About AlixPartners
In 1981, Jay Alix thought there must be a better way to save the assets, jobs, and values inherent in good companies caught in hard times.
That idea gave birth to a new industry: corporate turnaround and restructuring. The firm he started pioneered a series of innovative concepts and practices that are now used and recognized globally, including:
- The role of the chief restructuring officer (CRO)
- Turnaround teams, which leverage the client’s own people and thereby inculcate the turnaround tools
- Success fees, which align incentives to the success of the engagement
In the 36 years since, AlixPartners has expanded our focus to apply our when it really matters mindset, honed in urgent situations, to the high-level, high-stakes matters that materially affect the future of organizations. Today, we partner with management of both healthy and challenged companies across more than 20 industries and in more than 60 countries around the world.
We have built a legacy of pursuing the highest standards of excellence in all areas of our business. We have achieved this by remaining focused on our clients and our people – and by adhering to our Core Values of Commitment, Professionalism, Teamwork, Common Sense, Personal Respect, and Communication.
Our Investors
AlixPartners is owned by a group of long-term investors, along with our founder, Jay Alix, and our managing directors.
Learn more about Our Investors
Jay Alix, Founder
Since founding AlixPartners in 1981, Jay has been recognized for his passion for setting visions, developing strategies, and designing high-impact performance improvement and turnaround strategies and processes. He has a relentless focus on building businesses, establishing priorities, managing time, and achieving actual implementation of his ideas, vision, and strategies. Jay has worked across a broad range of industries and sectors with a significant focus in the automotive industry, where he has personally led many corporate restructurings and turnarounds as well as other critical projects at OEMs and major suppliers. He has also been a well-regarded industry speaker and commentator.
SEE MORESince founding AlixPartners in 1981, Jay has been recognized for his passion for setting visions, developing strategies, and designing high-impact performance improvement and turnaround strategies and processes. He has a relentless focus on building businesses, establishing priorities, managing time, and achieving actual implementation of his ideas, vision, and strategies. Jay has worked across a broad range of industries and sectors with a significant focus in the automotive industry, where he has personally led many corporate restructurings and turnarounds as well as other critical projects at OEMs and major suppliers. He has also been a well-regarded industry speaker and commentator.
SEE MOREDiversity and inclusion are fundamental to our core values. We recognize the value diversity brings both to our personal experiences in the workplace and to the quality and strength of the advice we bring to our clients. We create and encourage environments that support awareness, learning, and the open exchange of ideas in our work with both our colleagues and our clients.
Recent Activities in Support of Diversity & Inclusion
Employee Resource Groups
Our Employee Resource Groups (ERGs), also known as affinity groups, help to foster a diverse, inclusive workplace that aligns with our mission and core values. ERGs provide opportunities for our people to make connections with professionals who share common interests.
PrideMatters strives to make an impact at AlixPartners by promoting LGBTQ-friendly changes in our work environment. We offer personal and professional support to LGBTQ employees and their allies through internal resources, local and all-firm events, networking opportunities, and community events. We celebrate the firm’s diversity by creating a workplace that is not just tolerant but fully accepting of all LGBTQ employees, serving as their champion throughout our global community.
Working Parents works to identify, discuss, and address issues related to parental and caregiver responsibilities and obligations for employees of the firm, and to enhance the personal and professional development of AlixPartners' working parent employees in alignment with the firm's business objectives.
Women’s Empowerment Matters (WE Matters) promotes an inclusive and supportive work environment for women and their allies. We strengthen the recruitment and retention of women and enhance their professional and personal development in alignment with AlixPartners’ core values and business objectives.
AlixPartners Black Professional Network strives to enrich the professional and intellectual experience of AlixPartners’ black employees and to support the firm’s strategic goals through unity and leadership. We focus on support networks, professional and personal development, recruitment, retention, cultural awareness, and education.
Hispanics or Latinos of AlixPartners (HOLA) enhances diversity and inclusion at AlixPartners through both firm recruiting efforts and the personal and professional development of AlixPartners' Hispanic/Latino employees in alignment with the firm's business objectives.
