EisnerAmper Ireland attends Les Rendez-Vous de Septembre in Monte Carlo

Dave Montgomery and Tom Brennan, Risk & Regulatory Partners at EisnerAmper Ireland, attended one of the biggest events in the insurance calendar, Les Rendez-Vous de Septembre in Monte Carlo. The event was a great success and we were delighted to have the opportunity for members of our team to meet clients and connect with friends of the Firm.

Lez Rendez-Vous de Septembre is an international Reinsurance congress that facilitates participants meeting to discuss matters which concern the market. It also marks the beginning of the annual negotiation process prior to the renewal of Reinsurance treaties, encouraging high level contact and engagement which can lead to long term strategic alliances.

EisnerAmper Ireland is a firm of specialist accountants with a niche focus on the Financial Services, International Trade and Government sectors.  As Head of Risk & Regulatory at EisnerAmper Ireland, Dave Montgomery leads a team in the provision of regulatory, risk management, audit and advisory solutions to Insurers and Reinsurers operating in or through Ireland.  As a former regulator with the Central Bank of Ireland, Dave supervised insurance and reinsurance firms and also worked on the development and implementation of the PRISM^TM framework.  If we can assist you or your business in any way, please contact Dave Montgomery.

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EisnerAmper hosts Secrets to Operational Due Diligence Breakfast Seminar with Eze Castle Integration

From left to right, EisnerAmper Global members: Edo Pollack, Rob Mirsky, Natalie Wellans,  Zach Haas, Gavin Lee, Caitlin Cotter, David Carroll.

On Wednesday 13 February 2019, EisnerAmper Ireland’s Gavin Lee, Head of International Trade, and David Carroll, Director, attended the EisnerAmper / Eze Castle Integration; Secrets to Operational Due Diligence breakfast seminar in Prince Philip House in London.

The seminar shared secrets to operational excellence for Investment Management firms. The event was a great success and featured addresses from Dean Hill, Executive Director, Eze Castle Integration and Robert Mirsky, Partner and Head of EisnerAmper LLP’s London office.  We were delighted to have the opportunity for members of our international team to share their expertise and connect with members of Eze Castle Integration.

The breakfast seminar explored the topics of investor perception of outsourcing and counter party risk, ODD red flags that may lead to investment deferment, cyber security risk factors & IT best practices and specific due diligence deliverables to prepare for investors.

For more details on EisnerAmper Ireland’s international trade team and solutions click here.

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Jennifer Kelly wins at Irish Women’s Awards 2019

Pictured: Joseph Halligan, Supervisor, International Business; Olive Brophy, Senior, International Business; Jennifer Kelly, Partner & Head of Outsourcing; and Brian Hillery, Partner, Advisory at EisnerAmper Ireland.

We are delighted to announce that Jennifer Kelly, Partner and Head of Outsourcing at EisnerAmper Ireland, has won the Services to Accounting & Finance award at the Irish Women’s Awards 2019. The award ceremony was held at the Crowne Plaza Dublin on Monday, 21 January 2019.

The Irish Women’s Awards acknowledge and celebrate the success of women entrepreneurs, businesswomen, professionals, civil servants, women in uniform, charity workers and many more that contribute to making Ireland a greater place to live.

Alastair MacDonald, Managing Partner at EisnerAmper Ireland said “The awards showcased many different examples of commitment and success of women across Ireland. Jennifer has played a key role in our Firm’s development, having joined the Firm in 2004 and been appointed as Partner in 2017. As Partner & Head of Outsourcing, Jennifer’s primary focus is on providing advice and support services to companies doing business in Europe through Ireland. Jennifer has played a key role in the development, coaching and mentoring of our team of more than 100 professionals. Jennifer also founded and chairs the Firm’s CSR Committee, demonstrating Jennifer’s and our Firm’s commitment to giving back to our community. We are delighted Jennifer has been recognised for these outstanding achievements.”

The winners for this year’s awards included women from a range of different sectors including accounting & finance, law, medicine, sports, government and technology.

Jennifer Kelly is a Partner and Head of Outsourcing at EisnerAmper Ireland. Jennifer’s primary focus is on providing advice and support services to companies doing business in Europe through Ireland. Jennifer also leads the Firm’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) committee.

To read more, click here.

At EisnerAmper, we care about business and we care about the people we work with in business.

