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Segment Reporting
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2017
Segment Reporting [Abstract]  
Segment Reporting

13. Segment Reporting

We manage our business in five reportable segments: Corporate Finance & Restructuring, Forensic and Litigation Consulting, Economic Consulting, Technology and Strategic Communications.

Our Corporate Finance & Restructuring segment focuses on the strategic, operational, financial and capital needs of our clients around the world and delivers a wide range of distressed and non-distressed practice offerings. Our distressed practice offerings include corporate restructuring (and bankruptcy) and interim management services. Our non-distressed practice offerings include financings, mergers and acquisitions (“M&A”), M&A integration, valuations and tax advice, as well as financial, operational and performance improvement services.

Our Forensic and Litigation Consulting segment provides law firms, companies, government clients and other interested parties with multidisciplinary, independent dispute advisory, investigations, data analytics, forensic accounting, business intelligence and risk mitigation services, as well as interim management and performance improvement services for our health solutions practice clients.

Our Economic Consulting segment provides law firms, companies, government entities and other interested parties with analysis 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.

Our Technology segment offers a comprehensive portfolio of information governance and e-discovery software, services and consulting support to companies, law firms, courts and government agencies worldwide. Our services allow our clients to control the risk and expense of e-discovery events, as well as manage their data in the context of compliance and risk.

Our Strategic Communications segment designs and executes communications strategies for management teams and boards of directors to help them seize opportunities, manage financial, regulatory and reputational challenges, navigate market disruptions, articulate their brand, stake a competitive position, and preserve and grow their operations.

We evaluate the performance of our operating segments based on Adjusted Segment EBITDA. We define Adjusted Segment EBITDA as a segment’s share of consolidated operating income before depreciation, amortization of intangible assets, remeasurement of acquisition-related contingent consideration, special charges and goodwill impairment charges. We define Total Adjusted Segment EBITDA, a non-GAAP financial measure, as the total of Adjusted Segment EBITDA for all segments, which excludes unallocated corporate expenses. We use Adjusted Segment EBITDA to internally evaluate the financial performance of our segments because we believe it reflects current core operating performance and provides an indicator of the segment’s ability to generate cash.

The table below presents revenues and Adjusted Segment EBITDA for our reportable segments:

 

 

 

Three Months Ended June 30,

 

 

Six Months Ended June 30,

 

 

 

2017

 

 

2016

 

 

2017

 

 

2016

 

Revenues

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Corporate Finance & Restructuring

 

$

117,487

 

 

$

132,142

 

 

$

223,388

 

 

$

259,298

 

Forensic and Litigation Consulting

 

 

111,410

 

 

 

118,193

 

 

 

222,816

 

 

 

237,197

 

Economic Consulting

 

 

124,004

 

 

 

118,006

 

 

 

263,225

 

 

 

248,737

 

Technology

 

 

45,566

 

 

 

41,882

 

 

 

91,653

 

 

 

90,163

 

Strategic Communications

 

 

46,248

 

 

 

49,924

 

 

 

89,977

 

 

 

95,037

 

Total revenues

 

$

444,715

 

 

$

460,147

 

 

$

891,059

 

 

$

930,432

 

Adjusted Segment EBITDA

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Corporate Finance & Restructuring

 

$

20,048

 

 

$

32,041

 

 

$

30,373

 

 

$

63,644

 

Forensic and Litigation Consulting

 

 

13,032

 

 

 

15,190

 

 

 

26,553

 

 

 

34,998

 

Economic Consulting

 

 

15,509

 

 

 

15,381

 

 

 

35,619

 

 

 

36,700

 

Technology

 

 

5,421

 

 

 

5,035

 

 

 

13,225

 

 

 

12,858

 

Strategic Communications

 

 

4,876

 

 

 

8,440

 

 

 

9,133

 

 

 

14,548

 

Total Adjusted Segment EBITDA

 

$

58,886

 

 

$

76,087

 

 

$

114,903

 

 

$

162,748

 

 

The table below reconciles Net income (loss) to Total Adjusted Segment EBITDA:

 

 

 

Three Months Ended June 30,

 

 

Six Months Ended June 30,

 

 

 

2017

 

 

2016

 

 

2017

 

 

2016

 

Net income (loss)

 

$

(5,156

)

 

$

26,547

 

 

$

8,860

 

 

$

56,728

 

Add back:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income tax provision

 

 

527

 

 

 

15,437

 

 

 

8,404

 

 

 

33,823

 

Interest income and other

 

 

(1,592

)

 

 

(4,125

)

 

 

(2,197

)

 

 

(6,682

)

Interest expense

 

 

6,250

 

 

 

6,303

 

 

 

12,051

 

 

 

12,532

 

Unallocated corporate expenses(1)

 

 

22,286

 

 

 

20,406

 

 

 

41,339

 

 

 

39,152

 

Segment depreciation expense

 

 

6,783

 

 

 

7,179

 

 

 

13,999

 

 

 

14,208

 

Amortization of intangible assets

 

 

2,422

 

 

 

2,590

 

 

 

4,915

 

 

 

5,196

 

Segment special charges

 

 

26,830

 

 

 

1,750

 

 

 

26,830

 

 

 

6,811

 

Remeasurement of acquisition-related contingent

   consideration

 

 

536

 

 

 

 

 

 

702

 

 

 

980

 

Total Adjusted Segment EBITDA

 

$

58,886

 

 

$

76,087

 

 

$

114,903

 

 

$

162,748

 

 

(1)

Includes $3.2 million special charges for corporate.