{{Short description|Audit, accounting and consulting firm}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2020}} {{Infobox company | name = Forvis Mazars Global Limited | logo = Forvis-mazars-logo.svg | logo_size = 195px | location = {{Unbulleted list|Paris, France (Forvis Mazars Group SC)|Springfield, MO (Forvis Mazars LLP)}} | key_people = {{Unbulleted list| Hervé Hélias (Chair of the Global Network Board)<ref name="ipa-launch-2024">{{cite news |last=Amerson |first=Leslie |date=2024-06-03 |title=Forvis Mazars Launches $5 Billion Global Network |url=https://insidepublicaccounting.com/2024/06/03/forvis-mazars-launches-5-billion-global-network/ |work=Inside Public Accounting}}</ref>|Pascal Jauffret (CEO of Forvis Mazars Group)<ref name="ipa-launch-2024"/>|Tom Watson (CEO of Forvis Mazars LLP)<ref name="ipa-launch-2024"/>}} | industry = Professional services | image = | image_caption = Forvis Mazars Group SC headquarters in La Défense, Paris | services = Audit, Chartered accountant, Consulting, Taxation, Corporate finance, Financial advisory, Legal | revenue = {{profit}}$5.7 billion (Aug 2025)<ref name="cpa-revenue-2024">{{cite news |last=Bramwell |first=Jason |date=2024-06-03 |title=Forvis Mazars Global Network Officially Launches |url=https://www.cpapracticeadvisor.com/2024/06/03/forvis-mazars-global-network-officially-launches/106880/ |work=CPA Practice Advisor}}</ref><ref name="wsj-2024"/> | num_employees = 40,000<ref name="itr-profile-2024">{{cite web |title=Forvis Mazars - Germany - Firm Profile |url=https://www.itrworldtax.com/Firm/Forvis-Mazars-Germany/Profile/6341 |website=ITR World Tax |access-date=2025-12-19}}</ref> | homepage = {{URL|https://www.forvismazars.com/|forvismazars.com}} }}
'''Forvis Mazars''' is an international audit, accounting and consulting business formed in June 2024 by an agreement between Mazars and Forvis.<ref name="wsj-2024"/> Combined, the firms operate in the US and over 100<ref name="wsj-2024"/> other countries, being among the top 10 global audit firms by revenue at the time of the agreement.<ref name="ft-2023"/><ref name="times-malta-2024">{{Cite news |date=2024-06-03 |title=Forvis Mazars in new $5 billion global network |url=https://timesofmalta.com/article/forvis-mazars-new-5-billion-global-network.1093438 |work=Times of Malta}}</ref>
== History == The original Mazars firm was formed in Rouen, Normandy in France in 1945 by Robert Mazars.<ref name="roots">{{cite web|url=http://www.mazars.com/Home/About-us/Key-facts-organisation/Our-roots|title=Our roots|last=Mazars}}</ref> He served as chief executive officer until 1983, when Patrick de Cambourg was appointed the position.<ref name="roots"/> de Cambourg began internationalizing the firm, which counted 33 employees in 1977.<ref name="roots"/><ref name="lesechos-castagnac">{{Cite web |date=2013-04-10 |title=Philippe Castagnac (Mazars) |url=https://www.lesechos.fr/2013/04/philippe-castagnac-mazars-1097189 |access-date=2022-12-13 |website=Les Echos |language=fr}}</ref> From 2011 to 2016, Philippe Castagnac served as chief executive officer.<ref name="lesechos-castagnac"/> He was succeeded by Hervé Hélias,<ref name="reuters-helias">{{Cite news |date=2018-12-17 |title=Mazars CEO Helias adds chairman role, replacing Castagnac |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/mazars-appointment-idCNL8N1YM4XQ |access-date=2022-12-13}}</ref> who currently holds the position.<ref name="reuters-helias"/><ref>{{Cite web |last=Mazars |title=Hervé Helias - Mazars - Switzerland |url=https://www.mazars.ch/Users/Our-team/Herve-Helias |access-date=2022-12-13 |website=www.mazars.ch |language=en-GB}}</ref>
In 2023, the US-based Forvis acquired the US operations of Mazars, and an agreement was reached to operate internationally under the brand Forvis Mazars from June 2024.<ref name="ft-2023">{{Cite news |last1=Foy |first1=Simon |last2=Foley |first2=Stephen |date=2023-11-15 |title=Mazars to combine US business with Forvis |url=https://www.ft.com/content/e5a03ad6-775f-48f0-9817-897eabfc3dc3 |access-date=2024-12-15 |work=Financial Times}}</ref><ref name="wsj-2024"/> Subsequently, the firms operate as a network, doing business as Forvis Mazars LLP in the United States and Forvis Mazars Group SC in other countries, with a combined global workforce of over 40,000.<ref name="itr-profile-2024"/><ref name="dallas-innovates-2024">{{cite news |date=2024-06-26 |title=Accounting Firm FORVIS and Paris' Mazars Launch $5B Forvis Mazars Global Network |url=https://dallasinnovates.com/dallas-based-accounting-firm-forvis-and-paris-mazars-launch-5b-forvis-mazars-global-network/ |work=Dallas Innovates}}</ref> The two firms are still owned by their respective partnerships, with separate profit pools, but are overseen by a global board.<ref name="wsj-2024">{{Cite news |last=Maurer |first=Mark |date=2024-06-02 |title=These Accounting Firms Took a Different Approach to Shaking Up Their Structure |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/accounting-firms-forvis-mazars-global-network-4a1bdd94 |access-date=2025-06-16 |work=The Wall Street Journal |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name="ipa-launch-2024"/>
== Notable clients == {{See also|Trump v. Mazars USA, LLP|Personal and business legal affairs of Donald Trump#Lawsuits over congressional subpoenas}}
Since April 2019, US President Donald Trump's attorneys have been involved in a controversy regarding a House Oversight Committee request for financial records held by Mazars USA.<ref name="politico-trump">{{cite web|url=https://www.politico.com/story/2019/04/15/trump-financial-records-1275965|title=Trump attorneys warn accounting firm not to hand over financial records|author=Andrew Desiderio|date=15 April 2019|website=Politico.com|access-date=19 July 2020}}</ref><ref name="reuters-subpoena-2021">{{Cite news|last=Wolfe|first=Jan|date=2021-03-03|title=U.S. House panel reissues subpoena for Trump's tax records|work=Reuters|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-congress-trump-taxes-idUSKCN2AV02B|access-date=2021-03-05}}</ref> On 25 February 2021, the Committee reissued a subpoena for the documents previously sought.<ref name="reuters-subpoena-2021"/>
In 2022, following the collapse of FTX, Mazars was engaged by Binance to perform a "proof of reserves" audit.<ref name="ft-binance">{{cite news|title=Auditor Mazars halts work for crypto firms|date=16 December 2022 |url=https://www.ft.com/content/bb50a204-5239-4db0-9964-c3bf9339c594 |work=Financial Times}}</ref><ref name="cnbc-binance-2022">{{cite web|title=Mazars suspends all work with crypto clients including Binance, Crypto.com|website=CNBC |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2022/12/16/mazars-suspends-all-work-with-crypto-clients-including-binance-cryptocom.html |date=2022-12-16}}</ref> This work was later halted, and Mazars decided to suspend all work with cryptocurrency-affiliated customers in December 2022.<ref name="cnbc-binance-2022"/><ref name="bbc-binance-2022">{{cite news |date=2022-12-16 |title=Binance: Auditor Mazars halts work for crypto firms |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/business-64003260 |work=BBC News}}</ref>
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