Asian Leadership Insights & Growth Network (ALIGN) empowers individuals who share a connection to the Asian community to realize their potential, develop leadership skills, and expand their professional and personal networks. ALIGN also aims to address biases and stereotypes by developing an inclusive, multicultural team environment, strengthening multicultural relationships, and raising Asian cultural awareness.
AlixPartners Military and Veterans Advocate Network comprises team members with direct or indirect military service affiliations, with the goal of fostering a culture that recruits, transitions, develops, and retains individuals with military affiliations and serves the communities in which we reside. We recently ran a campaign celebrating both our team members and their families who have served in the armed forces. AlixPartners is a proud Silver award-winning Veteran Friendly Employer in the state of Michigan.
Diversity and Inclusion Affiliate Program
Through our Diversity and Inclusion Affiliate program, we work closely with leading diversity-focused organizations to offer our people opportunities for professional development, mentoring, networking, and performing community service. We actively seek to partner with additional affiliate organizations that offer new perspectives or create new learning opportunities for our people.
Learn more about our affiliates:
- Catalyst is the leading nonprofit organization with a special mission to accelerate professional progress for women through workplace inclusion.
- Ascend is the largest nonprofit Pan-Asian organization for business professionals in North America.
- Association of Latino Professionals For America (ALPFA) has more than 72,000 members and more than 160 student chapters across America and is focused on expanding opportunities for Latino leadership in the global market.
AlixPartners is committed to helping confront issues of urgency and importance in the communities where we work.
We support not-for-profit organizations with innovative and entrepreneurial approaches that use our people’s expertise to create value, growth, and success. It’s through these sometimes unexpected collaborations that we are able to create real change.
All AlixPartners employees are encouraged to get involved with volunteer activities.
Just a few of our activities from around the world are below.
Cycle for Survival
AlixPartners is a proud supporter of Cycle for Survival. Cycle for Survival raises funds for rare cancer research at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, through indoor cycling events around the US.
In 2017, we formed spin cycling teams from our AlixPartners offices in Chicago, Washington, DC, and New York City. Thanks to the support of our employees, family, and friends, Team AlixPartners collectively raised $83,000.
Learn More About Cycle for SurvivalAlixPartners is a proud supporter of Cycle for Survival. Cycle for Survival raises funds for rare cancer research at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, through indoor cycling events around the US.
In 2017, we formed spin cycling teams from our AlixPartners offices in Chicago, Washington, DC, and New York City. Thanks to the support of our employees, family, and friends, Team AlixPartners collectively raised $83,000.
Learn More About Cycle for Survival
Youth INC
Youth INC transforms the lives of New York City kids through a venture philanthropy model that empowers nonprofits. It has taken a uniquely holistic approach to addressing the many different needs of these organizations, from improving fundraising practices and building boards to funding critical elements of infrastructure. By applying the best practices from the corporate and nonprofit sectors, Youth INC provides partner nonprofits with the tools to achieve sustainable growth. Youth INC currently partners with more than 60 youth-serving nonprofits that work with over 300,000 kids each year.
Through Youth INC, AlixPartners people connect with organizations whose causes they support and that are in need of board members with their specific skill sets.
Learn more about YOUTH INCYouth INC transforms the lives of New York City kids through a venture philanthropy model that empowers nonprofits. It has taken a uniquely holistic approach to addressing the many different needs of these organizations, from improving fundraising practices and building boards to funding critical elements of infrastructure. By applying the best practices from the corporate and nonprofit sectors, Youth INC provides partner nonprofits with the tools to achieve sustainable growth. Youth INC currently partners with more than 60 youth-serving nonprofits that work with over 300,000 kids each year.
Through Youth INC, AlixPartners people connect with organizations whose causes they support and that are in need of board members with their specific skill sets.
Learn more about YOUTH INC
JP Morgan Corporate Challenge
Each year AlixPartners supports the JP Morgan Corporate Challenge®.
The challenge was born in 1977 in New York. Today it operates in 13 cities, in seven countries, on five continents. In 2016 more than $750,000 was donated to not-for-profit organizations throughout the participating cities.
AlixPartners team members across the world take part in the races, participating in some healthy competition, teamwork, and camaraderie.
