James Davidson
President & Managing Director
Avant Advisory Group
Jim Davidson founded Avant Advisory Group over 25 years ago after serving stints with PricewaterhouseCoopers and in various C-Suite positions, including president & CEO, CFO, Chief Accounting Officer, Controller, etc. and serving on multiple boards of directors.
Davidson has advised hundreds of private equity firms across multiple industries from Los Angeles to across the country. He has provided M&A transaction support and has performed hundreds of buy-side and sell-side diligence engagements that include financial / quality of earnings and operations for companies ranging from distressed to multi-billion-dollar firms.
He has served as chief restructuring officer and financial advisor to numerous distressed companies in doing both operational turnarounds and financial restructurings. Furthermore, he and his firm have been engaged by both counsel and buyers/investors to investigate and opine on numerous forensic and fraud examinations, including post-acquisition, conflicts of interest and breach of fiduciary duty issues and disputes.
