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Brisbane Chartered Accountants
Lotus Amity is a dedicated business valuation accounting practice based in Brisbane and providing services across Australia. Lotus Amity holds a Certificate of Public Practice with Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand and is accredited specialisations in business valuation and forensic accounting.
Why Lotus Amity?
ˈləʊtəsamɪti/ – Lotus Amity
The lotus is a symbol of clarity. The lotus grows from the mud through the water and rises to flower in the sunshine.
Amity is based on the Latin amicus, which means friend.
The three core elements of Lotus Amity are:
- Analysis:Each valuation has a story. We carefully research, investigate, analyse and examine the numbers behind each valuation story.
- Clarity: Once we have analysed and understood the valuation story and the numbers, we then prepare a clear and comprehensive independent report. Our reports comply with the integrity, objectivity, confidentiality and technical requirements of the Accounting Professional and Ethical Standards and follow the International Valuation Standards.
- Value: Through analysis and clarity, we ultimately seek to create value. This value comes through providing independent, objective and fully supported valuation opinions.
Who are Lotus Amity?
Lotus Amity was founded by Simon Cook. Prior to founding Lotus Amity, he was a Forensic Accounting and Corporate Finance partner with BDO Australia and led their national forensic practice.
Simon values private businesses, intellectual property, minority interests, preference shares, debt, options and loss of profits. Reports are prepared for financial reporting, employee share schemes, commercial and family disputes, tax and stamp duty, transactions, death and bankruptcy estates, start-ups and raising capital.
Simon has assisted in many legal matters, including transaction disputes, damages claims, shareholder disputes and matrimonial matters.
Qualifications
Simon is a Chartered Accountant Business Valuation Specialist and Forensic Accounting Specialist with Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (CA ANZ). He represents Queensland on the CA ANZ Business Valuation Committee, is the chair for the CA ANZ Business Valuation Queensland group and has been fortunate to present with valuation legends Eric Nath and Gary Trugman.
Simon’s qualifications include the Professor Damodaran’s Advanced Valuations program, the Association of International Certified Public Accountants Accreditation in Business Valuations, and the Macquarie University Forensic Accounting Specialisation program.
Brisbane Chartered Accountants
As Chartered Accountants we are skilled in communication, ethics and business as well as technical based competencies. The CA designation is internationally recognised and indicates a high standard of ethical, professional and technical expertise. As Chartered Accountants we are required to maintain our knowledge and expertise through ongoing professional education.