Alvarez & Marsal

About Alvarez & Marsal:

• Global Reach: 90 offices in 40 countries across the Americas, Europe, Asia, the Middle East and Australia
• Number of employees worldwide: 10,500+

Firm Overview:

Founded in 1983, Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) is a leading global professional services firm. Renowned for its leadership, action, and results, A&M provides advisory, business performance improvement, and turnaround management services, delivering practical solutions to address clients’ unique challenges. With a worldwide network of experienced operators, world-class consultants, former regulators, and industry authorities A&M helps corporates, boards, private equity firms, law firms, and government agencies drive transformation, mitigate risk, and unlock value at every stage of growth.

A&M’s Disputes and Investigations professionals draw on their expertise in disputes, investigations and compliance, forensic technology, cyber risk, and expert testimony to provide clients with independent and highly qualified advice. A&M’s team is experienced in working with outside counsel, boards of directors, audit and special committees, fiduciaries (examiners, independent monitors, independent compliance consultants, receivers, trustees), and with the management teams of public and privately held companies.

Our Disputes and Investigations Services:

Disputes

A&M’s team of experts conducts rigorous financial, economic, and technical analyses to help resolve complex disputes, analysing complex financial transactions and claims, preparing comprehensive reports, and providing compelling expert evidence and testimony. We work closely with law firms, companies, and stakeholders on complex accounting, economic, financial, operational, technical, and valuation matters.

Our independent and objective expert services include discovery support, forensic accounting, class certification analysis, technical assessments, quantum of damages, delay/disruption analysis for construction and IT disputes, privileged consulting, and expert testimony. We work on a wide range of matters including commercial litigation, international arbitration (including ICSID), and expert determination.

Investigations and Compliance

A recognized leader in investigations and corporate compliance, A&M regularly appears before local and international regulators and law enforcement agencies around the world to discuss investigative findings and the effectiveness of corporate compliance programs on matters under active investigation. Our team of investigations professionals operates as a single global team and is well-positioned to support our clients across all stages of the investigation life cycle – from data preservation to forensic analysis including data analytics and forensic accounting, interviewing, remediation, and expert testimony.

In recent years, A&M has brought its unique perspective gained from serving as the forensics provider to government-appointed monitors to help its clients design and implement measured, risk-based solutions that effectively mitigate risk without unduly burdening the business.

Independent Monitorships and Independent Compliance Consultants

A&M has deep experience in every phase of working on a potential regulator-imposed independent monitorship—including executing pre-resolution compliance design, testing and remediation meant to avoid the need for a monitor; working as independent monitors; working for independent monitors and compliance consultants to independently monitor companies’ compliance programs; and working for companies under monitorship to reduce the strain that monitorships necessarily impose by acting as facilitating compliance improvement and acting as an intermediary between the company and monitor.

A&M has worked on a significant number of monitorships and compliance consultancies over the past several years, including those imposed by the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission, U.S. Department of Justice, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, U.S. Federal Reserve, Danish FSA, and others. A&M’s compliance monitorships have covered market conduct in commodities and equities markets, corruption (including the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act), financial reporting, and other subjects.

Forensic Technology

A&M leverages advanced technology to uncover and manage evidence and intelligence in legal, regulatory, investigation, and compliance matters. Our experts specialize in eDiscovery, digital forensics, forensic data analytics, information risk and governance, and privacy and data compliance, using advanced technology in every dispute or investigative matter.

A&M provides tailored forensic technology solutions to meet each client’s unique needs and business objectives, delivering powerful insights and cost savings. Our team combines forensic expertise with industry-leading technology to design and execute auditable, repeatable, and defensible procedures.

Global Cyber Risk Services

A&M helps boards and management teams understand, evaluate, and manage cyber risk. We develop and implement cyber resilience strategies and incident response programs and provide effective support during cybersecurity incidents. Our experts assist in containing, mitigating, and recovering from active cyber threats, investigating and addressing vulnerabilities. Our methods adhere to regulatory and industry frameworks and best practices specific to our clients’ business.

A&M’s global team of cybersecurity experts provides prioritized findings, recommendations, and a roadmap for closing gaps. Using advanced methodologies, tools, and techniques, we identify vulnerabilities and design programs to enhance organizations’ cyber resilience.