Finance Options in 2014: IPOs, Crowd Funding, M&A

Alex Castelli has more than 25 years of experience in managing audit, accounting, and reporting issues of both public and private companies.  As a result, he is well-versed with the business issues and capital raising requirements facing emerging growth companies including the JOBS Act and crowdfunding.

As the Firm’s Technology and Life Sciences Industry Practice Leader, Alex’s clients include middle-market companies ranging from early stage and emerging growth companies to venture- and private equity-backed companies and later-stage public companies.  He has experience providing assurance and advisory services to SEC clients, including guidance on reporting and filing requirements, technical accounting issues and Sarbanes-Oxley compliance. In addition, Alex serves as the Managing Partner of CohnReznick’s Tysons Corner, Virginia office.

Gordon Chatterton has more than 15 years of experience in accounting and auditing, serving the nation’s leading technology, telecommunications, and industrial & consumer products companies. He has specialized in the evolving requirements public entities in those industries have faced as regulatory and capital markets landscape have changed in the last decade. In his role in National Assurance at CohnReznick, Gordon is responsible for keeping the practice informed on the emerging issues in accounting and finance for both public and private enterprises, as well as leading the Firm’s efforts to respond to standard setting bodies and regulators such as the FASB, the AICPA and the SEC.  Gordon is a graduate of the University of Tennessee and holds a Masters in Accounting from Auburn University. 

Michael Campoli devotes his practice to counseling public and private companies of all sizes and at all stages of development on a broad range of corporate matters, including compliance with federal and state securities laws, reporting under the Securities Exchange Act, corporate formation and governance matters, public and private debt and equity financing transactions (including early-stage financing initiatives), mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, and limited liability company and partnership counseling.  Mr. Campoli, a 2000 graduate of New York University School of Law and a 1997 Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Columbia College, has written extensively about financing and securities compliance issues, and was named a “Rising Star” in Securities & Corporate Finance by New York Super Lawyers – Metro Edition magazine (2013 edition).