Services
Aguilera & Associates provides a wide range of Forensic Accounting, Fraud Investigation and Litigation Support. We enjoy what we do and frequently find ourself in the trenches working diligently with our clients on matters that are important to them. By taking advantage of our services, our clients have good outcomes and are able to continue their business affairs uninterrupted.
FORENSIC ACCOUNTING
Threats to a company’s financial stability and reputation are facts of business life. Quickly understanding the scope and impact of suspected fraud or financial exposure to litigation is key to managing risk. For the past three decades clients have turned to Aguilera & Associates for a wide range of forensic accounting services.
Aguilera & Associates uses specialized knowledge and investigative skills to collect, analyze, evaluate, and interpret evidential matter. The results are communicated to the trier of fact or decision makers in the courtroom, boardroom, and other legal or administrative venues.
FRAUD INVESTIGATION
Fraud can be defined as wrongful or criminal deception intended to result in financial or personal gain. Categories of fraud include misrepresentation or concealment of material facts, theft, conflicts of interest and breach of fiduciary duty. Federal legislation includes the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and the False Claims Act.
Fraud is law-intensive and investigations of alleged fraud almost always require legal counsel. Aguilera & Associates has worked with attorneys on a wide variety of fraud investigations for over three decades.
LITIGATION SUPPORT
The successful navigation of litigation relies heavily on facts. There is usually an urgent need to determine all of the facts both positive and negative. Having someone like Aguilera & Associates to trust and depend on is critical to provide as much information as quickly and efficiently as possible to your client.
Aguilera & Associates can help you and your clients understand the amounts (or range of amounts) at stake and present the facts and provide opinions to a trier of fact.
UNIVERSITY ROYALTY AUDITS
One of the biggest financial risks a licensing organization has is the risk of underpayment by licensees for licensed goods and services. Whether on a proactive or reactive basis, technology transfer offices receiving royalties under intellectual property license agreements need to know if they are being paid correctly.
A well-organized financial compliance program, including executing royalty audits, demonstrates to your stakeholders that you value and protect the organization’s intellectual property assets and maximize the financial benefits of license agreements.
Over the years, Aguilera & Associates has become a trusted partner to many university technology transfer licensing offices and executives.