A&M is the market leader in developing and implementing strategic agility to help investors, industry and their advisors achieve advantage in the context of market and policy complexity and change. America First Risk Advisory solutions integrate interdisciplinary, cross-functional teams (including experts in, e.g., national security, trade and technology; tax and customs; supply chain; digital infrastructure; global cyber risk; information governance and security; transaction advisory, strategy and performance improvement, data analytics, econometric analysis; enterprise and digital transformation, etc.) to help investors, enterprises and professional advisors understand, decide and act to adapt strategy, organizations and relationships in a complex, dynamic policy environment.

A&M’s technology-assisted America First Risk Advisory solutions include:

• Diligence: “Plug and play,” industry-tailored diligence that helps investors, industry and professional advisors quickly identify and understand America First-related risks that apply to transaction or organization parties, relationships and strategically-sensitive equities. Specific America First Risk Diligence solutions include (among others):
  • Counterparty diligence
  • Industry/technology/data/infrastructure strategic sensitivity diligence
  • Technology, data and commodity classification
  • Supply chain risk diligence
  • Tax, customs, and tariffs exposure diligence
• Assessment: Focused, efficiently-implemented assessments that help investors, industry and professional advisors define and quantify identified America First-related risks, develop strategic options, and decide on optimal courses of action. Specific America First Risk Assessment solutions include (among others):
  • Strategy and transaction risk assessment and mitigation design
  • Third-party risk management assessment
  • Enterprise security/compliance gap assessment
  • Data/system governance assessment
  • Enterprise cybersecurity assessment
  • Supply chain integrity/resilience assessment
  • Tax, customs and tariffs optimization assessment
  • Economic, financial and budget assessment and planning
• Reduction and Assurance: Tailored, agile, and trusted risk reduction and assurance solutions that help investors, industry and professional advisors build capabilities and implement controls that reduce and assure mitigation of America First-related risks. Specific America First Risk Reduction and Assurance solutions include:
  • America First transaction risk mitigation controls
  • Enterprise security and compliance program implementation
  • Independent security and compliance assessments, audits and oversight
  • Technology and data center security programs
  • Sensitive information governance and security programs
  • Supply chain reengineering and risk reduction
  • Duty drawback
  • Tax, customs and tariffs optimization implementation
  • Project management office and change management integration