Alistair Hynd has over 15 years experience in Corporate Finance. He heads the Project Finance and Financial Modelling Team that functions at Baker Tilly Corporate Finance, LLP (Baker Tilly). Mr. Hynd specialises in Project Finance, PFI, PPP and Debt Advisory plus Financial Modeling. Mr. Hynd is an Associate of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) and member of the Institute's Corporate Finance faculty. He is also a full member of the Association of Corporate Treasurers.

Mr. Hynd's team at Baker Tilly can become involved in Project Finance or Financial Modeling in three ways:

Financial Adviser to the Government – structuring projects, evaluating bids, and negotiating detail

Financial Adviser to the Consortium – assembling the bid, refining and optimising it, and acting as interface with funding markets

Acting for the Banks and other Lenders - providing reassurance that the model on which they are lending is fit for purpose.

Other Services Include

Capital Markets: Reporting Accountants, Flotation e.g. advice on Financial Structuring, Accounting Systems and Policies, Share Option, Director / Employer Benefits, Audit and Taxation services

Due Diligence: Historic Performance, Cash Flows, Assets and Liabilities, Forecasts, Working Capital Requirements, Financial Systems and Controls, Taxation

Mergers and Acquisitions / Private Equity:Preparing / Maximise Value from Business Sales, Negotiate Terms and Raise Private Equity / Debt Finance to Support Management Buy Out or Buy In, Raising Private Equity / Debt Finance for Growth, Cash Out or Recapitalisation, etc.

Valuations: Shares, Businesses, Options and Warrants, Various Derivatives, Brands and other Intellectual Property, Film and Media Rights,Income Producing Assets

Jay W. Dahl is both a Certified Public Accountant and a Certified Lease Professional. Jay W. Dahl is a CPA with over 25 years of accounting and tax experience. Mr. Dahl has been a partner at ECS Financial Services, Inc. (formerly Edwin C. Sigel, Ltd.), a 25-person accounting firm in Northbrook, Illinois since 1990.

Mr. Dahl’s expertise includes financial projections, business and personal tax preparation, management consulting, accounting and portfolio management services for equipment lessors and brokers, and personal and corporate tax planning.

Areas of Expertise:

Generation Skipping and Gifting Issues

Individual and Corporate Tax Planning

Research and Tax Return Preparation

Estate and Trust Planning and Return Preparation

Profit-Sharing and Retirement Plan Consulting and Design

Strategic Business Planning

Financial Statement Compilation

Management Consulting and Leasing Company Management

Mr. Dahl is skilled in multi state and multi jurisdiction income and personal property taxes and has served as a special master in the New York federal court.

Nancy A. Geary is both a Certified Public Accountant and a Certified Lease Professional. She received her Bachelors Degree in Accountancy from the University of Illinois. Ms. Geary has been with ECS Financial Services, Inc., a regional CPA firm, since 1984, and a Partner with the firm since 1990. Among other responsibilities, Ms. Geary manages the firm’s Leasing Services Department. Ms. Geary is proficient in various software packages specifically designed for the equipment leasing industry.

Ms. Geary’s primary areas of concentration include equipment lease portfolio management, accounting and consulting services for the equipment leasing industry, as well as accounting, auditing, income tax planning and compliance and management consulting for a wide variety of closely-held businesses.

Ms. Geary’s focus on lease portfolio management services includes:

Portfolio Management (tracking, billing and reporting lease activity)

Lease Accounting

Training and Consulting

Multi-jurisdictional Sales, Income and Personal Property Tax Reporting.

Ms. Geary has served as an instructor for the Equipment Leasing Association (ELA), the Certified Lease Professional Foundation (CLP), the National Association of Equipment Lease Brokers (NAELB) and the United Association of Equipment Lessors (UAEL). She has served in various board and committee positions for the CLP Foundation and UAEL, chaired the CLP Foundation’s committee to rewrite the CLP Exam, and currently serves on the Board of Directors of the UAEL.

Ms. Geary has written articles published in several leasing publications, and authored the Tax and Financial Accounting chapter of the CLP Foundation’s Handbook of Equipment Leasing.

Ms. Geary has participated in several expert witness engagements. Her experience includes preparation of expert witness reports, rebuttal reports, damage analysis and forensic accounting.

Our firm provides forensic accounting, litigation support, business valuations in addition to our tax and audit practice. We specialize in the areas of Health Care, Manufacturing and Distribution, Real Estate Construction, Agri-Business, and Information Technology.

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