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Corporate governance, credit risk and legal reasoning – the case of Encompass Services Inc.

Michael Nwogugu (Business Consultant, Brooklyn, New York, USA)

Managerial Auditing Journal

ISSN: 0268-6902

Article publication date: 1 June 2003

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Abstract

Corporate accountability and quality of corporate disclosure have impacted on many companies and banks, particularly those grown through mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and companies have had to restate their financial statements. The growth of service and technology companies (particularly by M&A) presents numerous public policy, legal, regulatory and accounting issues. Some of these companies have substantial intangible assets and the accounting for M&A and investments can be manipulated to affect reported assets and earnings. The exchange of securities and conflicts of interest in such transactions can affect financial statements – all of these factors can distort strategic planning, legal analysis, performance analysis and credit analysis. Fraudulent conveyance has typically not been considered in detail in many real life transactions (processed by law firms, the SEC, accounting firms and banks), even though it is the major means of unfair and illegal wealth transfer and fraud in corporate transactions. This paper highlights some of these issues, and illustrates the role and benefits of proper legal analysis in corporate transactions, and the convergence of corporate financial analysis and legal analysis and tax/accounting analysis.

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Nwogugu, M. (2003), "Corporate governance, credit risk and legal reasoning – the case of Encompass Services Inc.", Managerial Auditing Journal, Vol. 18 No. 4, pp. 270-291. https://doi.org/10.1108/02686900310474299

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