Baker Tilly Ukraine and Grant Thornton Ukraine announced their merger under a single brand name – “Baker Tilly Ukraine”.
The company’s press-release informs that their partners - Grant Thornton Ukraine – are leaving the global network Grant Thornton International starting from 1 January 2012 and are joining Baker Tilly Ukraine. “That’s the first merger in Ukraine which represents globally famous, large international audit networks”, - says the press-release.
The press-service informs that the merger will allow Baker Tilly Ukraine to get much closer to local “Big fours”. “Baker Tilly Ukraine and Grant Thornton Ukraine are two strong players on the Ukrainian market which have high level of competence and (hold) large portfolios of their clients. We’re sure that the merger will significantly enhance the audit market in the country and will give new choice alternatives to Ukrainian and international companies”, - commented Alexander Pochkun, managing partner in Baker Tilly Ukraine.
Note. On 4 October it was announced that the “Big four” had changed its leader in respect to annual revenues: it is now PwC.
Source: Interfax-Ukraine
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