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Segment Reporting
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2018
Segment Reporting [Abstract]  
Segment Reporting
Segment Reporting
We manage our business in five reportable segments: Corporate Finance & Restructuring ("Corporate Finance"), Forensic and Litigation Consulting ("FLC"), Economic Consulting, Technology and Strategic Communications.
Our Corporate Finance segment focuses on the strategic, operational, financial and capital needs of our clients around the world and delivers a wide range of service offerings related to restructuring, business transformation and transaction support. Our restructuring practice includes corporate restructuring, including bankruptcy and interim management services. Our business transformation and transaction practices include financings, mergers and acquisitions (“M&A”), M&A integration, valuations and tax advice, as well as financial, operational and performance improvement services.
Our FLC 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,
 
2018
 
2017
 
2018
 
2017
Revenues
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Corporate Finance & Restructuring
$
141,355

 
$
117,487

 
$
284,277

 
$
223,388

Forensic and Litigation Consulting
133,527

 
111,410

 
261,566

 
222,816

Economic Consulting
133,308

 
124,004

 
266,417

 
263,225

Technology
46,429

 
45,566

 
87,343

 
91,653

Strategic Communications
57,479

 
46,248

 
110,269

 
89,977

Total revenues
$
512,098


$
444,715


$
1,009,872


$
891,059

Adjusted Segment EBITDA
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Corporate Finance & Restructuring
$
35,777

 
$
20,048

 
$
70,581

 
$
30,373

Forensic and Litigation Consulting
27,615

 
13,032

 
53,372

 
26,553

Economic Consulting
15,472

 
15,509

 
34,608

 
35,619

Technology
7,508

 
5,421

 
13,240

 
13,225

Strategic Communications
10,967

 
4,876

 
20,819

 
9,133

Total Adjusted Segment EBITDA
$
97,339


$
58,886


$
192,620


$
114,903


The table below reconciles net income (loss) to Total Adjusted Segment EBITDA: 
 
Three Months Ended June 30,
 
Six Months Ended June 30,
 
2018
 
2017
 
2018
 
2017
Net income (loss)
$
43,609

 
$
(5,156
)
 
$
82,554

 
$
8,860

Add back:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Income tax provision
14,113

 
527

 
29,383

 
8,404

Interest income and other
(2,474
)
 
(1,592
)
 
(674
)
 
(2,197
)
Interest expense
6,583

 
6,250

 
12,827

 
12,051

Unallocated corporate expenses
25,882

 
22,286

 
49,770

 
41,339

Segment depreciation expense
7,574

 
6,783

 
14,438

 
13,999

Amortization of intangible assets
2,052

 
2,422

 
4,322

 
4,915

Segment special charges

 
26,830

 

 
26,830

Remeasurement of acquisition-related contingent
   consideration

 
536

 

 
702

Total Adjusted Segment EBITDA
$
97,339


$
58,886


$
192,620


$
114,903