LONDON, Nov. 10, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — FTI Consulting, Inc. (NYSE: FCN) today announced that it has strengthened its Tax Advisory team in the Europe, Middle East and Africa (“EMEA”) region with the addition of two senior experts. Marcus Rea joins the firm as Senior Managing Director, while Thomas Lassey has been appointed as a Managing Director.
Mr. Rea, who is based in London, has more than 25 years of experience advising on the tax aspects of complex restructurings and other major financial transactions. Mr. Lassey, who is based in Dubai, has 13 years of experience helping clients with indirect and direct tax compliance and advisory matters.
“We are excited to welcome Marcus and Thomas to our Tax team. Their expertise will enhance our ability to support clients on tax implications of corporate and transactional matters,” said Euan Sutherland, Head of the EMEA Tax Advisory practice at FTI Consulting. “They bring deep technical expertise, proven leadership skills and the vision to help clients achieve their business objectives in an increasingly challenging market.”
Mr. Rea’s expertise includes lending reviews, refinancings, distressed M&A, insolvencies, corporate simplification assignments and strategic capital decisions for distressed and underperforming businesses. He works with a broad range of clients across industries and geographies, including companies, lenders and special situation investors. In his role at FTI Consulting, Mr. Rea will work closely with colleagues in the firm’s Restructuring practice and will advise clients directly on tax matters. He will also play a key role in leading the expansion of the pan-European restructuring tax advisory team to further strengthen the firm’s market-leading work in restructurings and insolvencies.
Prior to joining FTI Consulting, Mr. Rea was a Senior Managing Director and the Head of Restructuring Services Tax at Teneo. Before that, he was a Partner at Deloitte, where he founded and led the restructuring tax team, and previously worked at PwC. Mr. Rea chairs the tax committee of the Association of Business Recovery Professionals, known as R3.
Commenting on his appointment, Mr. Rea said, “Restructurings and insolvencies are inherently challenging processes that can be stressful for everyone involved. My goal has always been to cut through that complexity by providing practical restructuring tax advice that helps clients achieve the best possible outcomes. I am excited to join FTI Consulting’s excellent Tax team as we share the same client service approach, and I look forward to working alongside the firm’s restructuring experts, whose reputation speaks for itself.”
