Mergers and Acquisitions January 8, 2026
Doeren Mayhew Acquires Lancaster & Reed in Florida
The top 50 accounting firm announced Wednesday that it added Key Biscayne, FL-based CPA firm Lancaster & Reed as of Dec. 17, 2025.
November 11, 2014
14 Must-Have Items in a Firm Merger Letter of Intent
There is no such thing as a standard Letter of Intent (LOI). I’ve seen all types, ranging from some that look like a mini-merger agreement (long and sophisticated) to those consisting of little more than typewritten notes on the buyer’s letterhead (short
November 10, 2014
CohnReznick Acquires Top 100 Accounting Firm
CohnReznick LLP, one of the largest accounting, tax, and advisory firms in the U.S., and the Maryland accounting, tax, and consulting firm of Watkins Meegan LLC, have completed the process of merging the firms uner the CohnReznick name.
November 10, 2014
CohnReznick Acquires Top 100 Accounting Firm
CohnReznick LLP, one of the largest accounting, tax, and advisory firms in the U.S., and the Maryland accounting, tax, and consulting firm of Watkins Meegan LLC, have completed the process of merging the firms uner the CohnReznick name.
November 5, 2014
Xero Acquires Monchilla to Expand Payroll Services in the U.S.
Online accounting software maker Xero has acquired Seattle-based online payroll company, Monchilla Inc. The move shows Xero’s continued commitment to the U.S. market to provide small businesses with an innovative cloud-based financial platform with ...
November 5, 2014
IT’s Role in Mergers and Acquisitions of Accounting Firms
So what is technology’s role in all this activity? Unfortunately, in a lot of these deals, IT is involved too little and too late.
November 5, 2014
Illinois Firms Porte Brown and Katzenbach Merge
The Chicago-based accounting and consulting firm of Porte Brown LLC has merged with Katzenbach & Associates, Ltd., a Bloomingdale-based public accounting firm. Financial details of the merger have not been disclosed.
November 4, 2014
KPMG Acquires EntryPoint’s Global Trade Management Practice
KPMG LLP, the U.S. audit, tax and advisory firm, has acquired the Global Trade Management (GTM) Practice of EntryPoint Consulting LLC, an industry leader in providing SAP Global Trade Services (SAP GTS) technology and business consulting services to ...
October 28, 2014
Cullari Carrico Merges with New Jersey Accounting Firm
Cullari, Carrico, Soojian, Burke, LCC, a five-partner firm headquartered here, has merged with Levin, Bartlett, Swantic & Co., LLC of Franklin Lakes, N.J., effective November 1, 2014.
October 23, 2014
Northeast U.S. Accounting Firms Arnett and Carbis to Merge
The accounting firms of Arnett Foster Toothman PLLC and Carbis Walker LLP, both located in the northeastern U.S., will merge to form a new firm, Arnett Carbis Toothman LLP, effective on January 1, 2015. The new firm will likely be among the largest 100...
October 21, 2014
Citrix Acquires RightSignature for Digital Workflow
Citrix has completed its acquisition of RightSignature, a leading cloud-based electronic signature company located in Santa Barbara, Calif.
October 8, 2014
Open Systems Inc Acquires Adaptive Business Solutions
Business software developer Open Systems, Inc., has acquired Adaptive Business Solutions (ABS) of Indianapolis, Indiana. The ABS staff will continue to work in Indianapolis as the Indiana Regional Office of Open Systems, Inc.
October 2, 2014
KPMG Acquires Qubera
The global Big 4 accounting and consulting firm KPMG LLP has acquired “certain” assets of the cyber-security firm Qubera Solutions. The companies say that the transaction will strengthen the KPMG network’s security transformation capabilities in several service areas, including Cloud Identity Federation, Identity as a Service (IDaaS), Identity Governance, and IAM solution implementation. “As threats...…