Learn more about the JP Morgan Corporate Challenge®Each year AlixPartners supports the JP Morgan Corporate Challenge®.
The challenge was born in 1977 in New York. Today it operates in 13 cities, in seven countries, on five continents. In 2016 more than $750,000 was donated to not-for-profit organizations throughout the participating cities.
AlixPartners team members across the world take part in the races, participating in some healthy competition, teamwork, and camaraderie.
Learn more about the JP Morgan Corporate Challenge®North and South London Cares
AlixPartners supports the twin charities, North London Cares and South London Cares. These organizations bring together young professionals and their older neighbors to reduce loneliness and isolation; to improve connections, resilience, skills, and confidence; and to bridge the gaps across generational and social divides.
Almost 20 people in AlixPartners’ London team make invaluable contributions through their roles as volunteers at the charities, and we run regular in-office fundraising activities.
Learn more about North London Cares
Learn more about South London Cares
School Justice Project (SJP)
Since 2014, AlixPartners has partnered with School Justice Project (SJP), a special education legal services and advocacy organization serving older court-involved students with special education needs in Washington, DC. SJP’s education attorneys provide free legal representation to ensure these students have meaningful access to a quality education. Through its direct representation and systemic advocacy programs, SJP has had an impact on the lives of more than 1,000 students. In June, 2017, AlixPartners hosted its third fundraiser on behalf of SJP, which drew more than 150 attendees from the local community and raised more than $55,000.
Learn more about School Justice Project (SJP)Since 2014, AlixPartners has partnered with School Justice Project (SJP), a special education legal services and advocacy organization serving older court-involved students with special education needs in Washington, DC. SJP’s education attorneys provide free legal representation to ensure these students have meaningful access to a quality education. Through its direct representation and systemic advocacy programs, SJP has had an impact on the lives of more than 1,000 students. In June, 2017, AlixPartners hosted its third fundraiser on behalf of SJP, which drew more than 150 attendees from the local community and raised more than $55,000.
Learn more about School Justice Project (SJP)
Global Kids 2017 GK 5K Run/Walk/Push
AlixPartners is proud to sponsor the 2017 Global Kids (GK) 5K Run/Walk/Push, which will be held on Saturday, October 14, 2017 at Flushing Meadows Park in Queens, NY. Proceeds from the 5K Run/Walk/Push will support Global Kids’ College and Career Readiness program, which provides one-on-one support to students as they prepare for life after high school.
Learn more about the 2017 Global Kids 5KAlixPartners is proud to sponsor the 2017 Global Kids (GK) 5K Run/Walk/Push, which will be held on Saturday, October 14, 2017 at Flushing Meadows Park in Queens, NY. Proceeds from the 5K Run/Walk/Push will support Global Kids’ College and Career Readiness program, which provides one-on-one support to students as they prepare for life after high school.
Learn more about the 2017 Global Kids 5K2017
The 11th Annual M&A Advisor Turnaround Awards honors AlixPartners with six awards at their annual ceremony.
2017
AlixPartners has been named the best consulting firm for corporate investigations and securities litigation by the readers of the New York Law Journal in their seventh annual Reader Rankings.
2016
The New York Institute of Credit (NYIC) named Spencer Ware, a Director at AlixPartners, the recipient of its 5th Annual Future Leader of the Year Award.
2016
AlixPartners has been honored by the Turnaround Management Association (TMA), receiving the international trade association’s “Turnaround of the Year – Mega Award” for its work on behalf of Chassix Holdings, Inc., and the “Transaction of the Year – Large Company” for its work on behalf of Altegrity, Inc.
2017
Josiah Brand named a 2017 Rising Star of the Profession by Consulting Magazine.
2016
AlixPartners consultants Emily Harte and Josiah Brand are among the recipients of The M&A Advisor’s 7th Annual Emerging Leaders Awards.
2016
AlixPartners congratulates Managing Director Yogesh Bahl on receiving the annual Ascend Inspiring Across Generations (IAG): High Impact Leader Award.
2016
Forbes Media in partnership with Statista named AlixPartners as one of "America's Best Management Consulting Firms.
