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Moore Global
Company typeAccountancy Network
IndustryProfessional Services
Founded1907
HeadquartersLondon, United Kingdom
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Richard Moore (Chairman)
ProductsAudit & assurance
Corporate finance
Corporate recovery
Forensic accounting
Governance, risk & assurance
IT consultancy
Legal services
Tax
Wealth management
Revenue$2.298 billion USD (2012)
Number of employees
21,197
Websitewww.moorestephens.com

Moore Stephens is one of the world's major accounting and consulting networks with 299 independent firms and 624 offices in 101 countries. Moore Stephens' UK firm was founded in 1907[1] and ranked the 10th largest accounting firm (by revenue) in the United Kingdom.[2]

Today the network comprises 636 offices in 101 countries throughout the world, incorporating 21,197 people and with fees of more than US$2.298 billion.[3]

The firm's services include accounting, auditing, shipping consulting, and financial advisory. In the UK, Moore Stephens is a mid-tier firm and its competitors include Grant Thornton, BDO Stoy Hayward, Deloitte, KPMG, PwC, Ernst and Young, and Baker Tilly.

In 2009, Moore Stephens UK prevailed in a legal case in Moore Stephens v Stone Rolls Ltd, which set the legal principle that a company cannot rely on its own illegal fraud when bringing a claim for negligence against its auditors.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Moore Stephens History".
  2. ^ "Accountancy Age Top 50 Firms Ranking 2012" (PDF).
  3. ^ http://www.moorestephens.com/About_msil.aspx
  4. ^ "Moore Stephens vs Rolls Case".
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