Brian Rabinovitz achieves CM&AA certification - the "gold standard"
for middle market corporate financial advisors
For immediate release
Los Angeles--December 10, 2008 - CM&AA certification has been granted to Brian Rabinovitz,
CPA, principal and business advisor at Stonefield Josephson, a California-based certified public
accounting firm. In the first and only advanced, national educational certificate program of its
kind for business leaders and advisory professionals, the Alliance of Merger and Acquisition
Advisors (AM&AA) has partnered with Loyola University Chicago's Executive Education to offer
this certification in the middle marketplace arena of mergers and acquisitions.
"The goal of the CM&AA certification is quite simple, but lofty," explains Rabinovitz. "It is to
maintain the highest recognized standards of professional excellence for corporate advisory
and transaction services, while providing a recognized standard of professional expertise
within that overall body of knowledge."
Since AM&AA's formation in 1998, its members have formed an international alliance of
independent accountants, attorneys, investors, and financial advisors whose focus is on serving
the special corporate financial advisory and transaction needs of privately held, middle market
businesses. AM&AA's network of nearly 500+ member firms specialize in offering a wide
variety of merger & acquisition and other related corporate financial advisory services.
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"CM&AA certification is important," adds Rabinovitz, ?because it recognizes an individual's
professional achievement and competence, serves as a tool to both attract and better serve
clients, provides identification with other professionals in the field, and stimulates career
advancement." For more information about M&A and transactional activities for middle market
businesses, contact Brian Rabinovitz at 310-453-9400 or brabinovitz@sjaccounting.com.
Stonefield Josephson, Inc. (www.sjaccounting.com) is a California-based certified public
accounting firm founded in 1975. The full-service firm serves public and privately held clients
throughout the United States and internationally from these locations: Los Angeles, Orange
County, San Francisco, East Bay, Silicon Valley and Hong Kong.
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