Integrations

Weaver, a Top 100 Firm, has acquired the tax practice of Condon & Company, P.C., a firm based in Houston, effective Feb. 1, 2018.

Linton Shafer Warfield & Garrett CPAs has signed an agreement to merge in the specialty tax consultancy firm WN CPAs, effective Jan. 1, 2018.

Wipfli LLP, a Top 100 Firm, has expanded into Colorado by adding Bauerle and Company, a CPA firm based in Denver, effective Thursday, Feb. 1.

Ernst & Young has merged in Citizen, a digital design firm based in Portland, Ore., which will become part of the Big Four firm’s consulting business on the West Coast.

A group led by Blackstone Group LP agreed to buy a majority stake in Thomson Reuters Corp.’s financial and risk unit in a deal that values the business at $20 billion, sealing plans for the firm’s biggest buyout in a decade.

RSM US LLP has signed an agreement to add the leaders and staff of SecureState, a security and privacy consulting firm based in Cleveland, and acquire substantially all of its assets.

Oak Street Funding, a unit of First Financial Bank that offers commercial financing for businesses, has opened a new website that allows CPAs to list or search for accounting practices for sale.

SAP SE Chief Executive Officer Bill McDermott has backed U.S. President Donald Trump’s tax plan, and revealed a $2.4 billion deal for Callidus Software Inc., its biggest acquisition in more than three years.

Maillie LLP is adding Rowland, Johnson and Company, a CPA firm based in New Castle, Del.

Aprio LLP, a CPA-led business advisory firm, has acquired RRB Business Services LLC, an Atlanta-based CPA and consulting firm.

UHY Advisors, Inc. has acquired Bright Point Consulting, a finance and accounting software implementation firm based in Raleigh, N.C.

Lutz acquires Shonsey; and Noyes buys Kiely.

Prager Metis CPAs LLC has combined with Cameo Wealth & Creative Management Inc., and the Asteri Group, Ltd., a pair of affiliated business management and accounting firms with offices in New York and California that focus on the entertainment industry, along with Smallfield Cody, a firm based in London that also caters to the entertainment field, the latest in a string of similar combinations for the firm.

APEX CPAs & Consultants merges in Morrison & Associates; Smith Barta & Company joins Maloney + Novotny; A&M Taxand adds TRCG Advisors; Briggs & Veselka acquires William C. Love CPAs; and Ryan buys Retzloff.

Cherry Bekaert LLP, a Top 100 Firm, has expanded its state and local tax practice by acquiring Windward Tax LLC in Alpharetta, Ga., effective Dec. 31, 2017.

RubinBrown LLP, a Top 100 Firm, has merged in Goltermann & Associates, expanding the firm’s wealth advisory service in St. Louis, effective Jan. 1, 2018.

Prager Metis CPAs LLC has merged in Geibelson, Young & Company, expanding the New York-based Top 100 Firm’s presence in California with a firm that caters to the entertainment industry, effective Jan. 1, 2018.

Marks Paneth LLP, a Top 100 Firm, has added Buck, Sturmer & Co., effective Jan. 1, 2018.

Honkamp Krueger & Co., P.C., has acquired a fellow Iowa-based firm, Gabelmann & Associates, effective Jan. 1, 2018.

BKD CPAs & Advisors has acquired the financial institution practice of Houston-based Harper & Pearson Company, P.C, effective Jan. 9, 2018.