All winners of the 1st Irish Women’s Awards can be found here.

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EisnerAmper Ireland hosts Invest in Ireland – Entry to Europe in Toronto with Fasken & Whitney Moore

On Thursday, 29 November 2018, EisnerAmper Ireland, Fasken and Whitney Moore hosted a breakfast briefing for Canadian-based global technology, resources and life sciences businesses and financial institutions expanding their operations into the European market.

The briefing was held in Fasken’s office in Toronto, Canada. The event was centred around using Ireland as as a base in order to access the wider European market. The panel discussed the topic from a wide variety of different angles including investment, legal, accounting, tax and marketing.

Speakers & topics

Speakers and topics included:

Clifford Sosnow, Partner, Fasken moderated the panel which discussed key considerations and reasons to invest in Ireland in addition to opportunities surrounding Brexit.

Brendan Ringrose, Partner, Whitney Moore, Dublin
Brendan specialises in advising on mergers and acquisitions, corporate transactions, fundraisings and commercial agreements. He provided insights into setting up in Ireland from a legal perspective.

Cormac Doyle, Tax Partner, EisnerAmper Ireland 
Cormac is a Partner and head of the Firm’s tax team, leading a specialist team advising clients who are setting up and operating in Europe using Ireland as a base. He offered insights in relation to setting up in Ireland from a tax perspective.

Gavin Lee, Head of International Trade, EisnerAmper Ireland
Gavin is EisnerAmper Ireland’s Head of International Trade. He brings with him over 20 years industry experience in the financial services, life sciences and telecommunications sectors. Gavin shared his extensive international business experience, having been previously based in the South Pacific, and more recently the EMEA region.

Deirdre Moran, IDA Ireland
IDA Ireland, Ireland’s inward investment promotion agency is a non-commercial, semi-state body, promoting Foreign Direct Investment into Ireland through a wide range of services. Deirdre shared insights from her 7 years’ experience based in the United States and Canada advising high-growth companies and the emerging technology sector with regard to investing in Ireland.

Stephanie Lopinski, Director, Global Communications, SOTI Inc. 
Stephanie is a passionate storyteller, brand ambassador and marketing executive who coaches and develops teams to results. Specialising in high-growth companies, she has 10+ years of experience working across worldwide communications, brand, events, social and digital marketing for industry leaders including BlackBerry, Toyota and the Government of Ontario. She currently serves as Director of Global Communications for SOTI, an enterprise mobility & IoT management software company. Stephanie will join the panel to provide further insights into how Canadian companies can transition into Ireland.

At EisnerAmper, we care about business and we care about the people we work with in business.

Our dedicated International Business team advises global technology and life sciences businesses, financial institutions and their advisors on internationalisation. The approach of our team is to look at the client through the prism of their business model and vision. We provide them with the local knowledge, ideas and support necessary to facilitate their European international trade planning and execution. For more information contact Cormac Doyle.

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EisnerAmper Named “Best North American Accounting Firm” by Hedgeweek for Second Consecutive Year

Hedgeweek, one of the hedge fund industry’s leading publications in the United States, announced that EisnerAmper LLP, the US member of EisnerAmper Global, was voted the “Best North American Accounting Firm,” jointly with another firm, at its 2018 Hedgeweek USA Awards gala in New York City on September 20. The winners were decided by Hedgeweek readers, who include investors, managers and other leading industry professionals.

Peter J. Cogan, Co-Chair of EisnerAmper’s US Financial Services Group said “We’re honoured to be named by Hedgeweek as the ‘Best North American Accounting Firm’ two years running. This award is for all of those financial service professionals at our firm who strive for client service excellence day in and day out.”

At EisnerAmper, we design business & compliance solutions to make your regulated business model better.

We help Alternative Investment & Private Equity Fund Managers and Fund Administrators meet their assurance and reporting requirements. If you or your business need assistance in this regard, please contact Ray Kelly.

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Gavin Lee appointed as Head of International Trade at EisnerAmper Ireland

We are delighted to announce the appointment of Gavin Lee as Head of International Trade in EisnerAmper Ireland.  As Head of International Trade, Gavin’s role is to work closely with our EisnerAmper Global colleagues to help our clients “Make Trade Happen”.  Leveraging his first-hand experience of developing and conducting business in more than 40 countries worldwide, with specialist EMEA market knowledge, Gavin will help companies do business in Europe using Ireland as a base.

