Phase Two of Four
Structure & Prepare
Building the corporate, governance and financial foundation a listing requires.
Who this phase is for
Companies that have completed a readiness assessment and are proceeding toward a listing. This is where the company is reshaped into an entity capable of registering with the SEC and satisfying Nasdaq requirements.
The problem it solves
A private company is rarely built to be listed. Ownership may sit across several entities, governance may reflect a founder-led business rather than a public one, and financial reporting may never have been prepared to the standard registration requires. This phase closes those gaps in the right order.
What Atlas does
✓ Establishes the listing entity and organises the group structure around it
✓ Designs the governance framework: board composition, independence and committee structure
✓ Coordinates preparation of the corporate records a listed company must maintain
✓ Coordinates audit readiness with the appointed auditors
✓ Coordinates the valuation process with independent providers
✓ Plans the capital structure and shareholder base against Nasdaq requirements
Who else is involved
Securities and corporate counsel handle entity formation and structuring advice. Auditors audit the historical financial record. Tax advisers assess the consequences of the reorganisation. Atlas coordinates all of it against one timetable.
Indicative duration
Highly variable. Where ownership is clean and an audit exists, this phase can be short. Where restructuring or a first audit is required, it is usually the longest phase in the pathway.
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