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.

The Financial Accounting Standards Board recently released Accounting Standards Update (ASU) No. 2016-09, which finalizes significant changes aimed at simplifying the accounting for share-based payments. The final rules are effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2016 for public companies and after December 15, 2017 for all other entities. Early adoption is permitted, but if a company chooses to early adopt, it must do so for all amendments in ASU 2016-09.

Brian J. Fox joins our North American Commercial Restructuring practice as a Managing Director in New York.

Since the financial crisis, the challenges facing modern businesses have dramatically increased in scope, frequency and impact. New digital entrants, economic shocks, regulatory changes and senior misconduct are just a few of the causes of firms finding themselves in hot water. For those ill-equipped to handle such disruptions, the results can be disastrous. But, boards that are willing to take a proactive and bold response can crystallise that rarest outcome of a crisis: an opportunity.

A&M’s Malcolm McKenzie was recently interviewed by Matthew Gwyther for BBC Radio’s ‘In Business’ looking at corporate turnarounds. Malcolm, who Matthew describes as a “new breed of corporate doctor,” discusses the best approach to turnarounds and how to “tend to critically ill businesses.”

Spin-offs of the proposed merger of Dow and DuPont and other mega mergers will create buying opportunities for PE firms that invest in coatings, adhesives and sealants.