Merger and acquisitions (M&A) in Europe and the Middle East have seen a marked slowdown in 2022 as corporate and financial acquirers turned cautious amid rising economic anxiety.

In the second quarter of 2023, a legislative proposal is expected to be published to amend the Dutch tax entity classification rules.

Over the last few years, e-commerce sales have increased 7% year-on-year. In terms of spending, the forecast for holiday sales from November 2022 to January 2023 is estimated at over $1trillion. The spending peak of this period comes over Cyber Week, with Black Friday and Cyber Monday being the two main events.

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) unveiled new rules this year aiming to improve how financial institutions treat retail customers in a sector now worth some £170 billion – a move it called a “paradigm shift” that marks a return to outcomes-based regulation.

On 23 November 2022, the Dutch Ministry of Finance issued a new Decree outlining its position on the application of tax treaties and domestic withholding taxes in light of hybrid situations caused by US ‘check-the-box’ elections.

A&M Recognized in the 2023 Edition of Who’s Who Legal’s Arbitration Expert Witnesses

On 9 December 2022, the Dutch Ministry of Finance announced several changes to the tax classification rules for Dutch funds for joint account (fondsen voor gemene rekening) to qualify as transparent or opaque for Dutch direct tax purposes.

Supply chains are facing continuing challenges, but their source is shifting

A&M Managing Director Ryan Omohundro has been selected for ABI’s “40 Under 40” as a top turnaround and restructuring professional under the age of 40.

In our Seat with an Expert video series, Phil Beckett explains what companies should be aware of when considering eDiscovery and digital investigations.

On 9 December 2022, the Dutch Ministry of Finance announced that the abolishment of the Dutch REIT regime will be postponed from 1 January 2024 to 1 January 2025. The motivation behind this postponement is to give Dutch REITs and their institutional investors additional time to restructure. Transitional law will be introduced to facilitate this.

We are pleased to present a copy of our 2022 / 2023 Energy Compensation Report.

In the fourth installment of the Staying Power series, Sooho Choi breaks down how the COVID-19 pandemic changed global spending in the broader Travel and Hospitality industry landscape and what organizations have done to bounce back to recover lost revenue and market share.

Global professional services firm Alvarez & Marsal (“A&M”) today announces the findings of its latest analysis and predictor of shareholder activism in Europe in 2022, the “A&M Activist Alert”, or “AAA”.