HP Accounting
Valuation/Expert witness Bay area
We are a leading Bay Area based provider of Valuation and expert witness damage calculation services. The firm has an experienced interim CFO with a rich operating history in technology and public companies.
Bob Bates, JD, CPA is a Bay area Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE) and Certified Valuation Analyst (CVA). His expert witness work includes damage calculations and other financial consulting and analysis.
Bio
For over 30 years, Bob has been CFO/Controller of various public and private companies in many industries in US/Canada/Europe/Asia. Bob raised $35 million for several of them, and founded and bought and sold several of the companies. He also worked at KPMG and has his own accounting practice. Mr. Bates has extensive experience with acquisition due diligence, expert witness work, financial reporting and audit preparation.
He has valued small and midsize closely-held companies, fractional interests, purchase accounting and intangible assets for business owners, shareholders, investors, attorneys, CPAs, fiduciaries, courts and others who need reliable and defensible valuations. Bob performs valuations for estate, gift and other tax filings, succession planning, buy-sell agreements, management buy-outs, ESOPs, mergers and acquisitions, financing, reorganizations, shareholder disputes, marital dissolutions and litigation.
Since 2005 Bob has been involved in the valuation, sale, merger and acquisition of over a hundred businesses. Clients appreciate the real-world M&A transaction experience and practical knowledge of market participant behavior that Bob brings to business valuation and expert engagements. His industry experience encompasses publishing, distribution, technology, financial services, food and beverage, professional practices, many types of B2B and consumer services, telecommunications, internet, solar, ecommerce, SAAS, IOT, software, crowdfunding, retail, entertainment and more. Bob has authored articles, developed courses, presented and instructed groups of business owners, students and others on valuation, forensics, accounting/finance and M&A.
HP Accounting is a CPA and business valuation firm supporting our client’s compliance with the IRC 409A and SFAS 123(R) ASC: 718 intangible asset valuation rules, Goodwill impairment, ASC 350 valuation, intangible impairment ASC 360 valuation, ASC 805 purchase price allocation valuations as well as issues involving litigation. The firm also provides financial advisory services including SEC Reporting and merger and acquisition advice to clients. Its principal is also a Certified Fraud Examiner, having uncovered a large embezzlement.
With 30 years of experience some of our areas of expertise are:
- Sarbanes Oxley compliance
- Public company reporting
- Audit preparation
- Acquisitions
- Forensic accounting
- Projections/Business plans
- Establish/Controls test
- Business Valuation
- Expert Witness
- Damage Calculations
Our esteemed CPA (California/Virginia) expert witness, Bob Bates is a CFE, CVA and CFO who has worked with various lawyers on over 150 cases in many states. He provides financial support for clients in litigation, or pre-litigation, as well as provides a report, such as damages calculations, which can be used in litigation. He also has experience providing testimony in depositions and trials.
We gauge our worth by the personal and business successes of our clients. We can help your business identify areas negatively affecting profitability and growth and develop solutions that are practical and technically sound. In addition to acting as a sounding board for management, we provide comprehensive, flexible strategies that address the issues affecting your business.
Please contact our Accredited Valuation Professional for Valuation and Expert Witness projects/cases in the San Francisco Bay Area at hpaccounting.com/contact. HP Accounting is a provider of Valuation and Expert Witness services. Our valuations meet the highest professional standards. We are an Expert Witness/Business valuation firm that provides advisory and valuation expertise and were formed in 1993.
Testimonials
Veteran CFO…who I had the pleasure of working with…careful and cool under fire…quickly seized the importance of critical components of situations. He is a consummate professional with integrity, grit and self awareness who I would recommend without any reservations.
– Tom Bryant, Director Business Development, Massachusetts Medical Society
Bob provides an exceptional level of service. Forgive the cliché, but he really “gets it.” I highly recommend you put him to the top of your list when referring your clients
– Burt L, Valuation client
A+ went out of his way to be helpful. Extremely friendly and a pleasure to work with. When experience counts, stick to a professional like Bob. Excellent and dependable.
– Feedback from Guru clients
There are three types of people in this world: those who make things happen, those who watch things happen, and those who wonder what happened. Bob makes things happen
–J Grobbelaar, Founder Broadvision
Quick study
-S Pont, JD
Had his eye on the ball
– S Kronenberg, Esq
Bright, focused and practical
– L Dennen Esq.
The only one (CFO) you need to talk with
-C Hackley, Investment Banker
Astute’ (regarding the evaluation of antitrust state with parties connected with Donald Trump, Giuliani, Ukraine/impeachment)