We have over 30 years' experience advising and defending accountants with expert accounting lawyers

Our accountants team has extensive experience of handling both contentious and non-contentious matters for accountancy firms. We have been involved in numerous high profile matters and are uniquely placed to assist all sizes and types of accountancy firms.

On the non-contentious side, our professional practice lawyers offer a range of services for the largest international accounting networks as well as for smaller firms. These include risk management implications for global networks, and insurance and reinsurance captive arrangements under the different legal and regulatory regimes in which they operate.

Our contentious experience includes defending firms sued in small to multimillion-pound claims, and dealing with disputes covering the full range of audit, tax, advisory, valuation and insolvency services provided by accountants. We handle claims concerning allegations of failure by the auditors to detect fraud. This is a specialised area requiring specific expertise with regards to auditors’ reports. We advise on a range of regulatory, disciplinary and investigatory proceedings, and guide our clients through the particular challenges presented by parallel domestic and cross-border civil and disciplinary proceedings.

We also work with a number of accountancy firms in relation to their employment matters, partnership disputes and team moves.

Our Accountants Work

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  • UK & Europe
  • Dissolving a partnership and damages for negligence

    Advised on a High Court partnership dispute as to whether a partnership had been dissolved and damages for negligence. This claim was brought by our client, a solicitors firm, against one of its partners. It also brought separate defamation proceedings. The departing partner brought an Employment Tribunal claim in response.

    United Kingdom

    Employee-partnership disputes arising from merger

    Advising our client on a number of complex employee/partner related matters arising out of the merger of two accountancy firms, and subsequent restructuring, which included a TUPE transfer of the business.

    United Kingdom

    Mergers, team moves and partnership disputes

    Advising a client on a number of complex employee/partner related matters arising out of the merger of two accountancy firms, and subsequent restructuring, which included a TUPE transfer of the business.

    The merger triggered exits from 6 teams of partners and their staff at multiple locations across the UK. We provided urgent advice to the newly merged entity in relation to the protection of its business interests.

    United Kingdom

    Partnership and employment issues in sale of business

    Advising a major law firm in relation to complex partnership and employment issues in relation to the sale of part of its business to another firm; involving an assessment of different categories of partner, and advice on transitioning of partners (to retain value in the business, and protection of its assets).

    United Kingdom
  • Dissolving a partnership and damages for negligence

    Advised on a High Court partnership dispute as to whether a partnership had been dissolved and damages for negligence. This claim was brought by our client, a solicitors firm, against one of its partners. It also brought separate defamation proceedings. The departing partner brought an Employment Tribunal claim in response.

    United Kingdom

    Employee-partnership disputes arising from merger

    Advising our client on a number of complex employee/partner related matters arising out of the merger of two accountancy firms, and subsequent restructuring, which included a TUPE transfer of the business.

    United Kingdom

    Mergers, team moves and partnership disputes

    Advising a client on a number of complex employee/partner related matters arising out of the merger of two accountancy firms, and subsequent restructuring, which included a TUPE transfer of the business.

    The merger triggered exits from 6 teams of partners and their staff at multiple locations across the UK. We provided urgent advice to the newly merged entity in relation to the protection of its business interests.

    United Kingdom

    Partnership and employment issues in sale of business

    Advising a major law firm in relation to complex partnership and employment issues in relation to the sale of part of its business to another firm; involving an assessment of different categories of partner, and advice on transitioning of partners (to retain value in the business, and protection of its assets).

    United Kingdom

Our Accountants team

Lee Astfalck
Lee Astfalck

Partner

Scott Bertschi
Scott Bertschi

Partner

Laura Besvinick
Laura Besvinick

Partner

Mark Beswetherick
Mark Beswetherick

Partner

Anthony Brown
Anthony Brown

Partner

Isabel Burón
Isabel Burón

Partner

Wim Cilliers
Wim Cilliers

Partner

Tim Crockford
Tim Crockford

Partner

Carolena Gordon
Carolena Gordon

Global Senior Partner and Chair of Global Management Board

Robert Hill
Robert Hill

Partner

Chris Holme
Chris Holme

Partner

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