I am dedicated to guiding exceptional enterprises along their path to market leadership by helping them become well-informed and well-prepared for their transaction journey.

Karim Anani

EY Global IPO Leader; EY Global and Americas Transactions Accounting Advisory Leader

Senior executive assisting management teams to successfully execute on different initiatives and a wide variety of transactions.

With over 28 years of diverse experience serving clients across various industries and locations, Karim has extensive knowledge of IPOs and SPAC mergers covering accounting, reporting, regulatory, operational and integration matters. He is a senior relationship partner to several Fortune 500 companies, and, for the past decade, has led more than 100 go-public transactions, including over 20 cross-border transactions.

Karim advises clients on numerous accounting and financial reporting matters, including mergers and acquisitions, registration statement complexities, policies and procedures, IPOs, SPACs, debt offerings, purchase accounting, spin-outs, divestitures, valuation-related matters associated with purchase accounting, carve-out accounting, consolidation matters, fresh start and bankruptcy accounting, and other complex accounting matters, as well as compliance with SEC financial reporting requirements for US domestic and foreign private issuers.

He is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) licensed in the state of California and a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA).

How Karim is shaping the future with confidence

“Undertaking a strategic and transformative capital market transaction can seem daunting and complex. By helping business owners and their stakeholders understand the nuances of the markets and the steps they must take along the way, I’m equipping them with the know-how they need to transform their businesses and rise to market leadership.”

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