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FTI Consulting (NYSE: FCN) is a global business advisory firm dedicated to helping organizations manage change, mitigate risk and resolve disputes: financial, legal, operational, political & regulatory, reputational and transactional. With more than 6,400 employees located in 29 countries, FTI Consulting professionals work closely with clients to anticipate, illuminate and overcome complex business challenges and make the most of opportunities.

FTI Consulting provides clients with multidisciplinary solutions through our Corporate Finance & Restructuring, Economic Consulting, Forensic & Litigation Consulting, Technology and Strategic Communications business segments.

Corporate Finance & Restructuring

Our Corporate Finance & Restructuring segment focuses on the strategic, operational, financial, transactional and capital needs of our clients around the world. Our clients include companies, boards of directors, investors, private equity sponsors, banks, lenders, and other financing sources and creditor groups, as well as other parties-in-interest. We deliver a wide range of service offerings, centered around three core offerings: turnaround, restructuring and bankruptcy, business transformation (including financial and operational improvement services) and transactions (including diligence, merger integration, carve-out and valuation services). Additionally, our services include interim management, dispute advisory, valuation and financial advisory and tax services. Many clients demand our industry expertise, which includes emphasis in the automotive, energy, power & products (“EPP”), healthcare & life sciences, mining, real estate, retail & consumer products, and telecom, media & technology (“TMT”) sectors.

Forensic & Litigation Consulting

Our Forensic and Litigation Consulting segment provides law firms, companies, government clients and other interested parties with multidisciplinary and independent services related to risk advisory, investigations and disputes. Our risk advisory services leverage deep data and analytics expertise to advise our clients in response to allegations involving regulatory compliance, white-collar crime, monitorship and receivership. We have particular expertise with alleged violations of anti-corruption laws such as the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (the "FCPA"), the UK Bribery Act (the "UKBA") and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Our investigations practice conducts sophisticated investigations to help clients address and mitigate risk, protect assets and remediate compliance when dealing with fraud and enforcement-related allegations and cybersecurity threats. Within our disputes advisory offering we assist our clients with quantifying damages and providing expert testimony in a wide range of situations. We employ forensic accounting and complex modeling to analyze financial transactions and identify, collect, analyze and preserve information within enterprise systems. We can deploy our full array of service offerings across jurisdictional boundaries from our offices located in major business centers around the world.

Economic Consulting

Our Economic Consulting segment provides law firms, corporations, government entities and other interested parties with analyses of complex economic issues for use in legal, regulatory and international arbitration proceedings, strategic decision making and public policy debates in the U.S. and around the world. We deliver sophisticated economic analysis and modeling of issues arising in complex M&A transactions, antitrust litigation, commercial disputes, international arbitrations, regulatory proceedings, IP disputes and a wide range of financial litigation. We help clients analyze issues such as the economic impact of deregulation on a particular industry and the amount of damages suffered by a business as a result of a particular event. Our professionals regularly provide expert testimony on damages, rates and prices, valuations (including valuations of complex financial instruments), antitrust and competition regulation, business valuations, IP, transfer pricing and public policy.

Technology

Our Technology segment provides a comprehensive global portfolio of products and services that help clients control the risk and expense associated with data and information management in the context of regulatory compliance, legal events and day-to-day business operations. We offer end-to-end e-discovery, information governance and privacy services, advanced analytics, software solutions and expert advisory services to companies, law firms, courts and government agencies worldwide. Our professionals help clients locate, analyze, review and produce electronically stored information ("ESI") such as email, computer files, audio, video, instant messaging, cloud data and social media. We support clients through complex issues, including cross-border investigations, litigation and joint defense, discovery and preparation, antitrust and competition investigations, including M&A-related “second requests,” data migration, General Data Protection Regulation Act compliance and cryptocurrency-related disputes, litigation and investigations.

Strategic Communications

Our Strategic Communications segment designs and executes communications strategies for CEOs, management teams and boards of directors that help them seize opportunities, manage financial, regulatory and reputational challenges, navigate market disruptions, articulate their corporate brand, stake a competitive position and preserve their freedom to operate. We believe our integrated multidisciplinary offering, bolstered by subject matter expertise, industry specialization and our global reach, uniquely positions us to help clients with their most complex and multinational issues.

We are a trusted advisor working for the world’s leading law firms, corporations and financial institutions. We service a blue-chip client list of corporations, legal firms and financial services companies. As of December 31, 2020, our clients include 96 of the world’s top 100 law firms, 8 of the 10 largest bank holding companies, and 55 of the world’s 100 largest companies. In addition, we also serve a broad range of federal, state and local government agencies.

Our business is highly competitive. Our competitors include both public and private companies that range from large organizations, such as global accounting firms and large management consulting companies that offer a broad range of consulting services, to small boutique firms and independent contractors that provide one specialized service.

FTI Consulting is a trusted advisor to its clients, helping them to address the mission critical issues that can impact their enterprise value.

• We have powerful positions and people – Our people are our most valuable asset, and our staff of well-respected professionals represents an unmatched depth and diversity of experience and expertise. Within our ranks we have forensic accountants; former chief executives and political leaders; Nobel laureates; former SEC professionals; top-ranking economists; certified turnaround professionals; interim management professionals; corporate investigation specialists; banking and securities professionals; certified public accountants; chartered financial analysts; and corporate, financial and crisis communications specialists. Our commitment to hiring the best and the brightest has solidified FTI Consulting’s position as a market leader and given the Company what we believe is the most recognizable brand in its market.

• FTI Consulting has built a flexible and attractive global business model with the opportunity to leverage cross-company capabilities – The diversity of the Company’s scope of services and its global footprint gives FTI Consulting the flexibility to help its clients address their issues wherever they occur.

As of December 31, 2020, FTI Consulting had more than 6,400 employees.

The FTI Consulting network is truly global in scope and we have a presence in all the major financial centers in the world. As of December 31, 2020, FTI Consulting had employees in 86 cities in 29 countries. The corporate headquarters is in Bowie, Maryland. The executive headquarters is in Washington, D.C.

Along with solid organic growth, acquisitions have always been a part of FTI Consulting’s growth strategy. The Company pursues a highly selective acquisition program, and considers opportunities that enhance our segment offerings, industry expertise and geographic footprint.

The Company’s fiscal year ends on December 31. 

The Company announces its year-end financial results near the end of February. First, second and third quarter earnings are announced in late April/early May, late July/early August and late October/early November, respectively.

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