FTI Consulting, Inc.was founded in 1982 and is based in Baltimore, Maryland. FTI Consulting, Inc. (FTI) is a global business advisory firm. The Company assists its customers in addressing a range of business challenges, such as restructuring, financing and credit issues and indebtedness, interim business management, forensic accounting and litigation services, mergers and acquisitions (M&A), antitrust and competition matters, electronic discovery, management and retrieval of electronically stored information, reputation management and strategic communications. As of December 31, 2009, the Company had operations across 37 United States cities and 21 foreign countries, which includes United Kingdom, Ireland, France, Germany, Spain, Belgium, Russia, Australia, China, Japan, Singapore, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, South Africa, Argentina, Brazil, Canada and the British Virgin Islands. FTI operates in five segments: Corporate Finance/Restructuring, Forensic and Litigation Consulting, Economic Consulting, Technology and Strategic Communications.