據英國會計網站Accountancy Age發布，畢馬威在瑞士及英國的機構宣布合幷！詳細如下：

  畢馬威瑞士(KPMG Switzerland)和畢馬威英國(KPMG UK)的合夥人以絕大多數投票同意合幷兩國機構，合幷後的新企業規模將達44億美元，業務涉及審計、稅務和法律以及諮詢。

  這將使新成立的公司將成爲畢馬威網絡中的第二大公司。

  畢馬威英國首席執行官兼高級合夥人Jon Holt將擔任新公司首席執行官，畢馬威瑞士現任首席執行官Stefan Pfister將擔任合幷後公司的集團副首席執行官。

“這對兩家公司來說都是一個歷史性的時刻。畢馬威英國首席執行官兼高級合夥人Jon Holt表示：“兩國機構合幷後，我們將變得更加强大，我們的規模將大大增强我們的能力，爲國際和國內市場的客戶提供更出色的服務。”

  “合幷爲我們的客戶、我們的員工和我們的合夥人帶來了巨大的利益，這意味著我們現在可以更快地增長，幷以可持續的方式共同投資，創造新的服務。英國的服務業非常出色，這次合幷是對我們專業和金融服務業實力的信心投票。”

兩家公司在合幷時都處于優勢地位，都是不斷增長、盈利的企業，幷且兩家公司在服務跨國客戶方面有著悠久的歷史。

雙方將帶來互補的優勢和技術，在審計、稅務和法律以及諮詢等領域提供一系列服務。

  畢馬威瑞士首席執行官Stefan Pfister表示：“今天雙方做出了一個重要的决定，這個决定將不斷發展，幷在未來證明我們的公司能够應對未來的全球商業挑戰。”

  “通過合作，我們將更加靈活，能够將畢馬威最好的多學科模式和行業專業知識帶給國內和國際客戶，同時保持我們對當地市場的理解和執行能力。”

  對于尋求國際擴張的瑞士金融服務、商業和消費者服務公司來說，英國是除美國以外的首選地。

  英國和瑞士之間的金融服務貿易目前價值超過30億英鎊。

  此次合幷正值重要時刻，幷遵循了瑞士和英國政府于2023年12月簽署的英瑞首個相互承認協議。

  合幷後，畢馬威將成立一個新的有限責任合夥企業(LLP)，將兩家公司的股權合夥人聚集在一起。新的LLP將擁有現有的英國和瑞士公司。

  新的集團執行委員會將由現有的英國和瑞士高級領導層組合。它將爲更大的合夥人關係承擔决策責任，幷將負責推動兩個市場的可持續長期增長。

  合幷後的新公司將設立集團董事會，這將是新企業的最高管理機構。它將設有審計與風險委員會、薪酬委員會和提名委員會。

  畢馬威瑞士和畢馬威英國仍將是獨立的公司，受各自國家法律和監管機構管轄。兩國公司的獨立管理委員會將繼續運作，負責業務的日常運營和實施集團戰略。

英國將保留一個由Bina Mehta領導的英國董事會，以及按照英國法規的要求的獨立審計委員會和審計執行委員會，實現審計業務的業務分離。瑞士董事會將繼續遵守《聯邦審計員監督法》的要求。

  新的合夥人關係將于今年10月1日正式啓動。集團執行機構的任命將在適當時候確認。兩家公司的業務仍在正常進行。

  原英文報道如下：

  Partners at KPMG Switzerland and KPMG UK have voted overwhelmingly in favour of merging their partnerships and will become a new $4.4bn business, working across audit, tax and legal, and advisory.

  This will make the new firm the second largest in the KPMG network by some distance.

Jon Holt, KPMG UK’s chief executive and senior partner will lead the new partnership as group CEO with Stefan Pfister, current CEO of KPMG Switzerland as group deputy CEO of the combined firm.

“This marks a historic moment for both firms. We will be stronger as one combined firm and together we will have the scale to significantly enhance our ability to deliver great outcomes for our clients both internationally and within our domestic markets,” says Jon Holt, chief executive and senior partner of KPMG UK.

  “Merging brings huge benefits for our clients, our people, and our partnership and means we can now grow faster, be more profitable and invest together to create new services in a sustainable way. The UK’s services sector is in great health, and this merger is a vote of confidence in the strength of our professional and financial services sectors.”

  Both firms enter the merger from positions of strength as growing, profitable businesses with a strong history of already working together for multinational clients.

  Both will bring their complementary strengths and technologies to build on the range of services offered across audit, tax and legal, and advisory.

  “Both partnerships have made an important decision today, which will evolve and future proof our firms for the global business challenges ahead,” says Stefan Pfister, CEO of KPMG Switzerland.

“Together we will be more agile and can bring the best of KPMG’s multidisciplinary model and sector expertise to clients nationally and internationally while at the same time maintaining our local market understanding and execution power.”

  The UK is the top non-US destination for Swiss firms in financial services, and business and consumer services, looking to expand internationally.

  Trade in financial services between the UK and Switzerland is currently worth over £3bn.

This merger comes at a significant moment and follows the UK-Swiss first of a kind Mutual Recognition Agreement between the Swiss and UK Governments in December 2023.

  The merger will see KPMG establish a new limited liability partnership (LLP) bringing together the two firm’s equity partners. The new LLP will own the existing UK and Swiss firms.

  A new Group Executive Committee will be formed by existing UK and Swiss senior leadership. It will have decision-making responsibilities for the larger partnership and will be responsible for driving sustainable long-term growth in both markets.

  There will be a Group Board of the Holding LLP – which will be the ultimate governing body for the new partnership. It will have an Audit and Risk Committee, Remuneration Committee and a Nomination Committee.

  KPMG Switzerland and KPMG UK will remain separate firms governed by the respective national laws and supervision. The separate Management Committees for each firm will continue to operate, being responsible for the day-to-day operation of the business and implementing the group strategy.

The UK will retain a UK Board, led by Bina Mehta, in addition to its independent Audit Board and Audit Executive – as required by UK regulation to deliver operational separation of the audit practice. The Swiss Board of Directors will continue to meet the requirements of the Federal Auditor Oversight Act.

The new partnership will mark its first day on 01 October this year. Appointments to the Group

Executive bodies will be confirmed in due course. Operations in both firms are continuing as normal.