AUDIT AND ASSURANCE

Our audit and assurance group has significant experience in providing assurance and advisory services to companies in the life sciences, technology, real estate, private equity and investment fund industries, as well as other industries. Our audit approach is tailored to the size and nature of the organization and draws upon our extensive industry knowledge. Services our firm offers include:

• Financial statement audits and reviews
• Integrated audits of financial statements and internal control over financial reporting for public companies
• Regulatory compliance and reporting
• Internal control documentation, assessment, and reporting under Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, and internal audit services
• Assisting with capital market financing transactions, and helping companies prepare for going public
• Financial due diligence on mergers and acquisitions
• Financial accounting and IFRS reporting
• Corporate reporting improvements
• Our firm is registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board. The PCAOB examines our public company assurance practice every three years and in 2007 issued an unqualified opinion on our work.