Houston, TX, December 2, 2024 – MaloneBailey, LLP, a global, mid-market, public accounting firm based in Houston, Texas, announced today that Munetaka Shiratori has joined the firm’s Tokyo office as an Audit Director.
As Audit Director, Mr. Shiratori will be responsible for acting as the liaison between the audit engagement teams and the clients to conduct audits of financial statements and other services for Japanese companies that either plan to go public via an initial public offering (IPO) or already trade on stock exchanges in the United States.
Prior to joining MaloneBailey, Mr. Shiratori was at a Big Four firm in Tokyo where he was for 15 years and where he served as Audit Partner. Shiratori started his career at Arthur Andersen in Silicon Valley, California in the United States in the mid-1990s. He is a native Japanese speaker, and he also is fluent in English due to his prior working experience in the United States.
MaloneBailey’s Tokyo office serves its growing client base of Japan-based companies that are planning to IPO or already listed on the various stock exchanges (Nasdaq and NYSE) in the United States. MaloneBailey’s team of auditors in its Tokyo, Beijing and Shenzhen offices focus on the delivery of audit services to these Japanese companies. The firm’s practice in Japan serves clients in a variety of industries including, software, medical, gaming and more.
"Mr. Shiratori is a strong addition to our audit practice and we are proud to have him lead our Tokyo team. As a former audit partner of a Big Four firm in Tokyo and as a former audit professional in Silicon Valley, California, his unique experience in both Japan and the United States and in both Japanese GAAP, U.S. GAAP and IFRS is an asset in our Japanese audit practice. We look forward to all that he will contribute to our growing firm. Our expansion into Tokyo in 2023 is part of our plan to strengthen our position as a market leader in Japan and other Asian areas serving publicly traded companies listed or to be listed on Nasdaq and other U.S. stock exchanges," said George Qin, Managing Partner at MaloneBailey. "Our Tokyo office establishes a significant presence for MaloneBailey in Japan, allowing us to better serve our clients and providing a platform to expand our reach deeper into the practice area taking Japanese companies public in the U.S. through IPO and De-SPAC transactions,” Qin added.
About MaloneBailey, LLP
Based in Houston, Texas and with offices in Beijing, Shenzhen and Tokyo, MaloneBailey is a public accounting firm that delivers audit, tax and consulting services to small and mid-market companies, both public and private. MaloneBailey is among the few firms in the world that serves a substantial number of public company audit clients. MaloneBailey has been consistently recognized by the Houston Business Journal as one of the top 25 firms in Houston; one of the top 15 firms in the Southwest region by Accounting Today; one of the fastest growing firms INSIDE Public Accounting and Accounting Today; and, one of the “Best and Brightest Companies to Work For” in Houston by the National Association for Business Resources. For more information about MaloneBailey, visit http://www.malonebailey.com.