Services
When the facts are complicated and the stakes are high, judgment matters.
Avis is retained by organizations, attorneys, executives, and investors confronting complex situations where competing interests, uncertainty, and significant risk demand independent judgment and practical solutions.
Strategic Advisory
High-consequence decisions involving financial exposure, regulatory complexity, operational challenges, and stakeholder interests.
Crisis Management & Special Situations
Sensitive matters involving litigation, public scrutiny, organizational conflict, reputational risk, and stakeholder management.
Expert Witness & Litigation Consulting
Industry analysis, regulatory interpretation, damages assessment, litigation support, expert reports, and testimony.
Mergers, Acquisitions & Capital Formation
Mergers and acquisitions, restructurings, capital raises, strategic partnerships, due diligence, and transaction advisory.
Regulatory & Public Policy Affairs
Regulatory strategy, government affairs, stakeholder engagement, licensing matters, public policy initiatives, and navigating legislative and regulatory change.
Negotiation & Resolution
Helping parties navigate competing interests, resolve disputes, and identify practical paths forward in matters involving financial, regulatory, operational, and reputational considerations.
Representative Engagements
Select prior engagements illustrating the types of matters, organizations, and situations in which Avis has been retained.
Law Enforcement Action & Economic Damages
Retained as industry expert in a matter involving law enforcement actions, compliance issues, testing methodologies, and economic damages resulting in a $4 million settlement.
Advised founders, operators, investors, and stakeholders on acquisitions, capital raises, restructurings, and strategic transactions representing more than $130 million in aggregate value.
transactions & Capital Formation
Advised organizations through periods of growth, restructuring, leadership transitions, operational transformation, and strategic repositioning.
Growth, Transformation & Turnarounds
High Profile Dispute
Advised an organization and individuals through a highly sensitive dispute where public attention, reputational concerns, legal exposure, and competing interests required discretion, sound judgment, and practical resolution.
Advised applicants, operators, and investors in highly competitive licensing processes, including an engagement that resulted in the highest-scoring application in the state and the award of the maximum allowed licenses, representing nearly 20% of the initial market allocation.
Competitive Licensing & Regulatory Strategy
Advised state agencies, local municipalities, legal counsel, regulators, and industry stakeholders on the development of state and local ordinances, licensing frameworks, regulatory policy, and implementation strategies in highly regulated markets.