In 1981, Jay Alix thought there must be a better way to save the assets, jobs, and values inherent in good companies caught in hard times.
That idea gave birth to a new industry: corporate turnaround and restructuring. The firm he started pioneered a series of innovative concepts and practices that are now used and recognized globally, including:
- The role of the chief restructuring officer (CRO)
- Turnaround teams, which leverage the client’s own people and thereby inculcate the turnaround tools
- Success fees, which align incentives to the success of the engagement
In the 36 years since, AlixPartners has expanded our focus to apply our when it really matters mindset, honed in urgent situations, to the high-level, high-stakes matters that materially affect the future of organizations. Today, we partner with management of both healthy and challenged companies across more than 20 industries and in more than 60 countries around the world.
We have built a legacy of pursuing the highest standards of excellence in all areas of our business. We have achieved this by remaining focused on our clients and our people – and by adhering to our Core Values of Commitment, Professionalism, Teamwork, Common Sense, Personal Respect, and Communication.
Our Investors
AlixPartners is owned by a group of long-term investors, along with our founder, Jay Alix, and our managing directors.
Learn more about Our Investors
Jay Alix, Founder
Since founding AlixPartners in 1981, Jay has been recognized for his passion for setting visions, developing strategies, and designing high-impact performance improvement and turnaround strategies and processes. He has a relentless focus on building businesses, establishing priorities, managing time, and achieving actual implementation of his ideas, vision, and strategies. Jay has worked across a broad range of industries and sectors with a significant focus in the automotive industry, where he has personally led many corporate restructurings and turnarounds as well as other critical projects at OEMs and major suppliers. He has also been a well-regarded industry speaker and commentator.
SEE MORESince founding AlixPartners in 1981, Jay has been recognized for his passion for setting visions, developing strategies, and designing high-impact performance improvement and turnaround strategies and processes. He has a relentless focus on building businesses, establishing priorities, managing time, and achieving actual implementation of his ideas, vision, and strategies. Jay has worked across a broad range of industries and sectors with a significant focus in the automotive industry, where he has personally led many corporate restructurings and turnarounds as well as other critical projects at OEMs and major suppliers. He has also been a well-regarded industry speaker and commentator.
SEE MOREDiversity and inclusion are fundamental to our core values. We recognize the value diversity brings both to our personal experiences in the workplace and to the quality and strength of the advice we bring to our clients. We create and encourage environments that support awareness, learning, and the open exchange of ideas in our work with both our colleagues and our clients.
Recent Activities in Support of Diversity & Inclusion
Employee Resource Groups
Our Employee Resource Groups (ERGs), also known as affinity groups, help to foster a diverse, inclusive workplace that aligns with our mission and core values. ERGs provide opportunities for our people to make connections with professionals who share common interests.
PrideMatters strives to make an impact at AlixPartners by promoting LGBTQ-friendly changes in our work environment. We offer personal and professional support to LGBTQ employees and their allies through internal resources, local and all-firm events, networking opportunities, and community events. We celebrate the firm’s diversity by creating a workplace that is not just tolerant but fully accepting of all LGBTQ employees, serving as their champion throughout our global community.
Working Parents works to identify, discuss, and address issues related to parental and caregiver responsibilities and obligations for employees of the firm, and to enhance the personal and professional development of AlixPartners' working parent employees in alignment with the firm's business objectives.
Women’s Empowerment Matters (WE Matters) promotes an inclusive and supportive work environment for women and their allies. We strengthen the recruitment and retention of women and enhance their professional and personal development in alignment with AlixPartners’ core values and business objectives.
AlixPartners Black Professional Network strives to enrich the professional and intellectual experience of AlixPartners’ black employees and to support the firm’s strategic goals through unity and leadership. We focus on support networks, professional and personal development, recruitment, retention, cultural awareness, and education.
Hispanics or Latinos of AlixPartners (HOLA) enhances diversity and inclusion at AlixPartners through both firm recruiting efforts and the personal and professional development of AlixPartners' Hispanic/Latino employees in alignment with the firm's business objectives.
