Goodwill and Intangible Assets

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2022

Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]

Goodwill

The table below summarizes the changes in the carrying amount of goodwill by reportable segment:


	Corporate Finance & Restructuring (1)		Forensic and Litigation Consulting (1)		Economic Consulting (1)		Technology (1)		Strategic Communications (2)		Total
Balance at December 31, 2021	$	501,046	$	237,929	$	268,858	$	96,811	$	128,147	$	1,232,791
Acquisitions (3)	11,332		—		—		—		—		11,332
Foreign currency translation adjustment and other	(2,026)		(5,870)		(1,612)		(61)		(22,013)		(31,582)
Balance at September 30, 2022	$	510,352	$	232,059	$	267,246	$	96,750	$	106,134	$	1,212,541

(1) There were no accumulated impairment losses for the Corporate Finance & Restructuring ("Corporate Finance"), Forensic and Litigation Consulting ("FLC"), Economic Consulting or Technology segments as of September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021.

(2) Amounts for our Strategic Communications segment include gross carrying values of $300.3 million and $322.3 million as of September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively, and accumulated impairment losses of $194.1 million as of September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021.

(3) During the nine months ended September 30, 2022, we acquired a business that was assigned to the Corporate Finance segment. We recorded $11.3 million in goodwill based on a purchase price allocation as a result of the acquisition. We have included the results of the acquired business’s operations in the Corporate Finance segment since its acquisition date.

Intangible Assets

Intangible assets were as follows:


	September 30, 2022						December 31, 2021
	Gross Carrying Amount		Accumulated Amortization		Net Carrying Amount		Gross Carrying Amount		Accumulated Amortization		Net Carrying Amount
Amortizing intangible assets
Customer relationships (1)	$	79,347	$	63,546	$	15,801	$	83,101	$	63,124	$	19,977
Trademarks (1)	8,886		4,648		4,238		10,965		4,732		6,233
Acquired software and other (1)	967		433		534		3,114		2,434		680
	89,200		68,627		20,573		97,180		70,290		26,890
Non-amortizing intangible assets
Trademarks	5,100		—		5,100		5,100		—		5,100
Total	$	94,300	$	68,627	$	25,673	$	102,280	$	70,290	$	31,990

(1)During the nine months ended September 30, 2022, we acquired a business, and its related intangible assets were assigned to the Corporate Finance segment.

Intangible assets with finite lives are amortized over their estimated useful lives. We recorded amortization expense of $2.3 million and $7.3 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022, respectively, and $2.9 million and $8.5 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021, respectively.

We estimate our future amortization expense for our intangible assets with finite lives to be as follows:


Year	As of September 30, 2022 (1)
2022 (remaining)	$	2,277
2023	5,844
2024	3,692
2025	3,047
2026	1,988
Thereafter	3,725
	$	20,573

(1)Actual amortization expense to be reported in future periods could differ from these estimates as a result of new intangible asset acquisitions, impairments, changes in useful lives, or other relevant factors or changes.

Intercompany Intellectual Property Licensing Agreement

During the three months ended September 30, 2022, a U.S. subsidiary of the Company (the “Licensor”) entered into an intellectual property license agreement with certain foreign subsidiaries of the Company in consideration of royalty payments that have been partially prepaid (the "License Agreement"). The prepaid royalties remitted to the Licensor are taxable in the U.S. for the year ended December 31, 2022 and represent intangible assets in the foreign subsidiaries that are eliminated in consolidation. The impact on the U.S. current income tax provision was mainly offset by a deferred foreign income tax benefit related to the future tax deductions arising from amortization of intangible assets in the foreign subsidiaries. The License Agreement provides sufficient future taxable income in the U.S. to fully utilize the Company’s existing foreign tax credits in the U.S., which were previously subject to a valuation allowance. The impact on the tax rate for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022 was a combined $8.3 million tax benefit.