Accenture has completed the acquisition of Arηs (pronounced Aris) Group, a technology services provider focused on supporting both public and private sector transformation across Europe.
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Boston Consulting Group (BCG) announced today global revenue of $12.3 billion in 2023. After very strong growth in 2021 and 2022, BCG saw continued revenue growth of 5% for 2023, against the backdrop of a complex macroeconomic context. 2023 also marked the firm's 20th consecutive year of growth. BCG's global workforce grew to 32,000 at the end of 2023, up from 30,000 a year earlier.
The Forrester Wave™ evaluation reviewed nine AI services providers it deemed most significant, classifying them into four categories: Leaders, Strong Performers, Contenders, and Challengers. BCG emerged as one of two vendors identified as a Leader in AI services.
“Today we launched the new EY global strategy – All in – which sets out a bold ambition to create new value for EY clients, people and stakeholders.”
Boston Consulting Group’s procurement-focused subsidiary Inverto has brought José Carande Morgado on board to help drive its growth agenda in the Spanish market.
In its third deal on Italian soil within a year, Accenture has acquired Fibermind, a 400-person company specializing in telecom consulting and network engineering services.
Accenture has completed the acquisition of OPENSTREAM HOLDINGS and its subsidiaries, Open Stream and Neutral, to help clients reinvent their businesses with advanced digital technologies and become truly data-driven.
EY has announced the appointment of Ryan Squires as the new Office Managing Partner for its Southampton office, following the retirement of Dave Hales after nearly 40 years of service with the firm.
Global commercial strategy consulting firm Simon-Kucher has opened a new office in Riyadh, reinforcing its commitment to the fast-growing region and Saudi market.
As negotiations around a UK-India Free Trade Agreement pause following the 14th round of negotiations earlier this year, new research from leading business and financial adviser Grant Thornton UK LLP, finds that a record number of Indian-owned businesses in the UK have seen their revenue increase by at least 10%, with the top performing companies achieving an average annual growth rate of almost 50%.
EY Scotland has appointed seven new partners and elevated an existing partner to equity partner.
Cannes Lions is supposed to trigger deals – or put the seal on them at the Eden Roc – and an enticing thought to surface from France (a touch belatedly) is Accenture Song buying some or even all of US rival Omnicom’s creative agencies.
Sara Grinstead and Tristan Brandt join to shape clients’ digital transformation strategies in line with their value-creation goals
SAP SE (NYSE: SAP) today announced Bain & Company, one of the world’s leading management consultancies, is now successfully running all of its core financials in 40 countries on SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition.
Three partners at HKA, a risk and disputes consulting firm, were recognized in the 2024 edition of the IAM Patent 1000 list.
Now in its 11th year, the IAM Patent 1000 identifies outstanding firms and individuals in the area of patent law. IAM – a news and business intelligence platform for intellectual property (IP) – conducted extensive qualitative research to determine the list, including interviews with experts and written submissions from firms.
HKA’s experts on the 2024 list:
Thomas Britven (Houston) has over 30 years of experience as an economic consultant. He has completed hundreds of complex financial damages claims analyses across IP, breach of contract, business interruption, unfair competition, forensic accounting, and business valuation disputes.
John Hansen (San Francisco) has over 30 years of experience advising on economic, accounting, and damages matters. He has analyzed claims for lost profits, price erosion, reasonable royalties, unjust enrichment, increased costs and diminution of asset and business value in matters relating to IP infringement, breach of contract, class action, antitrust, and unfair competition.
Paul Meyer (San Francisco) has over 40 years of experience consulting on financial, accounting, valuation and damages matters. He has completed more than 500 engagements – including numerous valuations of proprietary properties, systems, and platforms in software, cloud, video gaming, e-commerce, and AI.
“We are thrilled to see the recognition our experts have received in this year’s IAM Patent 1000. Sincere gratitude firstly to all the work our talented experts and their teams consistently deliver – it is a fantastic testament to our team’s extensive expertise in the Intellectual Property field and the exceptional service they provide to our clients,”
said Renny Borhan, CEO of HKA.
HKA’s IP practice supports clients with expert witness testimony, valuation of intangible assets, and quantification of damages for lost profits and reasonable royalties. The practice’s professionals have experience in various industries, jurisdictions, and international arbitrations, and have worked on many high-profile copyright and patent damages cases.
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Mercer is to acquire Cardano, a transaction it says will position it as “the pension provider of choice in the UK and the Netherlands” but also allow it to expand to serve other asset owners
Charles River Associates (CRA), a Boston-headquartered management consultancy, has hired two new vice presidents in its US operations: Jonathan Rajewski and Christine Oumansour.
Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has completed the acquisition of SOKO, an independent Brazilian creative agency that develops brand stories with deep impact in society by blending creativity, data and a comprehensive understanding of culture.
Global strategy consulting firm Roland Berger has named Edeltraud Leibrock the successor of fellow Germany-based senior partner Hasmeet Kaur in its Global Board of Managing Directors.
Altman Solon, a strategic consulting firm focused exclusively on the telecommunications, media, and technology (TMT) sectors, has promoted David Dellea to partner in its Zurich office.