Alvarez & Marsal Taxand, LLP (A&M Taxand), an affiliate of leading global professional services firm Alvarez & Marsal (A&M), has strengthened its tax advisory practice with the appointment of Keith Thomas as a Managing Director.

When a company needs to transform its business model quickly, appointing an interim Chief Executive Officer (CEO) from outside the organization can provide the fresh eye and independence needed in order to make tough decisions quickly and set the path to future growth.

Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) is pleased to announce the addition of Michael V. Balistreri as Managing Director to its Corporate Finance practice in New York. Mr. Balistreri specializes in providing investment banking and financial advisory services to corporations, creditors and shareholders across all industry lines in growth, storied, complex, distressed and special situations.

Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) announced the addition of Paulo Mota as a Managing Director to its Global Transaction Advisory Group in Brazil. Mr. Mota’s international experience and deep understanding of Brazilian private equity (PE) firms and corporates will augment A&M’s regional offering in Latin America while meeting clients’ cross-border M&A needs.

In this article, we focus on earnout adjustments and unique challenges they may present to buyers and sellers.

On December 22, 2017, President Trump signed into law the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (TCJA), bringing about the most sweeping changes to the Internal Revenue Code since 1986. Total rewards professionals are now reconsidering the value of various compensation vehicles and employee benefits programs.

In this article originally published by Tax Notes, A&M Managing Director Philip Antoon and Senior Adviser Kenneth Brewer discuss the implications of the TCJA’s changes to the rules for valuing IP.

Four Alvarez & Marsal Disputes and Investigations professionals have been recognized in the 2018 edition of Who’s Who Legal’s Asset Recovery guide. The guide recognizes experts who are deemed to be leading in international asset recovery by their peers and clients.

High employment might be great for the U.S. economy, but not necessarily so for private equity investors. Alvarez & Marsal’s Private Equity Performance Improvement practice managing Director Tim Keneally, Senior Director James Guyette and Director Mark Schmidt investigate the issues.

In this tax alert, we look at key areas where guidance is provided in the proposed regulations in advance of additional commentary and insights from our experts.

Leading global professional services firm Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) has expanded its global footprint with the opening of a new office in the Cayman Islands and three senior on-the-ground professionals.

While the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) has been marketed as “reform,” it is better described as an expansion of Federal tax law, with many legacy rules remaining intact but now overlaid with additional requirements. One example of this is how companies are required to recognize foreign exchange (FX) gain or loss on distributions from foreign subsidiaries.

Driven by a record-breaking M&A market and historically low credit spreads, the leveraged loan market was white-hot in the second quarter of 2018.

This edition of the Taxand Global Guide to M&A Tax has been designed as a desktop reference book covering 33 countries and to provide at-a-glance insight into the tax treatment of global mergers and acquisitions.

Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) Managing Director Brian J. Fox and a team of industry-leading specialists are the recipients of the Large Transaction of the Year award from The Turnaround Management Association (TMA) ‏for their recent work with Performance Sports Group.