Top 50 accounting firm Cohen & Co. is about to complete its first M&A deal this year. The Cleveland, OH-based firm is acquiring Gordon Advisors, an accounting and business consulting firm located in Southeast Michigan, effective June 1.
Financial terms of the deal weren’t disclosed.
All Gordon Advisors client service team members, including five on the leadership team, are expected to join Cohen & Co. when the transaction closes. Gordon Advisors will remain in its current headquarters in Troy, MI, officials say.
Cohen & Co. made three M&A deals last year after receiving a strategic growth investment from private equity firm Lovell Minnick Partners in late 2024. Cohen & Co. acquired Cleveland-based Tax & Wealth Management Inc. in January 2025, Chicago-based Tassi and Co. in March 2025, and Armonk, NY-based Gioffre & Co. last August.
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The move to acquire Gordon Advisors expands Cohen & Co.’s presence in Michigan. Cohen & Co. will retain its office in downtown Detroit and will consolidate its existing suburban location in St. Clair Shores to Troy when its lease expires later this year.
“As we celebrate a decade in the Michigan market, the timing couldn’t be more perfect for us to welcome Gordon Advisors and add to our team locally,” Cohen & Co. CEO Chris Bellamy said in a statement on May 13. “Our firms share a commitment to serving middle-market businesses and a passion for the community. Adding a location in Troy, a major employment and residential hub, also perfectly complements our continued investment in downtown Detroit, allowing us to be where our clients and employees want us to be.”
Jeff McMichael, a Detroit-based partner at Cohen & Co., added, “As a lifelong resident of Michigan, I am so pleased we are continuing to invest in this important and vibrant region. Since entering the Michigan market in 2016, we have worked hard to be a meaningful part of the business ecosystem, creating and sustaining opportunities for a wide range of clients, along with the communities in which we live and work.”
Founded in 1954, Gordon Advisors has approximately 50 employees. The firm primarily provides tax, assurance, and advisory services to closely held and real estate entities in the middle market, as well as high-net-worth individuals and their families.
“Each conversation we have had with Cohen & Co. further solidifies our belief this is a great match from a culture, people, technical expertise, quality, and client perspective,” Paul Arment, president of Gordon Advisors, said in a statement. “Sharing similar values and client types, we truly believe the pairing will significantly deepen and broaden our bench of expertise for our clients and opportunities for our employees.”
Calfee, Halter & Griswold LLP served as legal counsel to Cohen & Co. Plunkett Cooney served as legal counsel to Gordon Advisors.
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