The Disputes and Investigations practice at leading global professional services firm Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) today published Threatscape 2022, that examines three major fraud, compliance, regulatory risks and investigations trends the firm expects to see in Asia and provides mitigation strategies organisations can employ to safeguard business continuity.

This article discusses trends in DOJ's enforcement actions, how DOJ may investigate potential fraud, and identify best practices for PPP recipients.

Alvarez & Marsal’s Asia and Cayman Islands teams recently concluded their work in support of restructuring Luckin Coffee.

A&M continues to expand its transformation capabilities with the addition of Barb Dawson as a Managing Director in the firm's Corporate Performance Improvement practice.

In the penultimate week of our Employer Tax Year-End Update series, we look at some of the key changes and issues affecting employers, as we emerge from the pandemic and head into a new tax year.

A&M Managing Director Kersten Muller was recently featured in React News. 

On April 4th, the United States District Court for the District of Colorado in Liberty Global Inc. v. United States invalidated a U.S. Treasury Department regulation which attempted to backfill certain aspects of the section 245A dividends received deduction enacted in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.

Shocks to global supply chains are increasing in frequency and severity. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, new Covid outbreaks in China and rising interest rates in the US are occurring at once with ramifications for global trade. What steps can companies take to improve supply chain resilience.

On March 25, 2022, the Texas Supreme Court unanimously ruled in favor of Sirius XM Radio, Inc. (“Sirius”) and against the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts’ (the “Comptroller”) assessment in Sirius v. Hegar, No. 20-0462 (Texas 2021).

In our 4th article of the Employer Tax Year-End Update series, we discuss key tasks, common issues, and penalties related to reporting Employment Related Securities.

HM Treasury is proposing a "once-in-a-generation" change to R&D incentives that will radically impact international companies and increased administration burden for smaller entities. Is your business ready for these proposed changes?

In a recent article for Law.com International, A&M's forensic technology experts Kevin Negangard, Davin Teo and Raphael Kiess, explore how companies and law firms need to establish a consistent approach to how they use, store, access and review data across borders, as the regulatory and legal requirements for data management differ significantly between the Americas, Europe and Asia.

The private equity industry has been facing challenges from the pandemic with travel restrictions, labor shortages and supply chain issues disrupting the global economy for two years.