IPO READINESS & PUBLIC COMPANY SUPPORT

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Our IPO readiness and public company consulting team can help you prepare and navigate the process of going public.

We’ve helped a wide range of clients tactically through IPO readiness and filing processes, and we can apply our experience and expertise to support your company from preparation through filing.

Preparing for a public filing, whether through IPO or a Special Purpose Acquisition Company (SPAC), is no easy task. We can help.

Our IPO readiness consulting team can deploy across California or remotely – either as project managers or to supplement the efforts of your existing team. We offer services related to Readiness, Filing and Post-IPO Support. Whether you’re facing operational, finance and accounting or compliance-related changes, we can offer the additional bandwidth and perspective you need to go public.

Some of the things we do are:

Readiness

Assess team composition, and recommend and support approach to build out a post-IPO department ready to handle reporting requirements
Establish an efficient close process to support regulatory requirements
Develop quarterly reporting infrastructure and cadence
Uplift financials/disclosures to be SEC compliant
Support the implementation of accounting standards as well as the implementation of purpose-built software to facilitate ongoing management (e.g., ASC 606 or ASC 842)
Implement reporting software for more efficient reporting
Support SOX readiness, including documentation and testing of controls and assessment of potential deficiencies, risks and materiality as well as remediation support
Implement needed policies and procedures to comply with mandated public-company operations
Create multi-year financial models, tracking performance against KPIs
Centralize and clean up the capitalization table

Filing

Participate in the IPO process, including data aggregation, table and exhibit creation and review
Prepare the financial section of Form S-1, S-3, S-4 with the SEC, including pro-forma financial statements and footnote disclosures and MD∓A
Support responses to SEC Comment Letters regarding various iterations of the Form S-1, S-4 filing
Develop cut-off procedures at quarter end, including impairment/depreciations and adjustments
Liaise with all stakeholders to meet filing deadlines (e.g., Investment bank, law firms, printers, auditors)

And once you ring the bell, our team can step in to offer Post-IPO support.

Project Manage the selection and implementation of Equity Accounting software, if needed
Conduct technical accounting research and author accounting memos on key topics
Implement and/or optimize SEC Reporting software (e.g., Workiva, Active Disclosure)
Provide additional bandwidth for Quarterly and Annual Reporting and PCAOB audit preparation
Project Manage the selection and implementation of ERP to support future-state Public Reporting environment
Implement and offer best practices for documentation and support of SEC filings
Support SOX compliance preparation as needed

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Past IPO Readiness and Public Company Support Projects

SEC S-1 For Wellness and Fitness Studio Company

Prepared SEC S-1 for company operating wellness and fitness studios. Served as liaison with auditors, attorneys and bankers. Prepared accounting memos on a variety of subjects including goodwill and intangible asset impairment, cheap stock consideration, beneficial conversion feature, operating segments and revenue recognition.

Donnelley Active Disclosure Implementation

Implemented Donnelley Active Disclosure to create significant efficiencies in the 10Q and 10K filing process for newly public multi-location business.

Led Audit in Preparation for S-1 IPO

Led complex financial audit in preparation for S-1 IPO for entertainment payroll provider.

S-1 IPO Filing Support for Engineering Firm

Project managed the S-1 IPO filing of Engineering firm by tracking and ensuring executives complete their objectives within the established timeline. Additionally, selected and implemented Stock Transfer Agent services and assisted in the modification of the Employee Stock Ownership Plan.

Equity Administration System Selection and Implementation

Selected and implemented the equity administration platform Shareworks to assist newly public Company in calculating stock compensation expense and disclosures for ASC 718 Stock Compensation Expense.

Reverse Merger SPAC Support

Supported preparation and related SEC reporting of Company’s planned reverse merger into a publicly traded Special Purpose Acquisition Company (SPAC), including acquisition of an independent Canadian entity as part of the transaction. Contributed to preparation of financial section of Form S-4 Registration filing with the SEC, including pro-forma financial statements and footnotes.

S-1 and Quarterly Reporting Process Support

Assisted with S-1 and quarterly reporting process for automotive pricing and information company including creating footnotes, S-1 disclosure research and assistance utilizing EDGAR and Accounting Research Manager. Created technical accounting memos related to stock valuation (ASC 718), business combinations (ASC 805), build to suit lease accounting (ASC 840), qualitative assessment of goodwill and intangible asset impairment (ASC 350 and 360) as well as SAB 99 evaluation of error and internal control deficiency memos.

Stock Compensation Program Migration

For newly public company, migrated stock compensation programs from Option Ease to Shareworks and from Shareworks to Morgan Stanley Sapphire and FAS systems, including fixing migration issues and errors and creating reconciliations of share and compensation expense calculation differences.

IFRS-Compliant Financial Restatements

Restated GAAP financial statements to IFRS-compliant financial statements in preparation for a Hong-Kong-exchange-listed IPO. Prepared financial statement footnotes for Form A-1 of Hong-Kong-listed IPO and for Form S-1 of New-York-listed IPO. Researched accounting issues including convertible preferred stock, stock-based compensation, executive severance and capitalized IPO costs.

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Case Studies

Food and Beverage: Wine Company IPO Preparation Case Study

The challenges and deficiencies that hindered the client’s initial plans were addressed, and significant improvements were made in areas such as cash accounts, transactions, minority interest accounting and intercompany transactions. Learn more in our downloadable case study.

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It’s easy to see what can be improved when looking back with 20/20 hindsight, but hopefully the insights in this article can help you see things clearly well before they become costly, avoidable mistakes.

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5 Focus Areas Typically Overlooked in a Successful IPO

A company may have had a successful IPO, but will the transition to being a public company be equally successful? The answer will depend on many variables driven primarily by five internal focus areas that are typically overlooked.

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Financial Reporting & Accounting

5 Key Considerations for Hiring External Audit Firms

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