Few people have heard of the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA), an agency of the Commerce Department. The BEA provides the U.S. government with statistical information regarding the U.S. economy. To aid in this endeavor, it does periodic surveys of cross-border investments (U.S. investments abroad and foreign investments in the U.S.).

Mexico’s Fintech industry is poised for growth, leveraging recent regulations, a growing middle class population and increasing capital allocation.

he MiFID II approach to Product Governance has created a benchmark for investment services and products, but the same principles can be applied across all activities and services.

On August 3, 2018, the IRS released proposed regulations (REG 104397-18) on the modifications made to additional first-year depreciation deductions as provided by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA). The proposed regulations contain several significant provisions for partnerships and real estate businesses.

Like most capital projects, transmission lines also face challenges during construction. The usual challenges in the construction phase of transmission lines include change in layout, land management, contractors, interfaces, financing and contract disputes.

Several Alvarez & Marsal Disputes and Investigations professionals have been recognized in the 2018 edition of Who’s Who Legal’s Consulting Experts guide.

The package of proposed regulations includes six separate regulations, and the IRS also released a contemporaneous Notice 2018-64 that provides additional guidance on methods for calculating W-2 wages for purposes of §199A.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit today announced the withdrawal of a decision filed July 24, 2018, in the Altera Corp. v. Commissioner case concerning the validity of the U.S. Treasury regulations with respect to employee stock compensation and cost-sharing arrangements "to allow time for the reconstituted panel to confer on this appeal." In this article, we review the background of the case, this week's reversal of the decision and what this could mean going forward.

These recent articles examine how successful companies are adapting to change, and how some organizations are responding under scrutiny.

The growing influence of technology across every industry is forcing PE firms to review approaches to investment.

Becoming data-driven is a mind-set change, not a one‑time project. It needs visible and tangible commitment to becoming a learning organisation that innovates fast, learns from its successes and failures, and leverages those learnings across the business – in every business unit and every market.

On August 1, the IRS issued proposed regulations which interpret and apply the Sec. 965 transition tax. These regulations, by and large, affirm the interpretations of Sec. 965 from a trio of IRS Notices and a Revenue Procedure.

Featured in the eighth edition of The International Investigations Review, A&M Disputes and Investigations Managing Director Phil Beckett authored a chapter on the role of digital technology in investigations.

Leading global professional services firm Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) announces the continuing expansion of its Middle East team with the appointment of Ghazanfar Shah as Senior Director in its regional Disputes and Investigations practice.

The TCJA dramatically expands the number of corporate taxpayers that will need to perform Section 382 calculations and understand the application of the rules.