BDO’s member firm in Australia has merged in PKF’s practice on the East Coast of the continent, expanding the firm's presence after it retrenched earlier this year.

Weaver said Friday it has merged with Delong Consulting Services, a consultancy that offers compliance and risk management services to financial institutions, effective June 1.

Highlights of recent accounting firm mergers and acquisitions.

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The Dewey & LeBoeuf bankruptcy is shaping up to be the largest law firm bankruptcy in U.S. history and could provide a cautionary tale for accounting firm mergers.

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Cloud accounting service Xero has purchased practice management suite provider WorkFlowMax, effectively adding tools for accountants to track leads, jobs, invoices and time.

Custom communications services developer R. R. Donnelley & Sons Co. has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Edgar Online, a financial data, analytics and disclosure management services provider, for approximately $70.5 million.

Two of the largest accounting firms in the U.S., J.H. Cohn LLP and Reznick Group P.C., said Tuesday they plan to merge in September.

New York-based accounting firm Raich Ende Malter & Co. LLP has merged in the New Jersey-based firm Trien Rosenberg Weinberg Ciullo & Fazzari LLP, along with Trien’s New York-based affiliate Todman & Co., expanding Raich’s presence in the Mid-Atlantic region.

Ohio-based accounting firm Skoda Minotti has acquired information technology firm PBnJ Solutions, and added it to its Technology Partners services group.

Steve Erickson of Steve Erickson LLC and Philip Whitman, CPA, of Whitman Business Advisors LLC have combined forces to form Erickson Whitman LLC, a consulting company exclusively serving CPA firms nationwide.

Baerson Witonski Berkowitz & Rubin LLC is merging its practice into Mowery Schoenfeld, LLC, headquartered in Lincolnshire, Ill.

U.K.-based cloud accounting software maker FreeAgent is making its foray into the U.S. market with the purchase of Lightbank-backed financial forecasting software firm 60mo, whose team will be incorporated into FreeAgent’s new American division, FreeAgent Inc.

CompuPay is moving into the human resources arena by merging with employee benefits services provider BenefitMall.

Private equity firm managers anticipate a greater number of acquisition deals for the rest of this year, in a dramatic turnaround from their sentiments last November.

Deloitte finalized its acquisition of CRG Partners on Monday, to enhance the firm’s financial restructuring, turnaround management and bankruptcy reorganization services.

Intuit Inc. has entered into a definitive agreement to purchase Demandforce, a San Francisco-based company whose Software as a Service product is designed to automate marketing and customer communications for small to midsize businesses.

Texas-based accounting and consulting firms Whitley Penn and Null-Lairson have agreed to combine, effective May 1, expanding Whitley Penn’s presence across the Lone Star state.

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