Stout

William O’Hara is the Northeast Leader, Accounting & Reporting Advisory at Stout, with nearly 20 years of experience advising companies through complex capital markets transactions and financial reporting matters. He has extensive experience with IPOs, SPACs, SEC reporting, technical accounting, audit support and public-company readiness, serving companies from emerging growth businesses to large public organizations.

As an ASC 718 Stock-based Compensation subject matter expert, William advises on complex equity structures and transaction-related compensation in IPO and M&A contexts. He began his career in Deloitte’s audit practice in New York City.

William earned a BA in Accounting from the University at Albany and is a Certified Public Accountant. He serves as Co-President of the New York Chapter of Hockey Players in Business and is a member of the AICPA and NYSSCPA. His Irish roots trace to Counties Sligo, Leitrim, Cork, and Tyrone, with ancestors arriving in New York during and after the Great Famine. By the late 1800s, his ancestor Garrett Murray had established a bottling company in Brooklyn, operating from a Henry Street building he constructed in the 1880s that still stands today as Henry Street Ale House.

William lives in New York City with his wife, Danielle, and their three children, Georgia Grace, William Ford, and Savannah Rose.