Several major retailers face key shareholder votes that could change their futures, under pressure from activist investor campaigns.
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Hinrich Grunwaldt, who joined the global transaction advisory group at professional services firm Alvarez & Marsal LLC in Hamburg in April, may be at the less flashy end of the M&A advisory spectrum;
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This commentary represents the first of what I hope will be many contributions to New Thinking Magazine, providing readers with insights on deals in the marketplace, industry forecasts and market ups
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In our data-driven economy, the need for better data strategies, more advanced data centralization, and effective data consolidation practices keeps growing. For both individual businesses and private
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Competition for targets, a tougher stance from regulators and uneven performance are likely to create an uneasy environment for healthcare special purpose acquisition companies in 2022. SPACs, also kn
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The number of healthcare IPOs in 2021 had overshot the total for 2020 by the end of September, according to an analysis by S&P Global Market Intelligence, with Chinese companies leading the charge.
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To avoid being the target of False Claims Act lawsuits, attorneys say private equity firms ought to make sure their companies are on the up and up prior to investing in them. That means extensive due
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While tech leaders encourage each developer on their team to carefully craft and double-check their own code, that's only one element of creating a clean, error-free product. It's essential to have
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Before global private equity firm H.I.G. Capital bought a large Massachusetts mental health provider through an affiliate, its due diligence turned up warning signs that something fishy was going on.
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The U.S. House of Representatives finally passed the infrastructure bill over the weekend, and President Biden is expected to sign it next week. It's sure to be a boon for private equity. Mergers &
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The U.S. House of Representatives finally passed the infrastructure bill over the weekend, and President Biden is expected to sign it next week. It’s sure to be a boon for private equity. Mergers & Ac
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Digital transformation is the name of the game in 2021. It's everywhere! However, there's another, lesser-known trend that, if used properly, can supercharge that transformation: the rise of the
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Powerful technologies, including artificial intelligence and machine learning, are taking data and analytics to a whole new level, transforming the processes of M&A in general and of deal
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Led by A&M DIG Executive Directors Tara Bilby, and Mishelle Weinerman, along with Chief Technology Officer Joey Baruch, the technology provides private equity firms with data, for better private
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New York, NY - Leading global professional services firm Alvarez & Marsal’s (A&M) Global Transaction Advisory Group (TAG) has launched A&M Data Intelligence Gateway (A&M DIG), a new proprietary
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Good morning. On Wall Street these days, the future's so bright you have to wear shades, to paraphrase a certain lyric. But down in Washington, SEC Chairman Gary Gensler sees a rents issue cropping up
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Leading global professional services firm Alvarez & Marsal's (A&M) Global Transaction Advisory Group (TAG) has launched A&M Data Intelligence Gateway (A&M DIG), a new proprietary technology that
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Leading global professional services firm Alvarez & Marsal's (A&M) Global Transaction Advisory Group (TAG) has launched A&M Data Intelligence Gateway (A&M DIG), a new proprietary technology that
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Almost from the day he started his wealth-management firm in 2014, Russ Charvonia would get unsolicited emails offering to buy the company. He'd send them directly to his trash folder. But like
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Private equity firms with a record $1.6 trillion in dry powder are leaning heavily on roll-up strategies as a way of avoiding high purchase prices for portfolio companies. Instead, they are buying
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When a pandemic was declared last spring, Paul Aversano feared the worst. Aversano leads the global transaction advisory group at Alvarez & Marsal, which works with dealmakers across the corporate...
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Boards are well positioned to sign off on deals as the M&A surge, which saw record-breaking numbers in the first quarter of 2021, is expected to keep building, sources say. "This is the most...
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Special purpose acquisition companies (SPAC) listings continue to outpace levels seen in any previous year - but regulatory scrutiny might slow the waves of new listings in the months ahead. Thus...
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By now, it’s clear that the fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic will have long-lasting effects on nearly all industries. Some ACG members have described the outbreak as a “great accelerator"...

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The start of the coronavirus pandemic quieted insurance deal activity across the globe during the second quarter of 2020, but recovered fully during the second half of the year...

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In this episode, Anthony is joined by Demetri Sevastopulo, Washington Bureau Chief at the Financial Times, to get his take on the highs and lows of the election – and what’s in store for 2021...

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For decades, the Middle East controlled the oil supply and managed its pricing. Drastically decreasing demand coupled with...

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New York – Leading global professional services firm Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) has appointed John P. Malfettone as Senior Advisor...
