Another boutique arrives in Asia

What is A&M? It was started in 1983 by Tony Alvarez and Brian Marsal. Alvarez had been with Coopers & Lybrand and had run the restructuring practice. Marsal had been with Citibank on the restructuring side too. A&M was set up as a restucturing or workout boutique. The first job was Timex. The practice grew from the two of them to a group of 25 professionals within a decade. Then they realized they had to grow or perish, due to the way the industry was changing. So A&…