HOGAN ATTENDS M&A CONFERENCE

CHICAGO, —- Timothy D. Hogan, CEO of Commonwealth Capital Advisors, LLC joined other industry leaders recently at the Alliance of Merger & Acquisition Advisors 2005 summer conference held at the Intercontinental Hotel in Chicago.

Entitled “M&A Trends & Opportunities,” this “Superconference” featured over 50 speakers from both the practitioner and academic worlds discussing the latest developments in the disciplines of business valuation, financial litigation forensics, fraud deterrence, mergers and acquisitions, intellectual property, matrimonial litigation, exit planning, and corporate governance after Sarbanes-oxley.

“Each year the Alliance of M&A Advisors (AM&AA) draws the top professionals in these consulting fields to share their practical insights and research findings with attendees, who assembled this year from all over the United States and ten different countries,” Hogan noted. “This was an invaluable opportunity to stay abreast of the latest developments in my field and leverage the knowledge of these speakers with my own experience to better serve our clients,” Hogan commented.

Commonwealth Capital Advisors specializes in assisting start-up and early stage companies raise their first few million in development capital through private and publicly placed securities offerings. In addition, Commonwealth Capital Advisors assists the owners of seasoned companies to sell limited amounts of equity from the sale of their company’s securities while maintaining voting control, through equity transference under Regulation A of the Securities Act of 1933.

Commonwealth Capital Advisors also enhances and expands the practices of CPAs and attorneys that serve the small business community by employing the “Expert Suite” which can be reviewed at their web site: http://www.commonwealthcapital.com/members/amaa

The AM&AA is the premiere national organization serving the educational and resource needs of the M&A profession. It’s 300 plus members are M&A professionals providing intermediary and transaction support services. Most of the members have a CPA, MBA, JD or similar advanced education or equivalent certification.


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