A&M’s competition economists provide expert economic advice to corporates and their legal advisors before the EC, national competition authorities and national courts in all aspects of competition law.

Ken Brewer addresses some specific issues and tax planning strategies for losses incurred during the coronavirus pandemic and loss recoveries under U.S. tax law, and he provides some general observations about strategies that may create tax benefits in other countries.

A&M Economics is a specialist economics practice comprising professional competition economists and economic modellers with industry experience.

A&M’s Jonathan Tibus participated in a webinar on key concepts in franchise restaurant workouts. He shared his perspective on the industry’s forecast.

On December 16, 2019, the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) released proposed regulations (REG-122180-18) under Internal Revenue Code (“IRC”) section 162(m), which is the tax provision that generally imposes a $1 million annual limit on deductions by a publicly held corporation for compensation paid to covered employees.

Managing Director Vincent Walden recently published an article for the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE)'s Fraud Magazine titled “Insights Without Exposure: Understanding ‘differential privacy’ in information security,” where he discusses the use of differential privacy to sanitize and anonymize personal or customer data and to prevent reverse engineering.

Based on A&M’s experience, most companies in trouble are not only overleveraged but may also have other operational issues. These issues need to be addressed as part of a parallel operational restructuring process next to a WHOA procedure.

Daniel Parry joins as Managing Director to scale the business’ full-service Fund Advisory practice in its next phase of growth.

New A&M Taxand Senior Advisor Dick McAlonan Featured on ABL Advisor

As companies deal with financial reporting under the impact of COVID-19, the assessment of the risk in a company’s projected financial information (PFI) is a critical area in both business valuation and in estimating the ability of a business to weather the current storm.

As the COVID-19 crisis begins to weaken globally, companies are beginning to discuss how and when to re-open facilities and bring employees back to work. This pursuit is not as simple as unlocking the doors and calling employees to return to their jobs.

Many PE firms and alternative asset managers stumble and fall when selecting, implementing or customizing a new ERP platform.

Non-Residents’ Tax Obligations Around The Corner

The COVID-19 pandemic has sent shockwaves throughout global communities, dislocating international supply chains and forcing operations to safely close down or to run and operate under new regimes. As a result, with revenues falling, organisations globally have rightly focused on pivoting to cash and business continuity actions.

James Deets Named 2020 Best Lawyers in Dallas for Compensation & Benefits by D Magazine