Companies regularly use derivative products to hedge financial risks. Among products that are commonly used are interest rate swaps and foreign exchange derivatives. Interest rate swaps are typically used to hedge against interest risk from floating rate loans, effectively converting the floating interest rate into a fixed interest payment. Foreign exchange derivatives, on the other hand, are typically used by companies with operations in multiple countries to hedge their currency exposures.

Dr Haunton is one of the UK’s most experienced R&D tax relief specialists.

In the third installment of the ‘Women in Real Estate, Infrastructure and Private Equity’ video series from our Financial Investors Group, A&M Director Alison Walker interviewed Sapna Chandaria, Senior Manager at Cinven.

In an increasingly challenging fund raising environment, investors are requiring investment fund managers to have ‘skin in the game’ through making a co-investment in the investment fund that they manage.

Tiffany Wong on her career as a Managing Director in restructuring and insolvency.

Discover the five questions every law firm leader should be prepared to answer about Generative AI.

Leading global professional services firm Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) has appointed John Jibilian as a Managing Director in its Public Sector Services’ (PSS) Education practice.

For several years, an already adopted Dutch dividend withholding tax exemption that can be applied at source for certain ‘tax-exempt’ investors was pending effectiveness.

In a move aimed at safeguarding small businesses and organizations from potential frauds and errors, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has unveiled a special withdrawal process for those who have filed Employee Retention Credit (ERC) claims and are concerned about the accuracy of their submissions.

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) recently released a preview of proposed changes to Form 6765, Credit for Increasing Research Activities, also known as the R&D Tax Credit. Explore the key proposed changes to Form 6765 and their potential impact on taxpayers.

A&M Senior Associate Katie Montague was named as a 2023 Emerging Leader by TMA at The 2023 TMA Annual Conference. 

Kathleen King, Managing Director at A&M Tax, shared her perspectives on the new software development rule within Notice 2023-63 during the Virtual Coffee Talk. Her insights on Section 41 and Section 174 have been recently quoted in Tax Notes.

From the energy transition toward alternative sources and the shift to a circular economy that replaces our historical linear system, much is changing.

Managing Director Ashley Taylor and Senior Director John Haining, of the Middle East Energy team, discuss these changes and the opportunities and challenges for family enterprises within the energy transition in the first article of our Transform to Transition series.