Alvarez & Marsal has doubled down on its progress plans in Australia’s tax advisory market with the rent of 9 new Managing Administrators.
In its somanieth raid of the Massive Fours corporations someplace across the globe this yr, Alvarez & Marsal has introduced in eight senior practitioners from EY, Deloitte, KPMG and most notably, PwC.
Joanna Black, Vaughn Lindfield, Rachel Munro, Andrew Moore, Jagmohan Singh have all joined from PwC, whereas Brett Todd (Deloitte), Nathan Hamilton (KPMG), and Lisa Cusano (EY) have crossed from the opposite Massive 4 giants. Michael Johns is the only real trade rent.
Sean Keegan, Managing Director at Alvarez & Marsal and chief of the Australia Tax follow, mentioned the numerous country-wide expertise rent continues the agency’s outstanding progress in Australia (at a time when many rivals are downsizing) and builds on the agency’s international progress technique for its Tax follow.
The US-headquartered consulting agency solely launched its Australian Tax follow in February this yr, by a large workforce rent from Massive 4 corporations and different expertise.
“Our new Managing Administrators convey a wealth of collective tax advisory, mergers and acquisitions, tax structuring, transaction planning, tax controversy and company tax advisory expertise to Alvarez & Marsal. Their engagements span a number of industries, together with monetary companies, non-public fairness, actual property, mining, infrastructure, know-how, media, telecommunications, and authorities privatization.”
All seven Managing Administrators crossing from the Massive 4 both held positions as associate or served in management roles. “All of them have in-depth strategic tax planning and drafting information together with expertise negotiating difficult tax elements of transactions, in addition to participating with income authorities to resolve tax controversies.”
Johns in the meantime spent the previous three years with the Australian Taxation Workplace in South Australia, however can be a Massive 4 alumni, having served PwC for years, latterly main its outbound tax follow in Adelaide.
The cohort will work from Alvarez & Marsal’s workplaces in Perth, Melbourne and Sydney. Firm-wide, Alvarez & Marsal now has near 350 employees in Australia.
“Alvarez & Marsal’s ongoing growth in Australia represents our dedication to fast progress in key markets all over the world,” commented Ernie Perez, International Apply Chief of the Tax follow. “The addition of those 9 new Managing Administrators permits us to proceed to boost our wholistic suite of choices in Australia with credible, skilled expertise.”
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The 9 folks: Joanna Black (Melbourne), Vaughn Lindfield (Perth), Michael Johns (Melbourne), Rachel Munro (Perth), Andrew Moore (Sydney), Jagmohan Singh (Sydney), Brett Todd (Melbourne), Nathan Hamilton (Sydney), and Lisa Cusano