Integrations

Wisconsin accounting firm Hawkins Ash CPAs has acquired the Green Bay tax and accounting practice of Brian R. Mudd and Michael D. Willis, effective July 1, 2017.

A Grant Thornton firm in the West Indies has merged in a former BDO firm to expand its presence in the Caribbean.

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.

Warren Averett Asset Management and Kinsight have combined to form the biggest fee-only financial planning and investment advisor firm in Alabama, with total assets under management over $2.2 billion.

Virginia accounting firm Eubanks & Company has joined Rose Financial Services, a Rockville, Md.-based firm that focuses on finance and accounting outsourcing services.

BDO USA has added Hilton Consulting, a Virginia-based consulting firm that helps federal government agencies improve their financial and operational performance.

The Top 100 firm is adding a cybersecurity company based in Lexington, Ky., effective April 1.

Sikich LLP is expanding its employee benefit services business by acquiring Evolution Retirement Services, a firm based in the Milwaukee area.

Deloitte said Monday it has acquired substantially all the assets of Day 1 Solutions, a cloud consulting firm, and announced a commitment to add 3,000 new high-tech engineering jobs in the U.S. over the next year, adding new “cloud studios” in different locations.

Albany CPA firm buys a finance, management and accounting services company.

St. Louis-based Top 100 firm RubinBrown is expanding into Las Vegas by combining with Stewart Archibald & Barney, the sixth largest accounting firm in Vegas, effective June 1, 2017.