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...Grant Thornton declined to comment....
...Senior managers at the world’s six largest accounting firms are failing to ensure that climate change is adequately addressed in financial reports and audits, a prominent environmental law charity has alleged...
...The members of APA, which do not include the largest mid-tier firms such as BDO and Grant Thornton, are “not a competitive threat” to the Big Four and the dominant firms should help their smaller peers in...
...“You think about the World Cup and all the concerns [over labour abuses] in Qatar,” said Dame Sarah Thornton, the UK’s former anti-slavery commissioner and a consultant to CCLA, the UK’s largest charity...
...Frasers also faced difficulty finding a suitable audit firm after Grant Thornton resigned in 2019....
...Cannon founded Cannon Law Group, PLLC, in the dead of the recession in 2008 on the premise an attorney’s job is to provide value, not just bill hours. Mission accomplished....
...At the time of its collapse, Globo was audited by Grant Thornton and claimed cash reserves of £104mn in various foreign subsidiaries....
...Victoria’s board then refused a request from the audit firm to remove this block on further work, said Grant Thornton in its opinion....
...We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (UK) (ISAs (UK)) and applicable law....
...It is very disappointing to see the Financial Times ignore this principle of law and harass an employee of Victoria when no accusations have been levelled at them....
...Last June the administrators of Patisserie Valerie settled a £200mn lawsuit with accountants Grant Thornton that alleged negligence in its audits of the café chain....
...Hong Kong’s legal system, which is based on English common law and has for decades smoothed the flow of capital into the mainland, differs markedly from China’s socialist system of law, part of the country...
...They also allegedly made false statements to auditor Grant Thornton, namely that certain invoices issued between 2015 and 2018 were genuine....
...In law, a plethora of tools exist to speed up the grunt work of reviewing contracts, analysing case law, or hunting for change-of-control provisions in M&A diligence....
...Graham also commissioned the audit firm Grant Thornton to look more widely at “affiliated services” bought by Unite through various contracts....
...Grant Thornton’s UK chief executive David Dunckley has quit the accounting firm almost three years earlier than expected, the FT reported....
...GAM’s management in late 2017 hired law firm Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner to review the whistleblower allegations, with Grant Thornton brought in to conduct forensic audit work....
...Acting on Davies’ behalf, Grant Thornton (no stranger to a cake-related controversy) sought clearance from HMRC for the zero rating in October 2021. Tax officials promptly requested more information....
...FRP pursued Grant Thornton for £200mn, alleging it was negligent in the preparation and conduct of financial statements between 2014 and 2017. It turned to law firm Mishcon de Reya to bring the claim....
...That can leave you kind of stuck,” said Adam Fleisher, a capital markets partner at law firm Cleary Gottlieb. “They have to figure out what is the least bad option until things turn around.”...
...Olly Thornton-Berry, co-founder and managing director of Thirdfort, says the market for selling anti-money laundering services to legal and property professionals is growing rapidly....
...Its head of venture investing is James Ho, Siu’s brother-in-law, whose personal fund was among the co-investors in a start-up that Animoca backed in 2021....
...Martin Weale: Easing planning laws....
...In its resignation letter Grant Thornton complained of potential law breaches, inaccurate information and insufficient access....
...“There’s an economy of scale that fraudsters can work on,” says Carmel King, a director at Grant Thornton, who specialises in asset recovery....
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