Integrations

Accounting firm combinations in Florida and Alabama lead the bill in a roundup of recent M&A activity in the profession, plus a payroll company has been acquired.

Marcum LLP has merged in the construction accounting practice of Warren Hennagin, who is joining the firm as an assurance services partner in the firm’s Irvine, Calif., office.

BKD LLP has added Paragon Audit & Consulting, building the firm’s internal audit and enterprise risk management practices in Denver.

Top 100 firm Eide Bailly plans to add Roth & Co., a firm based in Des Moines, Iowa, effective June 26.

While best known for the unsubstantiated tale about a falling apple that led to his theory of gravity, Sir Isaac Newton’s three laws of motion have withstood the test of time. These principles have remarkable applicability to modern-day accounting firm mergers.

When CPA firm leaders are in discussions to merge with another firm, the conversation at some point turns to the importance of staff retention and engagement over the short and long term.

Armanino is folding in two new firms, Team Jenn Corp, a managerial accounting firm that also provides HR and payroll services, and the Brenner Group, which specializes in offering outsourced financial management to growing technology companies.

WithumSmith+Brown has combined practices with the IT consulting firm Portal Solutions, expanding Withum’s array of digital services, effective May 1.

Marcum LLP has merged in Meyers, Harrison & Pia LLC and Meyers, Harrison & Pia Valuation and Litigation Support, LLC, adding 55 partners and staff in New Haven, Connecticut, and Portland, Maine, to the Top 100 firm.

Wilkin & Guttenplan, P.C. is adding Gail Rosen, CPA PC, an accounting firm in Somerset County, N.J., effective June 1, 2017.