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Unquote has revealed the winners of its 2020 Private Equity Awards, one of UK's most hotly contested awards for dealmakers in the private equity world…

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The prospect of Joe Biden becoming president has large swaths of corporate America scared, and none more so than the whipping boys who run the private equity business…

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How Will Health Care Fare After the 2020 Election?
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Microchip Technology Inc. was trying to convey how widespread stay-at-home orders affected its bottom line…
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U.S. advisory firm Alvarez & Marsal is expanding its restructuring unit in the Nordic region ahead of an expected spike in volumes…
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Latin America was one of the last regions to feel the full impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on M&A activity as a pipeline of…
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Brazil and Mexico entered lockdown one day apart from each other in late March. Since then…
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Global professional services firm Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) has announced the appointment of Rafael Aguirre as a Managing Director with the firm’s Global Transaction Advisory Group, based in Mexico…
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The panel brings together M&A experts and practitioners from Europe and the United States to address key questions for the months ahead...
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Establishing, or improving, valuation practices will be necessary not only to comply with a new SEC rule, but to address current market conditions...
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Finance will have to make some judgments when trying to present a normalized view of ongoing financial performance...
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Alvarez & Marsal has bolstered its London based global transaction team with the appointment of Devean George as Managing Director. George arrives from PwC’s UK wing, where he was a Director in Tra...
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Historically, the field work phase of pre-acquisition due diligence was almost always performed on-site and in-person. However, that shifted almost instantly in early March to being performed exclu...
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Alvarez & Marsal has confirmed two senior hires in its London office. Philip Lawrence has been named as a Managing Director in the firm’s Corporate Transformation Services team, while Nick Lynch be...
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Private company valuations have been hampered by volatile stock markets, minimal deal activity and uncertainty over how long the pandemic will last...
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In this 30-minute conversation with Alvarez & Marsal Managing Directors Paul Aversano and Richard Jenkins, learn how companies have shifted from just surviving the initial impact...
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The transaction advisory branch of Alvarez & Marsal in Amsterdam was restarted five years ago. There was immediate growth and in 2020 this expansion will continue. Managing Director Age Lindenbergh...
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Private-equity firms dedicated to oil and gas that helped establish America's energy dominance may have trouble raising future funds, experts say...
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Senator Elizabeth Warren and Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez are proposing to ban corporate mergers while the coronavirus crisis persists, as the Democrat Party’s progressive wing seeks to ...
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Private equity enters the coronavirus pandemic with a record cash surplus that may help cash-strapped businesses with good long-term prospects survive...
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By the middle of March, concerns about the impact of the coronavirus on the global economy have plunged the Dow Jones Industrial Average 9,000 points from the previous...
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The Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged more than 2,500 points on Monday morning after the federal government unveiled an emergency stimulus package on Sunday...
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Lower merger and acquisition prices could be one positive byproduct of the stock market's recent volatility...
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Coronavirus fallout has largely halted mergers and acquisitions activity and slowed public offerings in China and its adjoining regions, but that chill could spread to cross-border transactions...
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Paul Aversano, Alvarez & Marsal managing director and global practice leader of its Transaction Advisory Group, speaks to Global Finance…
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Leading professional services firm Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) announced the appointment of Jonathan Nus as a Managing Director…
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Paul Aversano shares his outlook for mergers & acquisitions in 2020 with Oliver Renick on Morning Trade Live.
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The move into Switzerland, a country with the second highest gross domestic product per capita in the world, builds on Alvarez & Marsal’s “strategic growth plan” to further expand its European...
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Experts in mergers and acquisitions are cautiously optimistic as the calendar turns to 2020…
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If there’s anything M&A professionals dislike, it’s uncertainty. And heading into 2020, there’s more than enough uncertainty to go around, including questions about the economy, international trade...
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Alvarez & Marsal has appointed a new Managing Director in its transaction advisory practice. Wayne Jephson will work from the firm’s London office to expand the practice’s UK and regional client...
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Olivia Moon, Nicolas Grosselin and Kossi Aglamey-Pap all joined the French arm of the global consultancy from a Big Four firm. They work in the Transaction Advisory Group – the firm’s wing...
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Although M&A remains healthy, investors question how long these deals will last. Managing Director of the Alvarez & Marsal Global Transactions Advisory Group Paul Aversano joins The Final Round to...
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The firm opens its first office in Switzerland as the next phase of its strategic growth plan and appoints four new Managing Directors...
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Private equity investment firms are setting their sights on orthopaedic care as federal regulators and the industry at large look to move more of these treatments away from hospitals and into...
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The latest issue of the SS&C Intralinks Deal Flow Predictor also includes a feature on the decline and fall of the conglomerate, and an interview with the managing director of private equity...
