Richter LLP

Richter LLP

Founded	1926
Headquarters	Montreal, Quebec , Canada
Number of locations	3 - Montreal, QC, Toronto, ON and Chicago, IL, USA
Services	Professional Services Aboriginal Advisory Services Auditing and Assurance Services IFRS Corporate Financial Accounting Financial Reorganization Management Consulting Risk Management Tax Financial Investigation and Dispute Resolution Business Valuation Wealth Management
Number of employees	500
Website	www.richter.ca

Richter LLP is one of the largest independent financial consulting firms in Canada. The firm offers accounting and business advisory services, primarily to public and privately owned mid-sized companies. Headquartered in Montreal, with additional offices in Toronto and Chicago, it includes over 60 partners and 500 employees.

In 2014, The Bottom Line magazine listed Richter as the ninth-largest accounting services firm in Canada. The Financial Post also listed Richter in its annual listing of the Top 500 companies in Canada in 2010 (FP500).

The firm has been named one of Montreal's Top Employers six times since 2008, a regional award for Canada's Top 100 Employers, as well as one of Canada's "Top Employers for Young People" three times since 2010 and one of "Canada's Top Small and Medium Employers" in 2014 and 2015. It was also selected as a Regional Winner, Quebec and Atlantic Canada, for Canada's Most Admired Corporate Cultures in 2010.

Services and Industries

Beyond accounting work, Richter specializes in tax, consulting, internal audit, risk management and advisory services, business valuation, litigation support and forensic accounting, insolvency and restructuring, enterprise support, First Nations and Aboriginal advisory services, estate planning and wealth management. The Richter Family Office is based in the Montreal office and was established in 1999. Richter Consulting operates out of the Montreal and Chicago offices.

Between its offices in Montreal and Toronto, Richter serves a variety of industries, including the innovation and technology sector, manufacturing and distribution, real estate and construction, gaming and retail.

History

In 1926, Cecil Usher, a young graduate of McGill University, joined his friend, William Richter, to form an accounting practice in downtown Montréal. The firm has grown substantially in the years since; 2016 will mark the firm's 90th anniversary.

Like any business in operation for almost a century, Richter has greatly evolved over the years. Its history can be measured by a number of important milestones:

• 1926: The firm was founded. Its first corporate name was Richter, Usher & Vineberg. This changed a number of times over the years, eventually becoming Richter LLP.
• 1962: Richter became the first independent accounting firm to sign a prospectus for a public offering in Canada.
• 2003: The firm joined RSM International (RSMi), the 6th largest network of independent accounting and consulting firms in the world.
• 2009: The firm Chamberland Hodge joined Richter, which then became RSM Richter Chamberland.
• 2012: The firm adopted a fresh image with a renewed branding, a reaffirmed personality and a simplified corporate name: Richter LLP.
• 2013: SBLR, a Toronto firm, joined Richter
• 2014: Richter opened a second Toronto office, this one focusing on restructuring and insolvency, risk management, security, and tax and transfer pricing

References

• Canada’s Accounting Top 30
• A Meeting of Mindsets
• Montreal's Top 15 Employers 2009
• Best Employers for Young People 2010

Notes

• Yves Nadeau CA, CPA, Published in "CA Magazine" in April 2011
• Jean-Sébastien Mercier CMA, CPA, CIA, CCSA - Published in "CA Magazine" in May 2011

External links

• www.richter.ca [1] (official web site)
• Montreal's Top 15 Employers 2011 on Eluta