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Business Advisory Services

Summit Capital provides comprehensive business planning services that cover a wide range of management issues facing entrepreneurs. Today’s economic and business climate is tough and standards of due diligence and governmental regulation at all levels continue to become stricter and more complex than ever. Summit Capital is dedicated to remaining at the forefront of compliance and regulatory issues that impact entrepreneurs. When combined with our experience in business and the capital markets our clients can be assured that they will receive the advice they need to navigate these waters. We provide advice and counsel in the following areas:

• Assisting management in defining and refining corporate strategy to prepare feasible, executable and saleable business plans,
• Succession planning and estate planning to ensure the continuity of a business in the event of the death of a principal player,
• Advice on corporate structuring or re-structuring in order to provide clear lines of authority between members comprising the management team,
• Establishing Board of Directors recruitment strategies in order to gain valuable assistance for a growing business. Summit Capital maintains a roster of individuals with exemplary corporate track records that can assist your management team in achieving results,
• Recruiting key management for growing companies,
• Advice on key management retainer initiatives,
• Establishing solid and defensible remuneration plans for corporate executives and directors,
• Establishing employee and executive stock incentive plans that comply with today’s strict regulatory requirements and add value to your business by rewarding performance,
• Advising management teams on strategic initiatives to improve shareholder relations,
• Advising management on corporate / shareholder communication strategies that build investor confidence,
• Keeping management abreast of major regulatory and practice issues that affect any business seeking to involve the public,
• Advising management teams on strategic initiatives to improve shareholder liquidity,
• Advising key management on issues of wealth management best practices and introducing management to proven professionals that are able to prepare and execute prudent estate planning and wealth management initiatives,
• Establishing, monitoring and reviewing internal financial controls to reduce the incidence or opportunity for fraud and also bolstering investor confidence in our client companies,
• Identifying, qualifying and retaining qualified legal counsel across various practice fields (SEC compliance, Corporate finance, transactional, Tax, Litigation, IP and Trademark and General commercial),
• Identifying, qualifying and retaining appropriate and qualified accounting and audit counsel, and if a public company, ensuring qualifications include PCAOB accreditation necessary to comply with SEC mandated audited financial statements,
• Providing interim accounting support and audit planning assistance for clients that do not yet have sufficient in-house expertise on relevant accounting or public company GAAP audit requirements,
• Advising the Board of Directors and Management on issues of best-practice to minimize events that may give rise to shareholder initiated claims,
• Advising the Board of Directors regarding the adoption of key policies designed to provide a framework within which director liability is minimized, and
• Advising on matters of indemnification of officers and directors, as well as providing assistance in soliciting appropriate policies of insurance to cover general insurance, product and service liability and directors’ and officers’ liability insurance. Summit Capital’s professionals have a broad variety of skills and experiences that enable us to provide an entrepreneur with value-added advice to every stage of growth. Our professionals can help management take appropriate proactive steps to steer the ship clear of potential turbulent waters and set a path for manageable growth. Additionally, should issues ever arise that fall outside the competence of management to deal with, our professionals can provide our insight into many contentious aspects of business and we can call upon our network of proven professionals to guide clients through troubling times.