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When Chinese venture capital firm New Vision Capital invested in two startups focusing on cloud computing and micro-optics...
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As the world becomes increasingly interconnected, businesses are facing pressures from many fronts…
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Paul Aversano, Managing Director at Alvarez & Marsal, shares his outlook for private equity and the impact competition and volatility have on deals…
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The year may have gotten off to a bit of a slow start compared with a record-breaking 2018, but investment...
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Intralinks, the provider of inter-enterprise collaboration products that is perhaps best known for its Deal Flow Predictor, recently interviewed Paul Aversano, a managing director at the...
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A&M’s Mike Cole was featured as a guest commentator in the May/June 2019 issue of Middle Market Growth magazine, commenting extensively on the history of private equity...
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The slowing of the Chinese economy and the U.S. & China trade talks aren't slowing down…
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Dunes Point Capital, LP ("DPC") has sold Miller Chemical & Fertilizer, LLC ("Miller"), a division of Industrial Group Holdings, LLC ("IGH"), to J.M. Huber Corporation...
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Leading global professional services firm Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) has appointed Yvette Chan to...
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An all-inclusive exploration of the condition of...
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Paul Aversano, Managing Director at Alvarez & Marsal, discusses his first-quarter outlook for private equity
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After an almost 10-year bull market, the investment management sector is at an inflection point, resulting in robust M&A activity
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John Suckow, A&M’s Chief Operating Officer, stated, “We are pleased to publicly congratulate the leaders being promoted to Managing Director within the firm
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After an almost 10-year bull market, the investment management sector is at an inflection point, resulting in robust M&A activity.
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Handelsbanken, Danske Bank and Vinge are three of eight advisors who are connected to EQT's bid for Stendörren.
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The M&A Advisor is grateful to the leading M&A professional firms who support our thought leadership publishing initiatives, allowing us to provide an insightful perspective on the issues, challenges
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Emigrant Bank’s acquisition of Fiduciary Network could signal a new way for banks to play in the wealth
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Senior leaders Paul H. Barry and Faisel Hussein join as Managing Directors to co-lead the new practice
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Almost 60% of the healthcare investors and operators said industry mergers and acquisitions will either stay the same or
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As political overtones began impacting trade, Mexico and the US found common ground for their deal negotiation
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Alvarez & Marsal has appointed Paulo Mota as a managing director to its global transaction advisory group in Brazil.
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Leading global professional services firm Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) announced the addition of Paulo Mota...
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Paul Aversano, Managing Director at Alvarez & Marsal’s Private Equity Services Group, breaks down the implications trade tensions could have for the world of private equity.
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A new competition analysis has identified the globe’s top consulting firms for M&A consultancy. The list spans all management consulting services from M&A strategy through due diligence, valuation, tr
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A possible trade war might seem unsettling to the M&A market, but one executive thinks tariffs could lead to a flood of deals.
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While the proposed Data Protection Bill, 2018, along with the SriKrishna Committee Recommendations have made consumers owner of their own data, fintech startups, which deal with sensitive financial...
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Malcolm Mackenzie, head of European corporate transformation services at Alvarez & Marsal, discusses the new report on activist investors in Europe, the rise in "wolf packs" and if the U.K. is more su
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Our Alvarez & Marsal Global Transaction Advisory Group Managing Director Xuong Liu and Paul Aversano share their insights on the current US & China trade tensions’ impact on cross-border M&A with Acqu
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Alvarez & Marsal Taxand, LLC (A&M Taxand), an affiliate of leading global professional services firm Alvarez & Marsal (A&M), announces the addition of Senior Directors Jon de Jong and Louis Mancini.
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ALM Intelligence – Consulting division, previously known as Kennedy Consulting, has released its 2018 ratings of Transactions - Acquisitions consulting providers.
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Alvarez & Marsal has hired four senior M&A experts – Jonathan Gibbons, Guillaume Martinez, Frederic Steiner and Donatien Chenu – from Deloitte in France. All four have been appointed a Managing Direct
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Leading global professional services firm Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) announces the formal establishment of its A&M Global Transaction Analytics (GTA) service offering. Led globally by Steven Lee, an A&M M
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With days left for the rollout of the intra-state e-way bill on February 1, several logistics and ecommerce companies are seeking clarifications on the new system, fearing operational inefficiencies a
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What’s common between the IPOs of Eris Lifesciences, ICICI Lombard, SBI Life Insurance and Security & Intelligence Services (India) is The Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) was the common...
