Leading global professional services firm Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) has expanded its wealth management transformation capacity with the addition of two seasoned experts who join the firm’s Financial Industry Advisory Services group. Craig Walling joins as a Managing Director and Kevin Ferguson joins as a Senior Director, both in New York.

Ramin Tabibzadeh joins A&M's Performance Improvement practice as a Managing Director in Los Angeles. He specializes in helping Global 1000 and mid-market companies achieve top-line growth and tangible bottom line improvements through operational cost optimizations and effective technology implementations.

Phil Beckett was recently appointed as a Managing Director in our Global Forensic and Dispute Services practice, based in London. Mr. Beckett’s appointment underscores the growing demand from corporates in the UK and Europe for operational forensic expertise which can help to preempt and respond to concerns such as cyber-security and bribery.

Alvarez & Marsal Taxand, LLC, an affiliate of leading global professional services firm Alvarez & Marsal, announced that industry veteran Laurie Wik has joined the firm’s tax practice as a Senior Director in San Francisco.

Our Executive Compensation and Benefits practice welcomes George F. O’Donnell who will serve as a Managing Director in Greenwich, Connecticut. An expert in structuring compensation programs for senior management and outside directors, Mr. O’Donnell’s legal and accounting background strengthens A&M’s offering for professional services firms.

Alvarez & Marsal Taxand, LLC, an affiliate of leading global professional services firm Alvarez & Marsal, has augmented its dedicated Private Client Services group. Joining A&M Taxand as part of this expansion are seasoned tax experts Erik Christianson and Ambrosio Gonzalez, both Senior Directors based in Miami.

A&M was the lead sponsor at the Bank Structuring and Resolvability Conference in London. The event brought together industry experts from Europe to examine the evolution of bank structures redesigned to meet regulatory requirements, as well as best-practice approaches for deploying resolution plans. The conversation was driven in response to the recent trend of financial regulation requiring that institutions amend internal frameworks to minimize bailout risk.

As shareholders and advisory groups continue to scrutinize executive compensation, the number of executives entitled to excise tax gross-ups and other benefits in the event of a change in control is declining, according to a new Alvarez & Marsal Taxand study.

Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) continues to expand its senior team in the Middle East, hiring Dr. Saeeda Jaffar and David Tusa as Managing Directors.

Alvarez & Marsal Taxand, LLC, an affiliate of leading global professional services firm Alvarez & Marsal, announced that Michael Eagan has joined the firm’s federal tax practice as a Managing Director in Washington, D.C., while James Stanley, specializing in mergers and acquisitions, joins as a Managing Director based in San Francisco.

Mr. Goulding specializes in financial and strategic planning, liquidity management and implementation of financial strategies for corporate turnaround and restructuring. With more than 18 years of management consulting, financial restructuring and interim management experience, he advises debtor and creditor clients, both in court and outside of bankruptcy.

Alvarez & Marsal Taxand, LLC, an affiliate of leading global professional services firm Alvarez & Marsal, announced that Jeffrey Schwarcz has joined the firm’s tax practice as a Senior Director in New York, bolstering its ability to advise clients on acquisitions, reorganizations, dispositions, leveraged buy-outs, recapitalizations and other tax matters.

With more than 40 years of experience working with multinational corporations on federal and international tax matters, including cross-border mergers and acquisitions (M&A), intellectual property, supply chain and debt capitalization issues, Mr. Brewer has significant expertise in designing and implementing multinational corporate structures in the most tax-efficient manner possible.

The world of private equity and its service providers has changed radically. “The old model of buy low, sell high no longer works. It is really about working the assets now,” says Paul Aversano, Managing Director and Global Practice Leader of A&M's Transaction Advisory Group. “We can support a private equity firm virtually throughout the entire investment period with our model. From operational improvement, providing interim management to preparing an IPO.”

Today marks the successful completion of a refinancing for IBI Group Inc. Headquartered in Toronto, IBI Group is a globally integrated architecture, planning, engineering, and technology firm with over 2,200 professionals around the world.