Life sciences companies continue to provide us with ever-increasing health, prosperity and sustainability benefits. Accompanying these benefits, however, is an array of challenges for the companies: market fluctuations, industry risks, pricing pressures, increasing regulation, attracting and retaining a skilled work force, controlling operating costs, generic competition, sustaining growth in global markets, heightened market and public expectations, and realizing tangible value from strategic alliances, joint ventures and partnering arrangements.

Life sciences companies must constantly refresh and reinvent their strategies to achieve success. Stonefield Josephson has built a practice dedicated to helping biotech companies face their challenges. We work regularly with public and private global biotech companies, whether they're emerging and seeking venture capital, or established and looking to improve or expand operations.

Our clients benefit from our state-of-the-art technical knowledge combined with a deep understanding of the financial, operational, regulatory and risk issues affecting the industry. We understand our clients' business, anticipate accounting problems, know how others in the industry are addressing emerging issues, know what regulators and law professionals think, are able to provide timely answers—and act on that information.

Stonefield Josephson's knowledgeable professionals and integrated approach to life sciences ensure that our clients attain their goals through every phase of their business development, and thrive in today's exciting, challenging biotechnology market.

Services:

Audit

• Corporate governance, internal control and Sarbanes-Oxley accountability

Tax

• Business formation/entity selection
• Compensation strategies
• Exit strategies and estate tax planning
• General tax planning
• International tax
• IRS/state tax representation
• Mergers and acquisitions consulting
• Research and development tax incentives
• State and local tax planning and incentives
• Tax compliance
• Tax planning for development and licensing of patents
• Transfer pricing tax strategies

Advisory

• Bridge loans
• Business Risk Assessment
• CFO Advisory Services
• Commercialization Readiness
• Due diligence
• Finance & Performance Management
• Forensic Advisory Services
• Initial and secondary public offerings
• Intellectual property royalty compliance services
• Internal Audit
• Mezzanine financing
• Office of Inspector General compliance
• Post-merger integration
• Private placement and Rule 144A
• Procurement to payables review
• Rebate and pricing strategy compliance
• Regulation S offerings
• Research grants
• Reseller/distribution reviews
• Sales Force Compliance
• Sarbanes Oxley Assistance
• Start-up services for new businesses
• Strategic alliances and collaborations
• Technology and Security Risk
• Technology solutions and implementation
• Valuation/obsolescence
• Venture capital

For additional information about how Stonefield Josephson's Life Sciences Group can help your firm attain its goals, please contact the Principal in Charge of the office nearest you. View locations.