General counsel today feel a growing pressure to conduct due diligence on every potential business partner of the company.

In a recent chapter of the Journal of Property Investment & Finance (Vol. 35 Issue 3 pp. 321- 340), A&M Senior Adviser Steven Laposa introduces several new models that examine the ability of historical macroeconomic indicators to provide early warning signals and identify turning points in real estate valuations, specifically negative office appreciation rates caused by the Great Recession.

Several Alvarez & Marsal Disputes and Investigations professionals have been recognized in the 2019 edition of Who’s Who Legal’s Arbitration guide.

Global professional services firm Alvarez & Marsal (“A&M”) today announces the findings of its latest analysis and predictor of shareholder activism in Europe, the “A&M Activist Alert”, or “AAA”. The study shows that Industrial companies are now predicted to be most in demand from activist investors.

There are several risks for multinational corporations to consider - BEPS implementation, U.S. Tax Cuts and Jobs Act changes, as well as digital taxation proposals and European state aid investigation – in these uncertain times.

Alvarez & Marsal’s (A&M) Global Transaction Advisory Group has established a North America Corporate Mergers & Acquisitions practice as part of its U.S. growth strategy. Paul H. Barry and Faisel Hussein join as New York-based Managing Directors and will co-lead the practice.

The necessity for transformation is not limited to long-established companies with out-of-date business models (although they certainly need it, too, as Sears’ recent bankruptcy has shown). New companies that have grown rapidly may lack the right operational structure to support a large and maturing business, while successful organizations must remain flexible to keep pace with changing customer expectations.

Managing Director Hal Crawford is quoted about the uptick in subpoenas being served to U.S. financial institutions to disclose transactional data.

Jessika van Veen appointed to lead the Private Equity Performance Improvement team in Amsterdam.

Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) announces the continuing expansion of its Middle East team with the appointment of Saudi national Dina Abo-Onoq, who is recognized as one of the first Saudi women to reach executive status as a director of a number of global financial services institutions.

The election results will not have a significant impact on fundamental healthcare issues such as rising costs and care delivery inefficiency and ineffectiveness. Healthcare remains a “top-of-mind” issue for many Americans, including government officials. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) successfully increased coverage, but it did not adequately consider rising costs.

Stress Test 2018 results are out after a year-long process – At first glance, results are good for large European banks as no incremental capital needs, are identified and most banks demonstrate strong resilience to weather a stress test.

This issue of Tax Advisor Weekly looks at new proposed regulations that would greatly impact the legacy Section 956.

European non-performing loans (NPLs) stocks have increased significantly across Europe since 2008 reaching circa €1 trillion in 2016.

Many software and technology companies have adopted the new revenue recognition accounting rules while others have provided some disclosures regarding their transition plans.