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As the playing field continues to level due to new, tighter audit rotation rules, Alvarez & Marsal have confirmed another capture of senior talent from a Big Four consulting firm. Helene Willberg...
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Global professional services firm Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) has hired Christer Wiberg, Taus Wolfsberg and Christer Johansson as managing directors in its newly opened Stockholm office.
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Alvarez & Marsal announced the opening of a Stockholm office aligned with the firm’s global expansion strategy and in response to market demand for an independent professional services firm to meet re
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Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) announced the opening of a Stockholm office aligned with the firm’s global expansion strategy and in response to market demand for an independent professional services firm to m
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Consulting firm Alvarez & Marsal has opened a Stockholm office, hiring three partners from KPMG. Christer Johansson led KPMG’s Nordic market operational due diligence and integrations/carve-outs team
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Leading global professional services firm Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) has expanded its Transaction Advisory Group U.S. practice with two new Managing Directors, Peter Gougousis and Jeffrey Jones...
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Global professional services firm Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) has expanded its Transaction Advisory Group U.S. practice with two new Managing Directors, Peter Gougousis and Jeffrey Jones. The Transacti...
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Last year's record level of Chinese merger and acquisition activity will be tough to match in 2017. While conditions globally still look favorable for continued dealmaking, the so-called...
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When engaged in M&A activity, companies and their counsel must be well prepared to address working capital disputes (post-acquisition disputes that arise due to working capital adjustments)...
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Since Donald Trump confounded the press, pundits, and financial markets by storming to victory on the 8 November, the world has been left wondering what his presidency might entail...
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With Donald Trump now inaugurated as the 45th President of the United States, and the U.S. equity market’s reaction to the election results still generally positive, CEOs and transaction leaders...
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Global mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity surged in January, posting its best first month of the year since 2000, data compiled by Bloomberg reveals. January saw some major transactions...
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Mumbai: ICICI Bank Ltd has filed an application in the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) against Innoventive Industries Ltd to initiate a corporate insolvency process under the new bankruptcy law..
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The UK's vote to leave the European Union and Donald Trump's surprise victory in the US presidential election have delivered heavy blows to rulemakers attempting to reform financial markets across...
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In 12 hours, there couldn't have been a starker difference to jeweller Hansraj Mehta's fortunes. At 9 pm on November 8, just hours after Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the demonetisation...
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Alvarez & Marsal has bolstered its Transaction Advisory Group in Latin America with five new consultants, all poached from a Big Four rival. Adriano José Ponciano and Emerson Santana join from KPMG...
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Leading global professional services firm Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) continues its commitment to serving clients globally and regionally with the appointments...
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Over the last few years, Alvarez & Marsal has greatly expanded its roster and borders to encompass most regions of the globe. Today it has more than 1,000 operating professionals around the world...
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Leading global professional services firm Alvarez and Marsal (A&M) has expanded its Transaction Advisory Group capabilities in Brazil with the addition of M&A tax and labor professionals...
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Today, political and economic turbulence permeate certain geographies and industry sectors in Latin America. Nevertheless, international and domestic investors continue to seek attractive assets...
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After coming off a record year of global mergers and acquisitions activity for 2015 in which deal making surpassed $5 trillion in volume for the first time in history, the market as seen a bit...
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Chapter 3: The Global Courtship Steering a Cross-Border Deal to the LOI
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The advisory firm’s appointments include Fabio Pires and Alvaro Araujo to managing director, and Sergio Aguilar and David Arrabito as directors. Pires will be based in Los Angeles with Arrabito...
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Professional services firm Alvarez & Marsal has expanded its service portfolio in Latin America with Corporate Finance and Transaction Advisory offerings. To lead the functional expansion...
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Alvarez & Marsal said Wednesday that it made some additions to its Latin America practice. Fabio Pires and Avlaro Araujo have joined the firm. Both are Managing Directors. Sergio Aguilar and David...
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Professional services firm Alvarez & Marsal has appointed Age Lindenbergh as managing director and leader of its financial services transactions team in Europe, the firm said in a statement...
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Global advisory firm Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) is launching a new Shanghai-based business group to capitalize on Chinese companies’ outbound mergers and acquisitions spree...
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Last year it roped in Utamsingh, former head of transactions and chief for PE advisory practice of KPMG in India.
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US-based Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) is a global professional services firm specialising in turning around the debt-ridden companies. Paul Aversano, managing director in Alvarez & Marsal’s private...
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Paul Aversano is a Managing Director and National Practice Leader of Alvarez & Marsal’s Transaction Advisory Group. For more than 12 years, Mr. Aversano has specialized in leading financial...
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