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Case Studies

Case Study: HealthSouth

May 20, 2016
A&M was hired as restructuring advisors and crisis managers after the company discovered a massive accounting fraud.
Case Studies

Case Study: 11 Asset Student Housing Portfolio

May 20, 2016
A&M was engaged to understand the recovery value of the portfolio, which included finished and occupied buildings, as well as one asset with construction in progress.
Case Studies

Proposed $300M Shopping Center and Housing Development

May 20, 2016
A&M was engaged to by a private developer to provide feasibility and design support for a high profile 40-acre, $300 million shopping and housing development in an urban in-fill location in a major metropolitan area.
Case Studies

Case Study: 2,700 Bed Student Housing Portfolio

May 20, 2016
A&M was engaged to review individual property performance in operations, marketing and overall market positioning of student housing multifamily assets throughout the U.S.
Case Studies

Case Study: Yuma Proving Ground

May 20, 2016
During the Persian Gulf War, the U.S. Army recognized the need for a hot weather vehicle testing facility but construction funds were not available. Using its Enhanced Use Leasing (EUL) authority, the Army sought private sector collaboration for a hot weather test complex at the Army’s Yuma Proving Ground in Yuma, Arizona. A&M provided business and financial advisory services to the Army to support the EUL approach.
Thought Leadership

Top Income Tax Provision Purchase Accounting Considerations

May 18, 2016
If Jimmy Fallon had a tax background and were to write one of his thank-you notes for this topic, it might read “Thank you, purchase accounting, because regular accounting for income taxes wasn’t complicated enough.”
Thought Leadership

Digesting Restaurant Acquisitions - May 2016

May 11, 2016
Following private equity investors' and strategic acquirers' stable appetite for restaurant acquisitions in the U.S. during the 1st quarter of 2016, Alvarez & Marsal highlights several unique accounting and operational considerations associated with restaurants that new owners, prospective investors and other stakeholders should understand.
Thought Leadership

Ready, Aim, Fire – IRS and Treasury: The Successful Sinking of Inversions

May 10, 2016
Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water, on April 4, 2016, the IRS and Treasury released proposed and temporary regulations attacking corporate inversion transactions with an even bigger bite than expected. The first to fall victim to the new rules was the Pfizer-Allergan deal. In its press release issued on April 6, 2016, Pfizer announced that the merger agreement was terminated by mutual agreement of the companies. Pfizer indicated that the decision was “driven by the actions announced by the U.S. Department of Treasury on April 4, 2016.”