Alvarez & Marsal, a New York-headquartered administration consulting business, has obtained LQ Consulting and Administration, a Toronto-based mostly development challenge management consultancy.
Established in 2012, LQ functions on assignments in energy and utilities, mining and minerals, infrastructure, and producing globally – such as jobs in chilly climate, tropical, arid, and distant locations. The business has choices spanning job advisory and consulting, PMO, task administration, task controls, procurement, and construction administration.
Pierre Légaré will join Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) as taking care of director and leader of Infra Canada along with senior administrators Arshya Qureshi and Gordon Lung.
Légaré has served as venture director of a greenfield copper mine in Panama with funds prices exceeding $5 billion and a greenfield nickel mine in Madagascar of $4 billion. Right before founding LQ, he spent about two a long time at SNC-Lavalin, the place he was latterly VP of initiatives, mining and metallurgy.
Qureshi has managed job controls for greenfield and brownfield mine improvement assignments costing among $70 million and $1 billion. Lung has served as project providers manager for undertaking controls and provide chain on mine progress tasks valued at $200 million to $1 billion.
“This strategic geographic and abilities growth of INFRA represents A&M’s determination to a worldwide solution. The addition of Pierre, Arshya, and Gordon builds on our modern growth in Australia, Chile, India and massive growth in the Center East,” reported Marcos Ganut, controlling director and leader of A&M Infra.
The firm’s Infra division originated in Brazil in 2017 and has since expanded to 11 international locations. The division has about $500 billion in money initiatives practical experience across industries such as electricity, electricity, transportation, and serious estate.
A&M Infra has tactics across undertaking excellence and assurance, PMO, capital technique, strategic design remedies, building dispute resolutions, and digital cash jobs and asset administration.
“A&M’s integrated system, strong sector expertise and global community of boots-on-the-ground specialists, positions us to address evolving shopper wants across Canada amidst a transforming regulatory landscape and volatile financial system,” Légaré mentioned.
A&M a 12 months ago expanded its world transaction advisory team (TAG) into Canada with the hiring of Scott Foster as taking care of director and exercise leader.