Emilio Alvarez, CPA

Emilio Alvarez, CPA, is a Managing Partner at H&CO, LLP, an international accounting and advisory organisation, and the firm has been named Construction Sector Accounting Firm of the Year in Florida, US at the Corporate INTL Global Awards 2026. The recognition highlights H&CO's expertise in serving businesses in the construction industry from its base in Florida and across its global network.

A global advisory organisation

H&CO describes itself as a leading provider of global expansion services, empowering investors and businesses to invest, operate and thrive around the world. The organisation reports a presence in more than 29 countries, with over 54 offices, around 1,500 bilingual advisers and a client base of some 25,000 international clients. Its service lines span global expansion, entity management, human capital solutions, international tax and accounting, and technology services.

Within this broad platform, Emilio Alvarez serves as a Managing Partner, and the firm's recognition in construction sector accounting reflects the specialist attention it brings to particular industries. Florida, with its sustained construction and real estate activity, is a natural centre for this kind of sector-focused accounting and advisory work, and H&CO's bilingual, internationally connected model is well suited to the many businesses and investors operating between the United States and Latin America.

• International tax and accounting
• Global expansion and entity management
• Human capital and payroll solutions
• Advisory and technology services
• Sector-focused accounting, including for the construction industry

Accounting for the construction sector

Construction is one of the more complex industries from an accounting and financial-management standpoint. Contractors and developers must manage long-duration projects, percentage-of-completion revenue recognition, job costing, retainage, bonding and surety requirements, and often thin margins across multiple concurrent projects. Cash flow management is critical, as is accurate work-in-progress reporting, which lenders, sureties and owners scrutinise closely.

Advisers who understand these dynamics can help construction businesses maintain reliable financial reporting, optimise their tax position, and plan for growth and succession. In a state such as Florida, where construction activity is significant and where many businesses have cross-border ownership or supply chains, the combination of construction-specific accounting knowledge with international tax and expansion capability is particularly valuable. It allows contractors and developers to handle the demands of individual projects while also managing the wider tax, structuring and reporting questions that come with operating across jurisdictions.

Leadership and recognition

As a Managing Partner and a Certified Public Accountant, Emilio Alvarez brings professional accounting credentials and leadership to H&CO's work with clients in the construction sector and beyond. His CPA designation reflects the rigorous standards of the accounting profession, and his role places him among the senior figures directing the firm's service to its international client base.

The Corporate INTL Global Awards are decided through the publication's research into leading firms and advisers within each jurisdiction and practice area. Being named Construction Sector Accounting Firm of the Year in Florida, US recognises H&CO, LLP for its specialist accounting and advisory work in the construction industry, delivered through a globally connected, bilingual organisation. For contractors, developers and construction-related businesses in Florida seeking accounting, tax and advisory support attuned to their industry and, frequently, to their cross-border operations, the award points toward a firm led by professionals such as Emilio Alvarez.

Serving cross-border construction businesses

Many construction and real estate businesses in Florida operate across borders, whether through international ownership, cross-border investment or supply chains that reach into Latin America and beyond. For these clients, sound construction-sector accounting must sit alongside international tax planning, entity structuring and reporting that satisfies requirements in more than one country. H&CO's bilingual advisers and its presence across dozens of countries are well matched to that reality, allowing a contractor or developer to receive industry-specific financial advice and cross-border tax and structuring support from a single, connected organisation. Led by professionals such as Emilio Alvarez, the firm is positioned to help construction businesses manage the financial demands of individual projects while keeping their wider international affairs in good order.