A&M appoints two managing directors to CMAA practice

Alvarez and Marsal (A&M) has announced the appointment of Stockholm-based Annika Melin Jakobsson and New York-based Patricia Alonso de la Fuente as Global Transaction Advisory Group (TAG) managing directors within its Capital Markets and Accounting Advisory (CMAA) practice.

Jakobsson will develop A&M’s CMAA offering in the Nordics and EMEA, and Alonso de la Fuente will support CMAA in the US, Spain and its continued Latin American (LatAm) expansion.

Jakobsson, A&M’s Nordic CMAA practice leader who will support this offering across EMEA, specialises in initial public offerings (IPO), carve-outs, capital markets transactions, corporate governance, risk, compliance, and all mergers and acquisitions (M&A) lifecycle aspects.

She advises board and management teams, in listed and non-listed companies, and has led national and international large- mid- and small cap IPOs and capital markets transactions.

Prior to joining A&M, Jakobsson served as managing partner for EY’s Nordic Capital Markets group and managing partner for KPMG’s Deal Advisory Capital Markets Group in Sweden. While at KPMG, she also served as a member of its board of directors.

Meanwhile, Alonso de la Fuente’s global mindset and local expertise crisscrosses her extensive cross-border and cross-functional market transaction experience.

She focuses on IPOs, acquisitions, divestitures, international financial reporting standards (IFRS), US generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) conversions and complex technical accounting matters.

Additionally, she has led complex, cross-functional M&A and IPO projects and developed holistic solutions for clients across diverse sectors in the Americas and Europe.

Prior to joining A&M, Ms. Alonso de la Fuente served with KPMG, most recently as partner in deal advisory in New York, along with leading that firm’s Capital Markets and Accounting Advisory Services US-LatAm corridor.

Jakobsson and Alonso de la Fuente, said: “Capital markets are part of the transaction lifecycle. With tailored teams to meet needs and demands, A&M’s business model supports clients wherever we are in that cycle. Across the transaction spectrum, from aligning IPO readiness to planning exits, now is the time for corporates and PE to prepare.”