GHJ Beverage Practice Leader Maria Pearman recently participated in an article about the food and beverage industry for Los Angeles Times B2B Publishing. Maria shares the trends she has observed across the industry, the notable legislation that food and beverage companies should be aware of and the key advice she offers her clients in the space. An expert in the in [...]

LOS ANGELES, CA (June 23, 2022) – GHJ, a national accounting and advisory firm, is proud to announce Managing Partner Tom Barry has been included in the Los Angeles Business Journal’s LA500. This is Tom’s fifth year on the list, which celebrates the most influential leaders and impactful executives in Los Angeles. “Thank you to the Los Angeles Business Journal for th [...]

GHJ Beverage Practice Leader Maria Pearman will teach an upcoming seminar on what new brewers should know when raising and allocating capital as part of Craft Beer and Brewing Magazine’s upcoming Brewery Workshop, June 17-20 in Portland, Ore. Topics covered during this session will include how much capital a new brewery needs to survive, what corporate structure work [...]

LOS ANGELES, CA (June 28, 2022) – GHJ, a leading accounting and advisory firm, is proud to announce the appointment of Partner and Chief Strategy Officer Mari-Anne Kehler to Global Chair, Advisory Growth Strategy Group for HLB. One of the world’s leading accountancy networks, HLB International provides consulting and professional services in over 157 countries throug [...]

Two experts from GHJ’s Profit Participation Services Practice will present at an upcoming webinar about Fraud in the Entertainment Industry. Registration is now open for the webinar, which takes place Thursday, July 28 at 1:30 p.m. PST and features GHJ Partner Ilan Haimoff and Senior Manager Tracy Liang. “What You Need To Know About Fraud in the Motion Picture and Te [...]

LOS ANGELES, CA (July 5, 2022) – GHJ, a leading accounting and advisory firm, is pleased to announce that Beverage Practice Leader Maria Pearman has written a new book outlining the fundamentals of accounting and finance through the lens of craft distilleries. Published by the American Distilling Institute and now available on Amazon, Distillery Finance explains how [...]

GHJ Beverage Practice Leader Maria Pearman recently spoke to Authority Magazine about what new food and beverage brands should know. Maria shares the five things necessary to create a food or beverage brand. She also discusses her thoughts on the key first steps a new food or beverage company should take, how a new brand should approach a fund raise and when a new co [...]

GHJ Audit and Assurance Practice Leader Satpal Nagpal recently contributed to an e-book from Validis examining the role of technology in the audit process. In the e-book, Satpal shares his experience leading an audit team that embraced remote and flexible work before the pandemic. He also shares the challenges and opportunities presented when adopting new technology [...]

GHJ Profit Participation Services Practice Leader Ilan Haimoff and Jason Squire, USC School of Cinematic Arts Professor Emeritus and editor of The Movie Business Book Fourth Edition, continue this season of “The Movie Business Podcast” looking at “The New Normal” from different perspectives. In this episode, they talk to Elsa Ramo, Managing Partner at Ramo Law PC. E [...]

GHJ Beverage Practice Leader Maria Pearman will host an all-day workshop on Business Basics for food and beverage professionals at the Fermentation Association’s annual conference, which takes place August 27-30 in Chicago. Fermentation 2022 aims to explore the power of fermentation to create and preserve food, build flavor and enhance health. The conference brings t [...]