With A&M’s assistance, Travis County, Texas was able to prepare for a complex public-private partnership at a downtown Austin site and quickly shift gears following a political mandate to create significant value for the County and its taxpayers.

With A&M in its corner, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo (Cal Poly) has been able to identify and execute the most valuable and feasible public-private partnership projects (P3) to enhance its campus.

A&M helped the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Office of Facilities, Energy, and Privatization (OSD) develop and implement the program management platform for guiding and monitoring the performance of the Federal government’s largest public-private partnership (P3) program – the Military Housing Privatization Initiative (MHPI) and the privatized lodging program.

A&M helped Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Maryland (Pax River) meet critical space requirements by accessing up to 600,000 square feet of newly developed office space under a public-private partnership (P3) with Hines.

A&M is helping Howard University transform its aging facilities and remain competitive with high-caliber universities nationally, through a consolidation of academic and residential activity at Howard’s core campus and an aggressive monetization and redevelopment of edge and non-core real estate assets located outside the campus edge.

A&M assisted the District of Columbia’s Office of Public Private Partnerships in comparing the costs and benefits of leasing privately developed and operated transitional housing facilities versus an alternative scenario in which the government would fund construction and operations of the same program.

A&M continues to expand its Disputes and Investigations practice with the addition of Larry Iwanski and Robert Lang, who join as Managing Directors.

The latest UK corporate governance code obliges listed companies to publish viability statements. Tom Teixeira, Managing Director of risk advisory services at Alvarez & Marsal, explains the key implications for boards.

The private healthcare growth story in India has largely been an urban phenomenon. This has led to a healthy supply scenario or even an oversupply scenario. This dwindling demand-supply gap in urban clusters and increasing private competition is likely to impact the operational and financial performance of private players. Managing optimal performance in such a complex and dynamic competitive environment calls for a structured approach towards hospital performance management.

This issue of A&M Readings in Quantitative Risk Management examines the Excess Capital Hypothesis (ECH), an explanation of the cyclical pattern of loan losses experienced by U.S. commercial banks and the related credit expansion and contraction. The paper tests five predictions of the ECH against the dynamics of Spanish loan markets in the 2000s.

In his second article on future technology trends in the retail supply chain, Managing Director Tim Waters explains how he has turned from a robotics cynic into a robotics advocate.

On August 30, 2016, the European Commission announced a final decision on one of its key state aid investigations — Apple’s potentially favorable treatment by Ireland.

Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) has expanded its Transaction Advisory Group capabilities in Brazil with the addition of M&A tax and labor professionals Adriano José Ponciano and Emerson Santana, who join as a Managing Director and Senior Director, respectively.

On August 24, 2016, the U.S. Court of Appeals affirmed the Tax Court decision in Shea Homes Inc. v. Commissioner, 142 T.C. No. 3 (Feb. 12, 2014). This opinion is one of the few recent significant taxpayer-favorable decisions, and its impact could be significant not just for homebuilders in similar situations.

In this article, we highlight the need for behavioral health integration into care delivery and, more specifically, the patient-centered medical home. Details, inclusive of recommendations, are provided in an appendix on the interplay between behavioral health, chronic disease, substance abuse and palliative care.