Integrations

Minneapolis-based accounting firm Lurie LLP has expanded its footprint to Florida by adding Hagen Palen & Co. CPAs, effective Feb. 9, 2018.

Beverly Hills accounting firm Laffer & Gottlieb has joined Top 100 Firm CliftonLarsonAllen LLP, effective May 1, 2018.

A pair of Top 100 Firms are partnering on wealth management, with HBK CPAs & Consultants’ affiliate HBKS Wealth Advisors acquiring a minority stake in K·Coe Isom LLP’s subsidiary K·Coe Wealth Management LLC.

The majority of corporate tax departments are playing a major role in advising executives on mergers and acquisitions, according to a new survey.

The Top 100 Firm is acquiring a firm that specializes in outsourced finance and accounting services, effective April 1.

The Top 100 Firm has added a managed IT service provider headquartered in Grandville, Mich.

Clients needs increasingly demand technology solutions. Acquisitions are the smart way for firms to add these capabilities.

The frenzied pace of CPA firm mergers and acquisitions has not slowed down one bit.

The Top 100 firm's recruiting affiliate Marcum Search LLC has acquired a Los Angeles-based agency that focuses on hiring and temporary employment in the legal profession.

The firm has expanded its public housing authority practice by acquiring a Valley Forge, Pa.-based accounting and consulting business that focuses on servicing the affordable housing industry.

CRI has expanded its presence in Florida with a deal that adds offices in Bradenton and Sarasota.

Valuation Research Corp. co-CEO PJ Patel discusses the continued scrutiny of how business combinations are accounted for and valued, and the implications of the new tax law.

The firm is adding more talent in Louisville, Ky.

Spoor Bunch Franz merges in Strawn, Marshall, Cunningham, Condon & Sweat; Rotz & Stonesifer adds Butler, Gingerich & Company.

Noyes, a 110-year-old wealth management and investment banking firm, intends to acquire more accounting and tax firms after buying Kiely & Associates, LLC, a 25-year-old Chicago tax and accounting practice, last month.

PricewaterhouseCoopers signed an agreement Wednesday to sell its U.S. Public Sector business to the private equity firm Veritas Capital.

Surprisingly, the expansion into broader advisory services has been slow and limited at most firms.

Cherry Bekaert LLP, a Top 100 Firm, is expanding to Austin, Texas by acquiring Powell, Ebert & Smolik, PC, one of the biggest CPA firms there.

BDO USA has expanded its health care advisory services practice by merging in the consulting division of PBC Advisors, a firm based in Oak Brook, Ill., near BDO’s Chicago home base.

CBIZ, Inc. has acquired Laurus Transaction Advisors LLC, a Denver-based business that provides buy-side and sell-side financial and accounting due diligence services for M&A transactions to private equity firms along with public and private companies, effective Feb. 1, 2018.