{"id":13542,"date":"2021-03-23T18:03:14","date_gmt":"2021-03-23T17:03:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/it.andersen.com\/?p=13542"},"modified":"2022-09-30T15:28:43","modified_gmt":"2022-09-30T13:28:43","slug":"andersen-in-canada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/it.andersen.com\/en\/andersen-in-canada\/","title":{"rendered":"Andersen solidifies presence in Canada"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fonline.andersen.com%2Fe%2Flluqf1e38gbsuoq%2Fcbbaa227-7fab-44fc-9da3-d2d1f9bfb04b&amp;data=04%7C01%7Cstage%40it.Andersen.com%7Cffe6577cd1f34577a29308d8ee093f6d%7Cdca5f787602b46a9817b9208f28b2c3c%7C1%7C0%7C637521070798622717%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=%2B%2F8%2FH0Q2Nmj%2Bkc26NBoAuoECYOHvfk6hoEYmvAAdZfA%3D&amp;reserved=0\">Andersen Global<\/a> unifies its platform in North America as its member firms in Canada adopt the brand \u201cAndersen,\u201d reflecting the organization\u2019s ability to provide a full suite of integrated services through its member and collaborating firms globally.<\/p>\n<h2>The Canadian member firms<\/h2>\n<p>Formerly operating under the brand name Andersen Tax, the Canadian member firms now share the common brand \u201cAndersen\u201d with the U.S. member firm regionally, along with member firms globally in Europe, Latin America, the Middle East and Africa. The U.S. member firm previously transitioned to the Andersen brand in 2019, which initiated the adoption globally by the organization\u2019s member firms throughout 2020 and early 2021.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis unification under a common brand demonstrates our shared culture, values and commitment to serving our clients in a seamless manner globally,\u201d Andersen Global Chairman and Andersen CEO Mark Vorsatz said. \u201dThis is a significant step in our global organization\u2019s development as we continue to expand and solidify our global platform.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Founded in 2002 by 23 former tax partners from Arthur Andersen, Andersen started its journey as WTAS LLC, a tax-only firm that established WTAS Global in 2013. The founding U.S. member firm then began operating as Andersen Tax in 2014 and the global organization became known as Andersen Global. The global organization entered the Canadian market in 2016 and now operates with five partners and nearly 40 professionals through offices in Montreal, Vancouver, Calgary and Edmonton.<\/p>\n<h2>The comment of Simon Davari and Warren Dueck<\/h2>\n<p>\u201cWe believe this is a milestone that reinforces the values and vision that remain at the core of our firm, both locally and globally,\u201d said Office Managing Director at Andersen in Montreal, <a href=\"https:\/\/ca.andersen.com\/professionals\/simon-davari\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Simon Davari<\/a>. \u201cThis transition supports our growth and development, highlights the breadth and depth of our expertise, and strengthens our position in the Canadian market.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ca.andersen.com\/professionals\/warren-dueck-fcpa-fca-cpa-washington\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Warren Dueck,<\/a> Office Managing Director at Andersen in Vancouver, added, \u201cOver the last few years, our firm has grown significantly, and its evolution highlights our \u2018one firm\u2019 culture as we work seamlessly to build on the existing foundation of the Andersen brand in North America, alongside our colleagues in the U.S. As we look forward to this next step of our firm\u2019s development, our team remains dedicated to providing clients with best-in-class services, especially as it relates to U.S. and Canadian cross-border tax services.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Andersen Global unifies its platform in North America as its member firms in Canada adopt the brand \u201cAndersen,\u201d reflecting the organization\u2019s ability to provide a full suite of integrated services through its member and collaborating firms globally. The Canadian member firms Formerly operating under the brand name Andersen Tax, the Canadian member firms now share [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/it.andersen.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13542"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/it.andersen.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/it.andersen.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/it.andersen.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/it.andersen.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13542"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/it.andersen.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13542\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20120,"href":"https:\/\/it.andersen.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13542\/revisions\/20120"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/it.andersen.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13542"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/it.andersen.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13542"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/it.andersen.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13542"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}