Asian Leadership Insights & Growth Network (ALIGN) empowers individuals who share a connection to the Asian community to realize their potential, develop leadership skills, and expand their professional and personal networks. ALIGN also aims to address biases and stereotypes by developing an inclusive, multicultural team environment, strengthening multicultural relationships, and raising Asian cultural awareness.
AlixPartners Military and Veterans Advocate Network comprises team members with direct or indirect military service affiliations, with the goal of fostering a culture that recruits, transitions, develops, and retains individuals with military affiliations and serves the communities in which we reside. We recently ran a campaign celebrating both our team members and their families who have served in the armed forces. AlixPartners is a proud Silver award-winning Veteran Friendly Employer in the state of Michigan.
Diversity and Inclusion Affiliate Program
Through our Diversity and Inclusion Affiliate program, we work closely with leading diversity-focused organizations to offer our people opportunities for professional development, mentoring, networking, and performing community service. We actively seek to partner with additional affiliate organizations that offer new perspectives or create new learning opportunities for our people.
Learn more about our affiliates:
- Catalyst is the leading nonprofit organization with a special mission to accelerate professional progress for women through workplace inclusion.
- Ascend is the largest nonprofit Pan-Asian organization for business professionals in North America.
- Association of Latino Professionals For America (ALPFA) has more than 72,000 members and more than 160 student chapters across America and is focused on expanding opportunities for Latino leadership in the global market.
AlixPartners is committed to helping confront issues of urgency and importance in the communities where we work.
We support not-for-profit organizations with innovative and entrepreneurial approaches that use our people’s expertise to create value, growth, and success. It’s through these sometimes unexpected collaborations that we are able to create real change.
All AlixPartners employees are encouraged to get involved with volunteer activities.
Just a few of our activities from around the world are below.
Cycle for Survival
AlixPartners is a proud supporter of Cycle for Survival. Cycle for Survival raises funds for rare cancer research at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, through indoor cycling events around the US.
In 2017, we formed spin cycling teams from our AlixPartners offices in Chicago, Washington, DC, and New York City. Thanks to the support of our employees, family, and friends, Team AlixPartners collectively raised $83,000.
Learn More About Cycle for SurvivalAlixPartners is a proud supporter of Cycle for Survival. Cycle for Survival raises funds for rare cancer research at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, through indoor cycling events around the US.
In 2017, we formed spin cycling teams from our AlixPartners offices in Chicago, Washington, DC, and New York City. Thanks to the support of our employees, family, and friends, Team AlixPartners collectively raised $83,000.
Learn More About Cycle for Survival
Youth INC
Youth INC transforms the lives of New York City kids through a venture philanthropy model that empowers nonprofits. It has taken a uniquely holistic approach to addressing the many different needs of these organizations, from improving fundraising practices and building boards to funding critical elements of infrastructure. By applying the best practices from the corporate and nonprofit sectors, Youth INC provides partner nonprofits with the tools to achieve sustainable growth. Youth INC currently partners with more than 60 youth-serving nonprofits that work with over 300,000 kids each year.
Through Youth INC, AlixPartners people connect with organizations whose causes they support and that are in need of board members with their specific skill sets.
Learn more about YOUTH INCYouth INC transforms the lives of New York City kids through a venture philanthropy model that empowers nonprofits. It has taken a uniquely holistic approach to addressing the many different needs of these organizations, from improving fundraising practices and building boards to funding critical elements of infrastructure. By applying the best practices from the corporate and nonprofit sectors, Youth INC provides partner nonprofits with the tools to achieve sustainable growth. Youth INC currently partners with more than 60 youth-serving nonprofits that work with over 300,000 kids each year.
Through Youth INC, AlixPartners people connect with organizations whose causes they support and that are in need of board members with their specific skill sets.
Learn more about YOUTH INC
JP Morgan Corporate Challenge
Each year AlixPartners supports the JP Morgan Corporate Challenge®.
The challenge was born in 1977 in New York. Today it operates in 13 cities, in seven countries, on five continents. In 2016 more than $750,000 was donated to not-for-profit organizations throughout the participating cities.
AlixPartners team members across the world take part in the races, participating in some healthy competition, teamwork, and camaraderie.
