Porte Brown Acquires Fleming and G. Ross

CPA firm Porte Brown LLC said Tuesday that it has acquired two other tax and accounting firms in the past quarter in the Chicago area.

One of them was Fleming & Co, P.C., a firm with three offices in McHenry, Elk Grove Village and downtown Chicago. The other was G. Ross & Associates Ltd. of Chicago. Financial terms were not disclosed.

"We are aggressively looking to acquire other accounting and tax firms of all sizes as well as wealth management firms," said Porte Brown managing partner Bruce G. Jones, CPA.

Porte Brown has 70 employees and more than doubled in size over the past five years in terms of personnel and billings. The firm was named one of the Best Places to Work by Best Companies Group.

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