In Part I of the six-part series, “Driving Transformation Through the Office of the CFO,” A&M Private Equity Performance Improvement (PEPI) CFO Services Leader & Managing Director, Richard Jenkins, provides an overview of the three primary building blocks of a high performing CFO office that constitute the pillars that are critical to a successful business transformation.

Alvarez & Marsal’s (A&M’s) Disputes & Investigations practice specializes in assisting
public and private organizations – such as colleges and universities, government
entities, religious organizations, companies, etc. – in developing compliance programs
and conducting independent investigations that address Title IX issues such as abuse,
harassment, discrimination and/or misuse of authority or allegations of fraud.

Where businesses choose to source or manufacture their products has become a highly politicized subject.

A&M has appointed Jason Yum, a recognized leader in digital strategies and emerging technologies such as blockchain, a Senior Director to its Corporate Performance Improvement group in Seattle.

In a recent interview published in Private Equity International's special issue on operational excellence, A&M Managing Directors Markus Lahrkamp and Jeffrey Klein discuss how companies must position themselves now in order to take advantage of the next economic downturn.

Christopher Kulp to lead the Procurement and Sourcing practice within Alvarez & Marsal's Private Equity Services Group. His appointment highlights A&M’s commitment to creating value for clients through transforming sourcing, procurement and the broader supply chain.

Lorenzo Grillo appointed to support European expansion against backdrop of increasing prominence of cyber threats affecting companies of all sizes and industries.

Over the past decade, India’s corporate landscape has experienced rapid change, which has impacted the way companies have performed, as measured by their change in market capitalization.

When we think about what type of data would be important in a dispute, we are immediately drawn to the usual suspects: emails, user generated office documents and paper. They are all examples of unstructured data, which makes up between 40 percent and 80 percent of all data in an organisation and on average is growing up to 23 percent annually. Although dispute cases mainly focus on unstructured data, structured data can be of equal importance to help understand an organisation’s corporate environment. 

In today’s investing environment, activists are increasingly targeting some laggard stocks and making public calls for companies to sell off the poorly performing and non-core parts of their business.

Growth in Infrastructure investment continues to be a trend that has been unaffected by all manner of challenges, including the ever increasing global (and regional) political and economic instability. New capital continues to enter the market place at an incredible rate, meaning competition has never been more intense. Traditional infrastructure assets are being purchased for EBITDA multiples, which can only be described as eye watering.

President Trump's signature legislative achievement, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the "Act"), brought the most sweeping change to U.S. tax law since 1986. The Act includes many changes that may impact the way tax-exempt organizations operate. Specifically, the Act, modifies the way unrelated business income is calculated and imposes limitations on net operating losses (“NOLs”).

The second article in Alvarez & Marsal's (A&M's) three-part series on cost optimization, entitled “Not Every Dollar is a Good Dollar,” is written for investors and executives in private equity portfolio companies that have historically increased shareholder value through revenue growth, but are now facing challenges and lower levels of profitability.