Regulated engagements
Statutory Audit
The competence we bring to financial statements audits provides you with :
- Rapid grasp of your operational and financial stakes
- Expertise in IFRS standards and a pragmatic approach to questions raised by changes in both transaction type and regulatory framework
- Proven expertise as well as joint-statutory auditor for groups listed or not, aimed to improved efficiency
Besides our audit methods, determined by the regulatory framework of professional standards, our added value lies in our partners’ personal commitment to seamless integration with the specifics of your business and expectations from your corporate governance bodies.
Fairness opinion and independent appraisal
External opinion of an independent nature allows shareholders, directors and investors to exercise judgment and make informed decisions.
Our practice is based upon our experience in business valuation and independent appraisals:
- Special benefits, contribution and merger audit
- Fairness opinion required by the French financial markets authority (tender offers, mandatory squeeze-out, etc.)
- Fairness opinion on transactions (acquisitions, divestments …) and share-based payments
- Valuation of intangible assets (intellectual property, brands, etc.)
- Valuation for accounting purposes (impairment tests, purchase price allocation)
Court Expert
Assigned by the judge, the duties of the Court Expert is to shed technical light on factual questions pertaining to specific issues. Beyond the competence required for such an authority, strict impartiality is also required.
The expert may also be retained by a party to litigation or dispute.
Under all circumstances, the expert can rely upon on the combined set of skills found in Advolis (accepted accounting principles, information systems, consolidation…).
Trustee Engagements
As a rule, the task of the monitoring trustee is, on behalf of a domestic or European competition authority, to control the implementation of commitments undertaken by companies under merger, antitrust or state aid proceedings.
In practice, the mission of trustee encompasses various aspects according to situation, depending upon whether the commitment is structural (disposal of assets) or behavioral (organizational or contractual arrangements).
Based on the competence derived from long-standing practice and the execution of over forty mandates, our teams can anticipate difficulties companies may encounter in implementing their commitments and ensure compliance.
IS Audit
The use of IT in all areas of management demands an efficient system for appraising it, which in turn comes under the broader umbrella of governance and internal control requirements.
As external auditor or as support to internal audit teams, we are there to assess and strengthen control of your information system, in accordance as much with your regulatory constraints as your operational objectives.
Our IT consultants use a pragmatic approach derived from best practice (COBIT, VAL IT, ITIL, ISO/IEC 27000…), adapting their methods to the human and organizational environment of your company or organization :
- Audit of information-system governance
- Assessment of risk, security and internal IT control
- IT project and applications’ auditing.
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