A&M has assisted federal agencies with the numerous requirements for planning and implementing federal credit programs.

A&M helped two agencies select from various options based on objectives and organizational constraints.

A&M has assisted the State of Louisiana and the Department of Defense Education Activity in assessing the feasibility of privatizing school facilities construction, operations, and maintenance – similar to the models being used in the U.K. and Canada.

The District of Columbia and Fairfax County, Virginia chose A&M to provide advisory services on a number of mixed-use, urban and transit-oriented public-private development transactions designed to promote economic development and job creation.

A&M advised the Army on a transaction at Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona, involving the out-lease of nearly 2,000 acres to General Motors to relocate its vehicle testing facilities.

As the primary real estate advisor to the Office of the Secretary of Defense (Office of Housing & Competitive Sourcing), A&M is assisting in the oversight and management of the Department of Defense's (DoD) military housing privatization program.

Targa, one of the largest independent midstream energy companies in North America, based in Houston, relies on A&M ValSource, an offering of Alvarez & Marsal Valuation Services, to help it manage the complexity. Bob Sparger, Senior VP and Chief Accounting Officer of Targa Resources shares his thoughts and feedback in this interview.

Ian Tyler will lead the firm’s Treasury Advisory practice in Europe. Mr Tyler brings over 30 years’ bank treasury experience having worked at a number of major UK banks and having led the financial institutions treasury advisory team of a Big Four firm. He has significant expertise in all aspects of capital and liquidity risk management, as well as ALM, market execution, systems implementation, and organizational design.

David Evans, a Managing Director in Alvarez & Marsal’s Transaction Advisory Group in London, recently spoke with Share Radio on the sharp rise in acquisition values of UK companies, while overall levels of M&A activity have fallen.

Stuart Greenberg brings more than 40 years of experience in commercial lending, both as a commercial banker and as an expert testifying in more than 100 lender liability law suits. He joins our Financial Industry Advisory Services team as a Senior Advisor in New York.

The proposed regulations were issued in part to curb excessive indebtedness in cross-border transactions between related parties; however, they have far broader implications than intercompany indebtedness between domestic and foreign related parties.

Managing Directors Art Ehuan (Global Forensic and Dispute Services) and Rich Moore (Financial Industry Advisory Services), both with expertise in global cyber risk, recently shared their insights during a panel on “Confronting Cyber Risks in an Increasingly Regulated Environment.” The event was co-hosted by A&M and BakerHostetler and featured speaker Jay Kramer, the Cyber Crime Squad Supervisor for the FBI’s New York office.

David Evans, a Managing Director in Alvarez & Marsal’s Transaction Advisory Group in London, recently joined leading influencers, investors and advisors for a live web broadcast hosted by The M&A Advisor. With global merger and acquisition announcements hitting record-setting levels in 2015, the panel discussed M&A activity across Europe and the outlook for 2016 and beyond.

The press is full of stories about the impact of e-commerce on the HighStreet but there is much less said about what it means for business-tobusiness (B2B) companies, where often the level of change can be just as profound.

We have augmented our business transformation expertise with the hire of oil and gas expert, Matson Blocker as a Houston-based Managing Director in the Performance Improvement practice. Mr. Blocker focuses on IT strategic planning, global program management, and operations improvement for downstream and chemicals organizations.