Gavin brings with him 20+ years senior management experience in the financial services, telecommunications and life sciences sectors.  Prior to joining EisnerAmper Ireland, Gavin worked with Digicel, Davy, Bimeda and Forte Healthcare, most recently as Country Manager.

At EisnerAmper, we design business & compliance solutions to make trade happen.

Helping companies do business in Ireland and Europe is what we do every day – audit, tax, advisory, risk & regulatory and outsourcing. In this regard, if we can assist you or your business in any way, please contact Gavin Lee.

EisnerAmper hosts annual Partner Conference 2018 in the US

On 1 to 3 June 2018, EisnerAmper United States hosted its annual Partner Conference for 2018 in Virginia, U.S.

The event was attended by 200 Partners and was a great opportunity for EisnerAmper Global colleagues from the United States, Ireland, Cayman and Singapore to connect over a weekend of activities.

Diarmaid O’Keeffe, EisnerAmper Ireland, Ray Kelly, EisnerAmper Ireland, Ben Leung, EisnerAmper Cayman and Alastair MacDonald, EisnerAmper Ireland at the EisnerAmper US Partner Conference in Virginia.

EisnerAmper Global board meet in the United States

On Thursday 18 January, the board of EisnerAmper Global (“EAG”) met in the New York area for the first Board Meeting of 2018.  The meeting was attended by five directors of EisnerAmper Global; Nick Tsafos and Peter Cogan, Partners at EisnerAmper US, Frank Keane, Partner at EisnerAmper Ireland, Ben Leung, Managing Partner at EisnerAmper Cayman and Saw Meng Tee, Managing Partner at EisnerAmper Singapore.

Members of the board discussed the future of the EAG network as well as recent developments such as the addition of EisnerAmper Singapore as a member.  The meeting was a great opportunity for EisnerAmper Global members to catch-up and also meet many of the Partners in EisnerAmper US, including CEO of EisnerAmper LLP (US) Charly Weinstein.

EisnerAmper Singapore joins EisnerAmper Global network

EisnerAmper Global is delighted to welcome EisnerAmper Singapore as its newest member firm.  EisnerAmper Global is a specialist network of independent member firms operating in key financial services and international trading hubs.  EisnerAmper Global member firms provide clients with access to the expertise of 200 partners and 2,000 professionals globally, with office locations including New York, Miami, San Francisco, Cayman, Dublin and Singapore.

EisnerAmper Singapore, formerly Saw Meng Tee & Partners PAC, provides specialist accounting, advisory, outsourcing and risk & regulatory services to international and domestic clients operating in Singapore and across Asia.  At EisnerAmper Singapore’s launch, Managing Partner Saw Meng Tee noted that EisnerAmper Singapore’s vision is to be “recognised as one of Singapore’s leading professional services firms in the specialist areas of financial services, corporate solutions and advisory”.  EisnerAmper Global Firm’s and Saw Meng Tee & Partners PAC have been working closely together over the past 18 months to further develop existing ties between the network and Singapore.

For further queries, please contact Saw Meng Tee, Managing Partner at EisnerAmper Singapore or visit the EisnerAmper Singapore website.

EisnerAmper LLP is awarded Best Global Accounting Firm

EisnerAmper LLP was named Best Global Accounting Firm in the 2017 Global Service Provider Awards Survey conducted for Hedgeweek Global.  The Global Service Provider Awards are amongst the hedge fund industry’s most prestigious and competitive awards and are based on a rigorous peer review survey of Hedgeweek’s readers, which includes a global audience of investors, fund managers and industry service providers.

The high profile awards ceremony took place in London on Friday 3 March 2017 and Charles Weinstein, EisnerAmper LLP’s Chief Executive Officer, Nicholas Tsafos and Peter Cogan, Audit Partners in EisnerAmper LLP and Directors of EisnerAmper Global, attended attended the event alongside Alastair Mac Donald, Managing Partner at EisnerAmper Ireland and Director of EisnerAmper Global, and Diarmaid O’Keeffe and Ray Kelly, Partners at EisnerAmper Ireland.

Charles Weinstein, EisnerAmper LLP’s Chief Executive Officer, said that EisnerAmper LLP was honoured to be receiving the award and to being recognised as the preeminent accounting and advisory firm in the alternative investment marketplace.