Leading global professional services firm Alvarez & Marsal (A&M), has appointed Tom Johannessen as Managing Director and Head of A&M’s Financial Industry Advisory Services (FIAS) in the U.K.

COVID-19 has exposed underlying fragilities in many businesses that may have been disguised over recent years. As Warren Buffett famously said, it is only “when the tide goes out” that you find which companies and management teams are most exposed. “Before the pandemic, broadly favorable market conditions and inexpensive capital allowed management teams to kick the can down the road on transformation initiatives.

On October 9, 2020, the top Republican on the House Ways and Means Committee Kevin Brady (R-TX) and House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) introduced H.R. 11,

A&M’s Juan J. Valderas, leader of the firm’s Disputes and Investigations practice in Spain, sits down with José Antonio Caínzos, President of the Madrid Centre for International Arbitration, to discuss goals for the Centre, its services to companies and how COVID-19 has impacted the broader Spanish arbitration system.

The use of temporary state aid measures by EU member states: Balancing the economic impact of COVID-19 whilst maintaining level playing field

Retailers live and die by the narrowest of margins, and both UPS and FedEx have just thrown another COVID-19 curveball by increasing parcel costs.

Omar Mata brings deep experience in optimizing finance and accounting functions

Joshua Taylor and Steffi Thio bolster the firm’s capabilities in Southeast Asia

Learn how alternative investment firms can integrate technology, change management and run and optimize their platforms.

A fine in excess of €30 million directed at an international clothing retailer last week was a very real reminder to employers about the risks involved in encroaching into the private lives of employees, and the collection of excessive employee data. The action was a result of an investigation by the Hamburg Data Protection Authority which uncovered questionable data handling practices at one of its service centres in Germany.

Alvarez & Marsal’s Compensation and Benefits Practice recently released its 2020/2021 study on compensation practices in the oil and gas exploration & production (E&P) industry.

On October 20, 2020, A&M Chief Marketing Officer Linda Orton, along with Chief Marketing Officer of Passle, Connor Kinnear, presented to the Legal Marketing Association (LMA) 2020 Virtual Conference on How to Turn Busy Lawyers into Recognized Thought Leaders.

With unprecedented pressure on regulators and pharmaceutical organisations to bring COVID-19 treatments to market as soon as possible, we should expect quality functions within pharma companies to come under a brighter spotlight.

To support businesses through Covid-19 the Government announced that VAT payments could be deferred for three months. The deferral applied to VAT payments due between 20 March 2020 to 30 June 2020.   Businesses were not required to notify or apply to HMRC if they wished to defer their VAT payments and were given until 31 March 2021 to settle the VAT liability.