Learn more about the JP Morgan Corporate Challenge®Each year AlixPartners supports the JP Morgan Corporate Challenge®.
The challenge was born in 1977 in New York. Today it operates in 13 cities, in seven countries, on five continents. In 2016 more than $750,000 was donated to not-for-profit organizations throughout the participating cities.
AlixPartners team members across the world take part in the races, participating in some healthy competition, teamwork, and camaraderie.
Learn more about the JP Morgan Corporate Challenge®North and South London Cares
AlixPartners supports the twin charities, North London Cares and South London Cares. These organizations bring together young professionals and their older neighbors to reduce loneliness and isolation; to improve connections, resilience, skills, and confidence; and to bridge the gaps across generational and social divides.
Almost 20 people in AlixPartners’ London team make invaluable contributions through their roles as volunteers at the charities, and we run regular in-office fundraising activities.
Learn more about North London Cares
Learn more about South London Cares
School Justice Project (SJP)
Since 2014, AlixPartners has partnered with School Justice Project (SJP), a special education legal services and advocacy organization serving older court-involved students with special education needs in Washington, DC. SJP’s education attorneys provide free legal representation to ensure these students have meaningful access to a quality education. Through its direct representation and systemic advocacy programs, SJP has had an impact on the lives of more than 1,000 students. In June, 2017, AlixPartners hosted its third fundraiser on behalf of SJP, which drew more than 150 attendees from the local community and raised more than $55,000.
Learn more about School Justice Project (SJP)Since 2014, AlixPartners has partnered with School Justice Project (SJP), a special education legal services and advocacy organization serving older court-involved students with special education needs in Washington, DC. SJP’s education attorneys provide free legal representation to ensure these students have meaningful access to a quality education. Through its direct representation and systemic advocacy programs, SJP has had an impact on the lives of more than 1,000 students. In June, 2017, AlixPartners hosted its third fundraiser on behalf of SJP, which drew more than 150 attendees from the local community and raised more than $55,000.
Learn more about School Justice Project (SJP)
Global Kids 2017 GK 5K Run/Walk/Push
AlixPartners is proud to sponsor the 2017 Global Kids (GK) 5K Run/Walk/Push, which will be held on Saturday, October 14, 2017 at Flushing Meadows Park in Queens, NY. Proceeds from the 5K Run/Walk/Push will support Global Kids’ College and Career Readiness program, which provides one-on-one support to students as they prepare for life after high school.
Learn more about the 2017 Global Kids 5KAlixPartners is proud to sponsor the 2017 Global Kids (GK) 5K Run/Walk/Push, which will be held on Saturday, October 14, 2017 at Flushing Meadows Park in Queens, NY. Proceeds from the 5K Run/Walk/Push will support Global Kids’ College and Career Readiness program, which provides one-on-one support to students as they prepare for life after high school.
Learn more about the 2017 Global Kids 5K2017
The 11th Annual M&A Advisor Turnaround Awards honors AlixPartners with six awards at their annual ceremony.
2017
AlixPartners has been named the best consulting firm for corporate investigations and securities litigation by the readers of the New York Law Journal in their seventh annual Reader Rankings.
2016
The New York Institute of Credit (NYIC) named Spencer Ware, a Director at AlixPartners, the recipient of its 5th Annual Future Leader of the Year Award.
2016
AlixPartners has been honored by the Turnaround Management Association (TMA), receiving the international trade association’s “Turnaround of the Year – Mega Award” for its work on behalf of Chassix Holdings, Inc., and the “Transaction of the Year – Large Company” for its work on behalf of Altegrity, Inc.
2017
Josiah Brand named a 2017 Rising Star of the Profession by Consulting Magazine.
2016
AlixPartners consultants Emily Harte and Josiah Brand are among the recipients of The M&A Advisor’s 7th Annual Emerging Leaders Awards.
2016
AlixPartners congratulates Managing Director Yogesh Bahl on receiving the annual Ascend Inspiring Across Generations (IAG): High Impact Leader Award.
2016
Forbes Media in partnership with Statista named AlixPartners as one of "America's Best Management Consulting Firms.