bank Tax”) and business corporation tax (“BCT”). The bill needs to be approved by Governor Andrew M. Cuomo to become law.