In this RMA OC educational workshop, Jim Davidson President and Founder of Avant® Advisory Group, an operationally focused financial advisory and management consulting firm, provides an in-depth investigation into the warning signs for Middle Market lenders and investors to consider. Learn how to recognize potential over valuation resulting from a defective CPA audit and financial diligence/Q of E that missed multiple red flags, fraud indicators and misstated and misleading information.
Topics discussed was based on a real case study of an acquisition fraud with multiple diligence errors and oversights of both the professionals and the sophisticated private equity investors involved in the deal. An appropriately performed diligence might have informed the investors to kill the deal but didn’t!
Jim Davidson, CIRA, CTP, CM&AA, CM&AP, CPA, CFF, CFE, CGMA, FCPA, CD, CBA has served in senior executive positions at both public and private companies. He served for 10 years consulting for Big Four CPA firm PricewaterhouseCoopers sector.
Avant® Expertise:
- Mergers & Acquisitions – Quality of Earnings / Sell Side Preparation
- Profitability/EBITDA Improvement / Value Enhancement
- Post-Acquisition Working Capital / Earnout Disputes Resolution
- Corporate Governance, Interim C-Suite, CRO & CFO Services
- Litigation Support – Testifying & Consulting Experts
- Distressed – Operational Turnarounds & Financial Restructuring
Avant® Advisory Group is Biblically based and serves God and our clients with the highest honor and integrity.
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