On December 20, 2019, President Trump signed a year-end spending package that included the long-awaited Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement Act (the “SECURE Act”), ushering in the most sweeping reform to retirement saving in the U.S. since the Pension Protection Act of 2006.

Businesses operating in China face multiple questions across all functions. How bad is it or will there be any real impact? What’s the immediate strategy and actions to “stay alive”? How to support the government requirement while ensure business continuity?

Alvarez & Marsal continues to grow in France and to strengthen its Global Transaction Advisory Group (TAG) team with the appointment of Ghislain de Seze (Managing Director), Violaine Saint Romas (Senior Director), Kossi Aglamey-Pap (Senior Director), and Louis Darrieus (Director) in Paris.

A&M Taxand UK and Taxand commissioned macroeconomic research firm, Capital Economics, in Autumn 2019, to analyse and assess the tax system options available to the UK post-Brexit.

Digital transformations are fueling data growth, including passively capturing personal information. Over recent years, the complexity in responding to broad based discovery requests pose difficulties due to developing data technologies, cloud and mobile applications, cross-border data disbursement, and increased data volumes.

At the start of 2020, uncertainty in virtually every industry is dampening investors’ appetite for risk. In the last ten years, the rising tide of the market has lifted all boats, but if tensions continue to rise on the geo-political front or taxes were to be overhauled (especially capital gains) under a new U.S. President, these major issues will encourage investors to hold cash.

For most of the 19th and 20th centuries, the United States was considered to have the most advanced infrastructure in the world, supported by the quality and integrity of the roads, railways, bridges, airports and utilities.

Schools, libraries, hospitals, courthouses, and government buildings serve as the cornerstone of society and facilitate core functions of democracy. Despite the critical role these facilities play in our daily lives, our public buildings, often referred to as social infrastructure, are crumbling.

On June 21, 2018, the U.S. Supreme Court decision in South Dakota v. Wayfair (“Wayfair”), 585 U.S. ___ (2018), overturned the long-standing precedent embraced 26 years earlier in its 1992 decision in Quill v. North Dakota requiring physical presence for sales and use tax nexus.

Leading global professional services firm Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) recently surpassed the 1,000 employee mark in Europe, further demonstrating the market’s growing appreciation of A&M’s integrated offering and ability to maximize value.

Constant, rapid innovation is often seen as essential for high-tech engineering firms.Here, we outlined how the company worked with A&M to develop a surprisingly unradical approach, which helped to simplify processes and drive better business outcomes.

On December 20, 2019, President Trump signed a spending bill that included legislation to extend the Energy Efficient Commercial Building Deduction (Internal Revenue Code section 179D) through December 31, 2020.

This edition of Tax Advisory Weekly explores the key findings of the 2019/2020 Executive Change in Control Report.

Jonathan Nus’ appointment aligns with the Global Transaction Advisory Group’s strategic talent expansion goals.

Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) Disputes and Investigations team in Asia provides analysis of trends in Asia in 2020 to guide businesses in identifying and navigating potential risks in a year of expected growing economic uncertainty and heightened regulatory demands.