While U.K. remains top European market for activism, Germany and France are increasingly at risk Industrials and Technology identified as key sectors at risk, while Consumer firms continue to fall out of favour.

Alvarez & Marsal’s Manchester office advises on Byland U.K.'s acquisition of L.K. Bennett Ltd

Alvarez & Marsal’s Compensation and Benefits Practice recently released two studies on compensation practices in the oil and gas industry, one covering the exploration & production (E&P) sector and one covering the oilfield services (OFS) sector. These are the key takeaways from our research.

Alvarez & Marsal boosts U.K. Valuations team with the addition of Managing Director, Martin Drummond.

Two powerful forces are pushing companies to assess whether they have a sustainable, profitable future.

On the 4th April 2019, HMRC published a special employer bulletin relating to key social security considerations in the event of no deal exit from the E.U.

Leading global professional services firm Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) announced today the launch of LeaseSCRE (pronounced “lease score”), a web-based tool that uses machine learning to estimate an incremental borrowing rate (IBR) curve.

Leading global professional services firm Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) announces the formal establishment of its Cost Optimization service offering within its Private Equity Performance Improvement group.

Senior Director Michael Carter recently co-authored a New York Law Journal article discussing how sports betting operators can maintain compliance and legal standards with increased regulation and scrutiny due to the legalization of gambling. 

A potential revamp of corporate formation disclosure rules is likely to turn on who controls sought-after ownership data.

The April 2019 edition examines the rapid spread of shareholder activism across Continental Europe, with France, Germany, Italy and Spain all showing increasing concentrations of companies vulnerable to activist campaigns. While the UK remains the largest activist market, the report finds that investor attention is becoming more widely distributed as activism gains acceptance across European boardrooms.

As taxpayers near the end of income tax provision and tax return extension calculations, they may be thinking they have reached the end of the learning curve in terms of the impact of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA). While tax departments were busy developing new data sets and finding tools to assist with the calculations, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) was releasing new draft and revised forms. Taxpayers will be required to familiarize themselves with these forms to report the TCJA effects in the coming months.

In 2009, the UAE took a significant step forward in adopting international best practices by introducing governance regulations for listed companies.

Private equity investors often find themselves in situations where portfolio companies need to realize meaningful and sustainable improvements in cost structure. Companies in these situations cannot simply cut their way to efficiency – they need to change how they operate.

The soaring number of campaigns by activist investors means management teams and board members have become increasingly familiar with the activist playbook